The Age of the Conglomerates: A Novel of the Future

The Age of the Conglomerates has 85 ratings and 22 reviews. Jamie said: A near -future controlled by rampant corporations is not too hard to envision, but.
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The Conglomerates, and their mysterious party chairman, have taken over everything and everyone.

The Age of the Conglomerates: A Novel of the Future by Thomas Nevins

There is no one left to stop them. Forty years in the future, in a world where Big Brother runs amok, a powerful political party known as the Conglomerates has emerged, vowing to enforce economic martial law at any cost. But Christine is increasingly troubled by odd events, including the strange disappearance of Gabriel Cruz, a co-worker for whom she has a developing affection, and the fact that her latest assignment—making the Conglomerate chairman more youthful through genetic engineering—is an especially dangerous task.

But even in this cold, cruel age, the Conglomerates can only control so much. In his enthralling debut, Thomas Nevins thrillingly chronicles a brave new world where one family struggles to survive by keeping alive feelings of mercy, loyalty, and love.

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Praise for The Age of the Conglomerates: This little book has some rather intriguing ideas. Imagine a future where old people are put into relocation camps; a future where misbehaving or rude kids can be discarded becoming Dyscards and replaced with a better design. Welcome to the world of the Conglomerates, a place where all government, military, etc has been subsummed into the power structure of this massive organization which controls everything, style. I enjoyed this book, a quick read with a lot of ideas. The only flaw was that the characters could have used a bit more fleshing out.

It was difficult to understand some of the longterm motivation of some of the characters. And it wasn't quite believable that large numbers of people would toss their parents or children so heartlessly. Still, having said that, it did make me think a bit about the social issues mentioned. I thought the end involved a rather glaring deus ex machina.

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But I don't want to spoil it by saying too much here. I will watch for other novels by the author, and look forward to seeing him grow in literary confidence. The opening pages of this book draw an eerily familiar picture of a world headed into an economic abyss. The main story is solid, as are the supporting subplots.

The Age of the Conglomerates

There is not much technology, it is more "social thriller" than science fiction. The book doesn't take political sides, which I appreciate - government and corporations are portrayed as equally inept and corrupt. I enjoyed the book and read it in one sitting. That having been said I would consider this a deeply flawed work. The pacing is massively uneven, to the point where it is jarring.

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In some sections plot and character development proceed at a reasonable rate then, all of the sudden, major plot developments just "bing! At one point the disconnect was so pronounced that I leafed back through a few pages just to make sure I hadn't skipped any. The work would have benefited greatly from 50 or so more pages. The ending is rushed almost to the point of becoming a summary.


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I hope there is a second book, and I hope the writer gets better. In , the Conglomerates political party led by the mythical "Chairman" runs the country based on one commandment: The country has been divided into zones of sorts; the octogenarian "Coots" live in Cootsland enforced retirement camps in the southwest out of sight and not draining society while out of control young runaway "Dyscards" live in the New York City subways.

New York Medical Center, director of genetic contouring Dr. Christine Salter feels strongly that she and her team provide an important public service when they assist people in trouble by recreating them or their children using genetic manipulation.


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    6. However, her perfectly balanced world collapses starting with her top aide Gabriel Cruz vanishing after being accused of seditious crimes against the state. Her grandparents turning eighty are deported from the mainland to "Cootsland," and her sister runs away becoming a Dyscard. All this makes Christine reexamine what she does at the same time she begins to uncover a nefarious disturbing conspiracy to tighten the Conglomerates control of society starting with "youthenizing" the Chairman.

    Combining the premises of , Logan's Run and Soylent Green, Thomas Nevins provides a grim future of a genetic contoured world. The story line is fast-paced, but owned by Christine who had always thought her work as valuable to people until recent societal events shake her to her core. Although the Conglomerates comes across sort of like an extremely evil Maoist Communist Party, readers will enjoy this fine thriller starring a reformed David-ette battling Goliath.

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    The human condition and matters of the heart are ageless, even in The Age of the Conglomerates. The individual can and will triumph over the collective consciousness. But, it is an individualism built on the strength of relationships to, and with, other individuals, and how they communicate with one another to piece together their personal victory over the will of the state.

    The technique my characters use is one of direct communication, conversations, and writing: They speak to one another, they write and they listen. I guess that too is the same in any age. As we all deal with new media in a time when it is not new to some, the techniques have changed but communication is the same.