Ellie Quin Book 2: The World According to Ellie Quin by Alex Scarrow Page B
Authors: Alex Scarrow
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them...miserable, grey-faced, brain-dead ditto-drekks!’
Ellie was relieved that most, if not all of them, were wearing earphones and watching either hand-held toob sets or the holovid image projected onto one of the plasti-screen windows. She did notice one middle-aged woman scowling indignantly back at them. Ellie smiled apologetically. ‘Sorry, she doesn’t really know what she’s say-‘
‘Now,’ Jez continued, ‘take you and I, we both look great.’
Ellie looked at her with raised eyebrows. ‘What?’
‘Alright, I… look great. With a bit of work, you look passable. But, together, if we smile enough, we make a winning combo. We’ve just got to think
big,
girl. Think Big…and smile lots.’
‘And you think it’s going to be that easy?’ she replied looking back out of the window once more. ‘Smile a lot and bat our eyelids?’
‘That’s what Madge Muggerzink says in Shuttle Stop 9, isn’t it?
Think Big, Smile Lots and the world is your Soyo-Snack
.’
‘Oh, right. It must be true then.’
Jez pinched Ellie’s nose and pulled her round to look into her eyes. ‘Have I led you wrong yet?’
‘Nobe Jez, I guebb you haben’t,’ she replied sullenly.
OMNIPEDIA:
[Human Universe open source digital encyclopaedia]
Article: Ellie Quin > Terraforming
The beginning of the thirty-fifth century saw the re-emergence of the 21 st century disease; Parasitic Corporatism. Looking back with the clear vision of hindsight, it is obvious that by Ellie Quin’s time, behind the velvet glove of the Colonial Administration, the real power lay with large system-wide business interests. Studying this fascinating period of history, their steady influence on the Administration’s governance of Human Space is almost impossible to ignore. However, at the time, although it was apparent to those few who chose to open their eyes and see it, for the vast majority of human citizens the omnipresence of only a few dozen corporations in every city, on every planet, must have been an acceptable norm.
History has shown us again and again, that when the value of an endeavour is measured solely in profit, something will
always
go wrong. The best example of this principle was the terraforming industry. This was dominated by only a handful of corporations competing aggressively for contracts, and rushing the delicate processes of atmosphere conversion to reduce their operating costs. The cataclysmic mismanagement of Celestion’s atmosphere was perhaps one of the more notorious examples of this. Over half a million people died on the planet because the company, Hale-Hale Worlds, attempted to halve the projected time span of the process….all in the name of profit.
User Comment > Yoki-Industries
Want a career in Terraforming? Join WorldFast: the fastest growing provider of planet-wide solutions. For more information quote ‘WorldFast > jobs’
User Comment > Phil-100232
It’s no better now than it was back then. Mega-companies own Human Space. Everyone knowz that, don’t they?
CHAPTER 8
‘Hi Hufty, it’s been a while again. I really must record my diary more often. Well, where do I start? Things have changed a bit since the last time I did some diary. Jez lost her job dancing at that night club, but…she decided that it was for the best. It’s made her think about what she wants to do with her life and she’s really set her mind now on getting off Harpers Reach. So, being the bossy loud-chik that she is, she made me quit my job at the slap ‘n’ grill….it was a daggy job anyway….so we could both
upsize our income
together. I think that’s the phrase she used.’
‘In a way I’m sort of pleased that that happened; Jez losing her dancing job. I think she would have stayed there forever otherwise, and she deserves better than that. Anyway, it’s good, because now we’ve both decided to work towards the one goal together. We’ve made a pact….a deal sort of. Well, it’s more like a mantra; ‘
Off-world
Ellie was relieved that most, if not all of them, were wearing earphones and watching either hand-held toob sets or the holovid image projected onto one of the plasti-screen windows. She did notice one middle-aged woman scowling indignantly back at them. Ellie smiled apologetically. ‘Sorry, she doesn’t really know what she’s say-‘
‘Now,’ Jez continued, ‘take you and I, we both look great.’
Ellie looked at her with raised eyebrows. ‘What?’
‘Alright, I… look great. With a bit of work, you look passable. But, together, if we smile enough, we make a winning combo. We’ve just got to think
big,
girl. Think Big…and smile lots.’
‘And you think it’s going to be that easy?’ she replied looking back out of the window once more. ‘Smile a lot and bat our eyelids?’
‘That’s what Madge Muggerzink says in Shuttle Stop 9, isn’t it?
Think Big, Smile Lots and the world is your Soyo-Snack
.’
‘Oh, right. It must be true then.’
Jez pinched Ellie’s nose and pulled her round to look into her eyes. ‘Have I led you wrong yet?’
‘Nobe Jez, I guebb you haben’t,’ she replied sullenly.
OMNIPEDIA:
[Human Universe open source digital encyclopaedia]
Article: Ellie Quin > Terraforming
The beginning of the thirty-fifth century saw the re-emergence of the 21 st century disease; Parasitic Corporatism. Looking back with the clear vision of hindsight, it is obvious that by Ellie Quin’s time, behind the velvet glove of the Colonial Administration, the real power lay with large system-wide business interests. Studying this fascinating period of history, their steady influence on the Administration’s governance of Human Space is almost impossible to ignore. However, at the time, although it was apparent to those few who chose to open their eyes and see it, for the vast majority of human citizens the omnipresence of only a few dozen corporations in every city, on every planet, must have been an acceptable norm.
History has shown us again and again, that when the value of an endeavour is measured solely in profit, something will
always
go wrong. The best example of this principle was the terraforming industry. This was dominated by only a handful of corporations competing aggressively for contracts, and rushing the delicate processes of atmosphere conversion to reduce their operating costs. The cataclysmic mismanagement of Celestion’s atmosphere was perhaps one of the more notorious examples of this. Over half a million people died on the planet because the company, Hale-Hale Worlds, attempted to halve the projected time span of the process….all in the name of profit.
User Comment > Yoki-Industries
Want a career in Terraforming? Join WorldFast: the fastest growing provider of planet-wide solutions. For more information quote ‘WorldFast > jobs’
User Comment > Phil-100232
It’s no better now than it was back then. Mega-companies own Human Space. Everyone knowz that, don’t they?
CHAPTER 8
‘Hi Hufty, it’s been a while again. I really must record my diary more often. Well, where do I start? Things have changed a bit since the last time I did some diary. Jez lost her job dancing at that night club, but…she decided that it was for the best. It’s made her think about what she wants to do with her life and she’s really set her mind now on getting off Harpers Reach. So, being the bossy loud-chik that she is, she made me quit my job at the slap ‘n’ grill….it was a daggy job anyway….so we could both
upsize our income
together. I think that’s the phrase she used.’
‘In a way I’m sort of pleased that that happened; Jez losing her dancing job. I think she would have stayed there forever otherwise, and she deserves better than that. Anyway, it’s good, because now we’ve both decided to work towards the one goal together. We’ve made a pact….a deal sort of. Well, it’s more like a mantra; ‘
Off-world
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