But all that changes when he meets Holly Potter, a dissident informant, and he is assigned to work undercover with her, in order to penetrate to the very heart of the dissident movement. What they experience and learn comes at a terrible personal price.
The Dissidents is a dystopian, soft sci-fi novella of approximately 46,000 words, written by H.M. Forester. There are no bug-eyed monsters, and the story more about people than technology, so you don't need a degree in quantum physics to read it.
If you like George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four or the NSA's Prism surveillance story grabs you, you might like The Dissidents. Ever fearful of being discovered or "outed" for dissident tendencies, these people work secretly to preserve simple human pleasures and traditions in a dystopian world.
☆☆☆☆☆ "Excellent work describing a truly frightening dystopia."
Reviews
Dystopia revealed
Amazon.com, 23 January 2013
By Zenizen
☆☆☆☆☆
"The Dissidents by H.M. Forester is an excellent work describing a truly frightening dystopia. The details that fill the harrowing story are of immense value to every person who is a free thinker. Indeed, knowing some of these details could save your life if ever you find yourself in a similar situation. Now that is something to think about."
Update
The Dissidents: A novel (Extended 2025) is now available at the Internet Archive's library.
And as a PDF at the Facebook group Mystical Faction.
The soft sci-fi in the original (now part 1) meets mystical adventure in the new part 2.
The Dissidents is now available for free download. See above.
The Dissidents is now here at Goodreads. If you've read the book, please add it to your bookshelf and rate it.
• By Etienne de L'Amour ~ Google+
The Dissidents is now available for free download. See above.
The Dissidents is now here at Goodreads. If you've read the book, please add it to your bookshelf and rate it.
• By Etienne de L'Amour ~ Google+