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It's the end of the world as we know it...
...and Nathan Hoddy would feel fine, if only he could get his brilliant new script green-lighted. It's a commercial for Claustrosphere, the hermetically sealed geodesic domes in which a lucky owner and his chosen companions can ride out the coming Eco-Armageddon. Of course, the Greenies say these self-supporting BioSpheres are nothing less than planetary treason - that they foster a global death-wish madness and only hasten the planet's ecological collapse. But who cares what a bunch of terrorists and weirdos think? Not Nathan. Media and marketing giant Plastic Tolstoy - the most powerful man in the world - has just commissioned him to expand his commercial into a full-length "advertainment." All Nathan cares about is that his movie gets made...and that there's someone left to see it.
In marketing terms the end of the world will be very big. Anyone trying to save it should remember that.
...and Nathan Hoddy would feel fine, if only he could get his brilliant new script green-lighted. It's a commercial for Claustrosphere, the hermetically sealed geodesic domes in which a lucky owner and his chosen companions can ride out the coming Eco-Armageddon. Of course, the Greenies say these self-supporting BioSpheres are nothing less than planetary treason - that they foster a global death-wish madness and only hasten the planet's ecological collapse. But who cares what a bunch of terrorists and weirdos think? Not Nathan. Media and marketing giant Plastic Tolstoy - the most powerful man in the world - has just commissioned him to expand his commercial into a full-length "advertainment." All Nathan cares about is that his movie gets made...and that there's someone left to see it.
In marketing terms the end of the world will be very big. Anyone trying to save it should remember that.
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Small, well appointed future. Semi detached.
If the end of the world is nigh, then surely it?s only sensible to make alternative arrangements. Certainly the Earth has its good points, but what most people need is something smaller and more manageable. Of course there are those who say that?s planetary treason, but who cares what the weirdos and terrorists think? Not Nathan. All he cares is that his movie gets made and that?s there?s somebody left to see it.
In marketing terms the end of the world will be very big. Anyone trying to save it should remember that.
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If the end of the world is nigh, then surely it?s only sensible to make alternative arrangements. Certainly the Earth has its good points, but what most people need is something smaller and more manageable. Of course there are those who say that?s planetary treason, but who cares what the weirdos and terrorists think? Not Nathan. All he cares is that his movie gets made and that?s there?s somebody left to see it.
In marketing terms the end of the world will be very big. Anyone trying to save it should remember that.
Ben Elton is one of Britain's most provocative and entertaining writers. From celebrity to climate change, from the First World War to the end of the world, his books give his unique perspective on some of the most controversial topics of our time. He has written twelve major bestsellers, including Stark, Popcorn, Inconceivable (filmed as Maybe Baby, which he also directed), Dead Famous, High Society (WH Smith People's Choice Award 2003) and The First Casualty. He has also written some of television's most popular and incisive comedy, including The Young Ones, Blackadder and The Man From Auntie. His stage work includes three West End plays and the hit musicals The Beautiful Game and We Will Rock You. He is married with three children.
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- PublisherPocket
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 0671897020
- ISBN 13 9780671897024
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