'Animal Farm' retold: A new novel examines politics in the Internet age through a farmyard satire
An excerpt from ‘Beasts of England’, by Adam Biles.
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An excerpt from ‘Beasts of England’, by Adam Biles.
The engine of the novel is the way that real-life events are transformed into analogies as it cycles through various episodes in the animals’ lives.
The False Prophet, the Second Beast, rises out of the earth and has two horns like a lamb but speaks like a Dragon. He performs great signs and wonders, such as making fire come down from heaven. He uses these abilities to deceive the world into worshipping and following the Antichrist. The False Prophet then requires everyone to receive a mark on their right hand or forehead; without it, no one can buy or sell – no one can participate in society.
A.I. is the ability of a digital computer or computer-controlled robot or systems to perform tasks commonly associated with intelligent beings. The term is frequently applied to the project of developing systems endowed with the intellectual processes characteristic of humans.
Ostracism has long been an ancient form of punishment. Stories from the Bible tell of ostracism, which was also used democratically in antiquity by the Greeks.