Genesis is a dystopian fiction novel set in New Zealand. Being from New Zealand myself, I thought it would be interesting to see if any Kiwi culture had managed to survive into the future depicted in this novel. Sadly, nothing recognisable emerged. New Zealand effectively became the last bastion of humanity, after plagues, implied nuclear attacks, and general war devastate much of the rest of the world. The population builds a giant fence, and shoots any people attempting to cross it on sight. Except, one of them can't do it. Someone gets in, temporarily. Because of Adam's failure to shoot, he is incarcerated with Art, an experimental A.I. robot.
It's written in an interesting way. Rather than a story, it's set out as a written record of an oral exam, covering the history of the Affiliation and the life of Adam. We learn a bit about Anaximander, the girl undergoing examination, but not much of her past. Not much of the present situation. It all leads up to the climax, which could have been done better in some ways. It was expectedly unexpected. An interesting book.
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