Hell of Hosanna
by Kip Langton
GENRE: Science Fiction
PUBLICATION DATE: 08/02/2022
DESCRIPTION:
Imagine the Empire State Building removed from New York City. Imagine that building reconstructed brick-by-brick on your father's private island-the trappings of the past stolen from the public to indulge unfettered hypocrisy. This is James's defeated and ravaged landscape when his father, Fep Anglish, successfully monopolizes all forms of industry into one perfect company called U atop the collapse of the old world.
Ownership becomes a thing of the past. Now, anyone can have anything-temporarily. Is this hosanna? Maybe on paper. But to James, the "rent and move on" lifestyle is a total hell. And in this hell, his impossible dream of becoming something fuels his transience and passivity.
This is reality until one strange day, when the whole thing comes tumbling down on itself and James finally gets the opportunity to break away. In a U space shuttle, he travels to the ultimate unknown in boundless space.
Freedom, finally? The real hosanna?
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Kip Langton is widely recognized for his creative achievements, having won or been shortlisted for over forty creative awards, which include the Cannes Lion for Innovation, New York Festivals, Innovation by Design-Fast Company, London International Awards, W3 Award, Clio Award, Shorty Social Good Award, Epica Award, and Communication Arts Award of Excellence. He is a versatile writer who works across genres and has held a variety of creative positions for some of the most famous agencies in the world. Kip is a graduate of Davidson College and lives in New York City.
REVIEWS:
"Citizen Kane meets Brave New World-as enthralling as it is devastating." - Pierce Berolzheimer, Director of Crabs!
"Kip Langton is a writer to watch." - Fiona Davis, New York Times Bestselling Author
"Kip Langton is a man of singular imagination and a story-telling voice all his own. Hell of Hosanna will challenge you. It will provoke your imagination and challenge you to see the world from an entirely new perspective - that of Kip Langton. I think I will be hard pressed to find a better book to read this year. Nicely done, Mr. Langton." - Endy Wright, Author of The Omicron Six and Blood for the Fisher King
Hell of Hosanna by Kip Langton is a brilliant mixture of Orwell's 1984, Roddenberry's Genesis II, every Futurama ever, and the 1927 German film, Metropolis. This book is eminently dystopian, supremely engaging…”
- James A. Davison, Author of Bottom Feeder, I Am Lazarus and Trinity 3.11
COMPARATIVE FILM/BOOK:
Citizen Kane, Eyes Wide Shut, There Will Be Blood, & The Sun Also Rises
CASTING:
Fep (Denzel Washington), James (John David Washington), & Beasley (Anya Taylor-Joy)
PRIMARY VENUES/LOCATIONS WITHIN THE BOOK:
New York City, Fogo Island, Newfoundland, & Alaska
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