2032 - 7 Days by A. S. Anand

Author:A. S. Anand [Anand, A. S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: novels
Published: 2011-07-04T07:00:00+00:00

9th October

A row of grey-coloured clouds scattered across the sky, suffocating the sunlight and sprinkling the concrete jungle below with gentle rainfall. Much to Richard’s relief, the walking tour he had commenced with his soon to be father in law Henry would have to be abandoned; the miniscule raindrops that slid from the sky were in danger of ruining Henry’s dark brown velvet ankle-high boots. So they jumped into the nearest taxi and headed straight for the Library.

Richard had no problem with exploring the various streets and avenues in his local area nor did he shirk from spending time with Henry. He simply disapproved of the route that they had selected. His fiancée Katherine had given him strict instructions on how to deal with Henry when he arrived in Sector 2932023 to see his daughter and to primarily meet Richard for the first time.

An unexpected extension of a business conference meant that Katherine would only be able to join Henry and Richard in the early hours of the morning the day after Henry arrived, which meant Richard would have to look after Sam during his first evening in Sector 2932023. Although Henry had never visited Sector 2932023, he possessed an erudite knowledge of the area due to his voracious appetite for consuming travel guides.

The travel industry had feared that the mass homogenisation of the world’s destinations would result in the death of their industry. Initially, the novelty of the Sectors’ allowed them to find a mass market for their product. Once this novelty diminished, they were relieved to uncover the fact that although the Sector’s were outwardly identical, the Global Government had allowed the interiors of certain buildings to be used for different purposes (although they rarely altered the commercial use of a building).

After all, the free market was one of the underlying principles of the Government, and if a business was not successful in a particular area it would be unfair to sustain it for governmental purposes. This also allowed the lucrative tourist industry to market different Sectors for particular patterns that conglomerated in their particular Sectors. Sector 2932023, for example, had gained a reputation for having the Globe’s best Korean restaurants.

Henry had memorised the names of all thirty-nine Korean restaurants in Sector 2932023’s city centre and had insisted on choosing the location for his first meal with Richard. He sincerely believed that although he was a man of limited ability, one of his few assets was his aptitude for instinctively selecting the best bars, restaurants and walking routes from a broad selection of travel guides.

Having spent many a holiday with her father, Katherine knew that Henry believed this ability made his choices of restaurants and bars superior to that of any locals. They could not be objective about such things, he would say, whereas he had no prejudices and only focused on impartial criteria for judging particular places.

Therefore, Katherine felt that the best way for Richard to impress Henry would be to take him to places that Katherine

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