![]() ![]() Everything's about your carbon footprint. MILLET: Well, because everything's measured. Namely, murder is more or less legal and having babies is illegal. But the social world that I imagined has some, sort of, extreme aspects. You know, with sea levels that have risen and all kind of species extinctions happening and coastal cities receding and people suffering under the effects of global warming. MILLET: Well, you know, the physical world that I imagined for them is not so different from the one that scientists predict we may actually see. SIMON: So what kind of world is it that Nat and Sam are growing up in? She's written several novels for adults, as well the short story collection "Love In Infant Monkeys." She joins us now from the studios of KUAZ in Tucson. This is the world of "Pills And Starships." It's a novel for young adults by Lydia Millet. Garbage that's formed a mass bigger than South America in the ocean. The planet they knew is being destroyed by tsunamis, heat waves, hurricanes, famines, foul water and the Great Pacific Trash Vortex. They live in a mid-21st century world in which people can live to 110, but instead often choose to die. The family looks forward to massages and fabulous dinners and shows. Now, she's 17 and has a younger brother named Sam. ![]() Nat and her family are going to Hawaii on a family vacation. ![]()
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