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    The Manc Rabbit
    The Manc Rabbit
    The Manc Rabbit
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    The Manc Rabbit

    By BT McKeown

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    A not-so-regular romance. The talking rabbit didn't used to say much, didn't have much to say, but now he's running for Manchester City Council, so like any pre-politician you can't shut him up. Except his opponent is a toad who's been licked too much, which has given him a really rotten disposition. And there's an AI-enhanced iPhone that can't stop yammering about how great technological singularity will be (at least for her), a couple of androids and a sexy and brilliant scientist running from the silicon mafia and a gang of murderous fowl. She's the heroine of the piece, even if she does have her own demons. And an epiphany. And finally her Prince. And the Quantum Singularity. Plus a couple of (usually) drunk guys who talk about sports, sex, animal rights and 20 foot chickens. They sort of narrate. Yup, that's about it. Oh, and some kinky aliens from around Uranus, but they're towards the back. End I mean.

    This is the first in a series.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBT McKeown
    Release dateFeb 24, 2016
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      The Manc Rabbit - BT McKeown

      The Manc Rabbit

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      Premise

      The talking rabbit didn't used to say much, didn't have much to say, but now he's running for Manchester City Council, so like any pre-politician you can't shut him up. Except his opponent is a toad who's been licked too much, which has given gave him a really rotten disposition. And there's an AI-enhanced iPhone that can't stop yammering about how great Technological Singularity will be (at least for her), a couple of androids and a sexy and brilliant scientist running from the silicon mafia and a gang of murderous fowl. She's the heroine of the piece, even if she does have her own demons. And an epiphany. And finally her Prince. Oh, and the Quantum Singularity. Plus a couple of (usually) drunk guys who talk about sports, sex, animal rights and 20 foot chickens. They sort of narrate. Yup, that's about it. Oh, and some aliens from around Uranus, but they're towards the back. End I mean

      This is the first in a series

      Prologue

      'I'm mostly a vegetarian now, but I don't mind eating some chicken now and then. Actually, I'm doing mankind a favour by eating chicken. See, chickens are descended from dinosaurs, and I figure if dinosaurs were still around now, then the average chicken would be about 20 feet tall, and they'd probably be chasing and eating us. They might even bite our heads off first, then have a chuckle watching us run around in circles. So yeah, I'm OK with eating chickens. Plus they taste good

      'Ah, I don't really agree with eating any animals, especially not in this place' said his buddy

      They were sitting at the salad bar in a vegetarian restaurant, a cozy little place that had been an actual pub in a past life. The waitress behind the old bar, who fixed the requested small salads and veggie drinks, eyed them. They were regulars, and she suspected they drank booze in the bathroom during their long pee breaks. Which were often. They smelled and slurred like it

      'And see, chickens got those beedy little eyes, and they stare atcha, like, 'I used to be 20 feet tall, I used to bite your heads off for fun, evolution is a strange little game, you never know' and like 'Yeah, I used to be a dinosaur, ya crunchy pink appetizer, I just might be 20 feet tall again some day. Then, watch out buckeroo

      'Yeah, too true, evolution's funny that way' his buddy agreed

      'But see, that beedy eyed chicken will never be 20 feet tall. Two feet more likely. Big evolution works on long time scales, big changes and/or vast numbers. It needs millennia, calamatious events, or lots of fucking bacteria. I mean bacteria fuckin'. Or sumpin'

      'Yeah, ha ha, bacteria fuckin'

      'And evolution

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