The novel written in 1995 that ‘predicted’ the 2020 Global Pandemic –Available again after 20 years.
Twenty Twenty was the fourth novel written by highly acclaimed author, Nigel Watts. Remarkable in its ‘prediction’ of a global viral pandemic, a world of virtual communication and a planet heading towards environmental catastrophe, this book was originally published in 1995.
An ageing writer infected with a deadly virus and despairing of mankind’s continuing damage to the planet retreats to a derelict factory in the icy wastes of northern Canada. Meanwhile, at a remote research institute in the Californian desert, William Morrison, a virtual reality test pilot, and Julia O’Brien, a British anthropologist, are working on a VR simulation of the Amazonian Kogi tribe. William and Julia appear to have little in common, until they discover an uncanny connection that finds them being drawn towards a derelict factory in northern Canada…
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Tragically, Watts took his life in 1999 and the book is out of print. His widow, Sahera Chohan, is now re-publishing it with Billington Publishing, in the same year the novel was set, and on the same month it was originally published.
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“Twenty Twenty is about the end of the world, viral apocalypse, virtual reality, Buddhist enlightenment and the Kogi tribe of Colombia . . . [it] asks the big questions at a time of global destruction and spiritual uncertainty…a novel which finds more than enough room to swing Schrödinger’s Cat, an intriguing synthesis between ancient mysticism and the brave new world of virtuality. It is a book to make the pulse race, the mind dance and the heart sink.” – The Times – 1995
“Literary thriller that bewilders and enthrals in equal measure” – Time Out – 1995