The Fur (novel)
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 Cover of First Edition (Softcover) |
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| Author | Nathan Hobby |
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| Cover artist | Adrienne Zuvela |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Science fiction novel |
| Publisher | Fremantle Arts Centre Press |
| Released | 2004 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 283 pp |
| ISBN | ISBN 1-92073-101-6 |
The Fur (softcover ISBN 1-92073-101-6) is a science fiction novel by author Nathan Hobby, published in 2004 after winning the 2003 Tag Hungerford Award.
[edit] Plot summary
The Fur follows the late highschool and early university years of the protagonist Michael Sullivan in an Alternate Reality version of Western Australia in the late 1990's following a meteor strike carrying an infectious and lethal fungus-like plague ('The Fur'). The entire state is under forced quarantine by Commonwealth and UN military forces.
The novel revolves largely around Sullivans struggles with his religious beliefs and dilemma on whether or not to attempt to break quarantine and start a new life in the uninfected Eastern States of Australia, at the risk of death and certain cost of abandoning his family and friends forever.
