The Not Yet
Description
It’s 2121. The Heirs live for centuries. Wealthy and ruthless, they control society’s resources behind walled city-states. Outside, the poor barely survive. Malcolm de Lazarus, a “Not Yet,” has toiled from early childhood to join the elite. But his fortune disappears overnight. He sails home to the chaotic New Orleans Islands, just outside the empire, for answers. Along the way he encounters the dark side of the Heirs’ privilege, that threatens everything and everyone he loves.
Finalist for the Philip K. Dick Award, 2012
October Selection, Science Fiction Club of Central London
Times-Picayune, New Orleans, Top Ten Books, 2012
Goodreads, Best Underdog Literature, 2012
Reviews
"A vivid, suspenseful and layered imagining of what's to become of New Orleans and humanity (a new kind of love?) in the 22nd Century." —Roy Blount, Jr.
"When Moira Crone's The Not Yet is read in 2121 ... its readers will ask of us, 'If you knew enough about what was coming to have books like this, why didn't you do something about it?'"—Chris Wiltz, author of Shoot the Money
"Moira Crone’s simple observation that New Orleanians, like people everywhere, really want to live forever, clearly leads into a world of ethical marvels, perversities hitherto undreamed of. Her narrator, an ambitious outsider, a pure Dickensian foundling, is perfectly situated to guide the reader on a revelatory journey to where we are headed right now." —Valerie Martin, author of The Confessions of Edward Day
"Moira Crone’s The Not Yet is as thought-provoking as a novel can get." —Tim Gautreaux, author of The Clearing
"To classify this novel in any way would detract from its ability to resonate on many levels, as myth, as high literature, as science fiction, as fantasy, with the hints of a graphic novel in the rich imagery and finely honed writing….I have not read a more compelling novel in a very long time." —Jim Grimsley, author of Dream Boy
"What Crone has combined is wry social commentary in the vein of Swift or Voltaire with a dystopian coming-of-age tale. It’s a brilliant book full of adventure and humor and no small amount of pathos. Best of all, Crone uses her book to ask what it means to be human, a question all of us Nats need to keep asking ourselves." —Greg Langley, The Advocate, May 13, 2012
"[Crone's] attention to detail, character, and storytelling are the icing on the cake, as her arguments about meaningful living blend seamlessly into a pleasurable reading experience, to be savored like rich food." —C. W. Cannon, American Book Review, May/June 2012
Author Bio
Moira Crone is a fiction writer living in New Orleans. The author of three previous collections including What Gets Into Us, and a novel, A Period of Confinement, her works have appeared in Oxford American, The New Yorker, Image, Mademoiselle, and over forty other journals and twelve anthologies. She has won prizes for her stories and novellas, and in 2009 she was given the Robert Penn Warren Award from the Fellowship of Southern Writers for the entire body of her work.
