Where I wrote of an idyllic pastoral existence, where the all pervasive surveillance technology was implemented at the behest of an upbeat and positive community, Hunter-Murray plumped for a much more grey 1940s style bureaucratic authoritarian regime. In 2089, they’re much more events from history, like the current population might think about the Second World War. The Last Day is set sooner after the great catastrophe, and the trials and tribulations of the Slow and the Stop (of the Earth’s rotation) are still raw in the minds of some characters, and much closer for the younger ones. It was intriguing to read and ponder on the similarities and differences. They’re more like two sides of the same coin – one a negative image of the other. The two imagined futures are not identical, or even particularly close. But it really was spooky in how much it reflected 2089, and to some extent also, 2089‘s sequel, The Mind’s Eye. Wait, what? This has so many parallels to my own novel, 2089, I bought The Last Day immediately!Īnd I wasn’t disappointed. A dystopian thriller set 40 years in the future in which the slowing and eventual stop of the Earth’s rotation has led to crazy environmental changes and a huge crash in global population. As a long time lover of Private Eye and QI, it came a bit out of left field to hear that Andrew Hunter-Murray had written a post-apocalyptic novel.
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