#composite creatures

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Composite Creatures by Caroline Hardaker

This book was so bizarre. I can't say too much about it because then I'd be giving something away, I'm sure, but it's set in a future (but not-so-far-away future) dystopia, and the protagonist has some sort of creature that is controversial. Whatever the protagonist has done is something that divides the opinion of society, but the reader doesn't know outright what is going on, but can guess.

Although sci-fi isn't my favorite genre, Hardaker is a solid writer and the feeling of dread throughout the book made this one interesting throughout. I'd definitely read more from her.

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How We Use Dystopian Landscapes to Tell Very Human Stories | Den of Geek

From Mad Max to Children of Men, Caroline Hardaker, debut author of Composite Creatures, writes about pop culture's use of dystopian landsca

This guest post was written by Caroline Hardaker, author of Composite Creatures, a character-driven science fiction debut about the burgeoning relationship between two people set in a melancholic and mundane near-future climate change dystopia.

When we think, we escape our biological bodies. We hardly ever reflect on it, but from the day we’re born until we collapse into ash – that’s all we are. Organic machines, birthed in balance with an environment we spend our lives harvesting. No matter how much we sometimes take it for granted, we can’t survive without the land, sea, and sky working in perfect harmony, yet we all likely face a problematic future where the world will look quite different...

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Detail from ‘Nobleman on a composite horse accompanied by angels’

Jaipur, 1780-1800

Source: Simon Ray

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Shiva Ardhanarishvara Rides a Composite Nandi Mughal artist, possibly Rajasthan, circa 1750-75 Opaque watercolour, gold and silver on paper

Source: Prahlad Bubbar

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Judge Dredd Annual 1981: 2000 A.D.'s top sci-fi hero bursts into action!

Judge Dredd Annual 1981: 2000 A.D.'s top sci-fi hero bursts into action!

Judge Dredd bursts through a map of a Mega-City One sector in this Brian Bolland cover.

Tharg introduces the contents page, with a fantastic painting by Ron Smith of Mega-City One by Night. The city looks golden – probably more through a trick of the sunset or sodium lighting than from the blocks looking yellow.

John Howard and Mike McMahon bring us the first of their three Judge Dredd…

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Horse composed of people, 17th c., Mughal/Deccan school, Golconda. (Source)

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Navagunjara. Ganjifa playing card from Raghurajpur, Orissa. Via IGNCA