Blade Cort - Best Worst Dystopian Novels

Blade’s Best Worst Dystopian Novels are intended to compel you to action. Not to diss those trendy apocalyptic improbabilities like zombie genres, the ‘Worst’ in ‘Best Worst’ does not imply the most horrific, improbable, or disgusting outcomes for humanity. Blade uses the term ‘Worst’ to suggest the most foreseeable, plausible, and tragic conclusions for the human species based on our current trajectory.

The Worst possible outcome for humanity is an ignominious but conclusive end of our species at our own hands. Of course, it’s an implausible stretch to imply that these books are the Best at depicting our most likely futures. However, it is difficult to find other novels portraying credible outcomes for humanity since so few Genetic Engineering Science Fiction, Dystopian, and Longevity Science Fiction novels visualize the realities of near-term, democratized scientific discoveries and their potentially disastrous application by accident or intention. 

Amygdala Hijack includes the first 3 mini-novels in the extended, episodic series. It describes a pre-dystopian future in the 2037 cities of Boston and Cambridge. Preceding that in the timeline are Ageness. – a Longevity Science Fiction play, and Climatic – a Climate and Genetic Engineering Sci-Fi novel. Following Amygdala Hijack are: Three Guys in a Post-Apocalyptic Bar, and Infinity Curve. After that comes Path to Entropy in the timeline, then Sord in Prosperity. Finally, the latest novel in the episodic series is Daisy the Dumpster Dog.

Ageness occurs 6 years before Amygdala Hijack, Climatic’s episodes are in 2034, and Three Guys in a Post-Apocalyptic Bar takes place 17 years after the Great Debacle (as described in Amygdala Hijack). These are among the first sci-fi books to anticipate the effects of age engineering / anti-aging / longevity (2021 Nature article link) technology on society. Humanity will face significant ethical challenges as this technology becomes available, which may be sooner than anyone believes possible.

Infinity Curve occurs a few decades after the Great Debacle, when the world is reeling from the aftereffects of a genetic disaster and the oligarchic technocracies that gained control in the wake of global anarchy. It delves deep into the malaise of a species too shortsighted and fearful to forestall its inevitable demise.

Path to Entropy follows Infinity Curve by hours, focusing on one powerful, abhorrent oligarch and the enabling ministers to his malicious narratives and insidious personas.

Sord in Paradise occurs decades after Path to Entropy. It draws parallels between Sord’s life in post-apocalyptic Earth to his ancestor’s experiences more than a century before. Sord also sets out on a mysterious adventure with Daisy, his new girlfriend.

Daisy the Dumpster Dog (not a Supreme Court Satire or Parody, and not the same Daisy…) is much farther out, in a time when dogs and cats have been hyper-enabled to communicate with each other.

A few words on my writings:

I write episodic climate and genetic engineering science fiction, futuristic dystopian sci-fi, and longevity science fiction novels, novellas, and plays that most people are not prepared to understand. My novels highlight how technological prowess is vastly outpacing societal progress, exposing existential risks to humanity.

We tend to believe in our mystical primacy in the universe, thinking that if we mess up badly, the Big Guy / Gal – or perhaps benevolent aliens – will save us from ourselves. However, nothing supernatural is likely absolve us from our comfortable ignorance, fear, and entitlement. Earth’s history includes thousands of species come and gone, and nothing currently prevents us from one day joining that list. 

Have you pondered why we humans don’t agree on a single thing – not even a solitary, common wish to extend our time on Earth? We can do better than this…

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Blade Cort writes Longevity and Genetic Engineering Science Fiction novels and plays that are mercilessly littered with pedantic discourse, pointless diatribes, and persistent droning about humanity’s pervasive derelictions. The pulp drivel exhumed from his keyboard is as terrifying and graceless as overcooked cafeteria peas. Visit https://www.bladecort.com.