Old Bastards
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Author: Matthew Fitt
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But n Ben A-Go-Go is a science fiction novel set in a flooded future Scotland where survivors live in floating communities and the Highlands remain the last dry land. Written entirely in Scots, it follows tense struggles for survival in a dangerous, paranoid society. For readers interested in speculative fiction and Scots language storytelling.
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Matthew Fitt’s But n Ben A-Go-Go carries us into 2090, where flooding has submerged most of Scotland and survivors live across floating parishes known as Port. Paolo Broon’s partner Nadia…
Matthew Fitt’s But n Ben A-Go-Go carries us into 2090, where flooding has submerged most of Scotland and survivors live across floating parishes known as Port. Paolo Broon’s partner Nadia has spent five years trapped inside a medical Kist, infected by the deadly Senga virus, and he is determined to free her.
What I loved was how completely Fitt reinvents Scotland without losing its voice. Written entirely in Scots, the novel creates cyberjannies, mutant kelpies and virtual worlds from familiar language, and after a few pages its rhythm becomes wonderfully natural. Paolo’s journey through VINE and the flooded Highlands is wild and funny, but his devotion to Nadia gives the adventure real urgency.
Inventive, fast-moving and unlike anything else I have read, this is Scottish science fiction with enormous confidence. Beneath its technology and climate catastrophe is a moving story about love, guilt and family secrets.
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The year is 2090. Global flooding has left most of Scotland under water. The descendants of those who survived God’s Flood live in a community of floating island parishes, known collectively as Port. Set in a distinctly unbonnie future-Scotland, the novel’s dangerous atmosphere and psychologically-malkied characters weave a tale that both chills and intrigues. In But n Ben A-Go-Go Matthew Fitt takes the allegedly dead language of Scots and energises it with a narrative that crackles and fizzes with life.
Written entirely in Scots, this is a science fiction novel set in a future where the Scottish Highlands are the only unsubmerged area of Britain. With strong characters and a gripping plot, the well-defined settings create an atmosphere of paranoia and danger. The exciting denouement has a surprising twist and is set on Schiehallion.
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