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Index Invitation to the Game

Invitation to the Game is a science-fiction book written by Monica Hughes.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 13 relations: Canada, Class conflict, Dystopia, HarperCollins, Human overpopulation, Karate, Laura Fernandez, Monica Hughes, Organized crime, Recreational drug use, Robot, Science fiction, Welfare.

  2. 1990 Canadian novels
  3. 1990 science fiction novels
  4. Children's books set in the 22nd century
  5. Novels by Monica Hughes
  6. Novels set in the 2150s

Canada

Canada is a country in North America.

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Class conflict

In political science, the term class conflict, or class struggle, refers to the political tension and economic antagonism that exist among the social classes of society, because of socioeconomic competition for resources among the social classes, between the rich and the poor.

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Dystopia

A dystopia, also called a cacotopia or anti-utopia, is a community or society that is extremely bad or frightening.

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HarperCollins

HarperCollins Publishers LLC is a British-American publishing company that is considered to be one of the "Big Five" English-language publishers, along with Penguin Random House, Hachette, Macmillan, and Simon & Schuster.

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Human overpopulation

Human overpopulation (or human population overshoot) describes a concern that human populations may become too large to be sustained by their environment or resources in the long term.

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Karate

(Okinawan pronunciation), also, is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom.

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Laura Fernandez

Laura Maria Fernandez (born 1960 on 20 May) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, pianist, music producer, artist, radio host, and real estate agent.

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Monica Hughes

Monica Hughes (November 3, 1925 – March 7, 2003) was an English-Canadian author of books for children and young adults, especially science fiction.

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Organized crime

Organized crime is a category of transnational, national, or local group of centralized enterprises run to engage in illegal activity, most commonly for profit.

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Recreational drug use

Recreational drug use is the use of one or more psychoactive drugs to induce an altered state of consciousness, either for pleasure or for some other casual purpose or pastime.

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Robot

A robot is a machine—especially one programmable by a computer—capable of carrying out a complex series of actions automatically.

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Science fiction

Science fiction (sometimes shortened to SF or sci-fi) is a genre of speculative fiction, which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel universes, and extraterrestrial life.

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Welfare

Welfare, or commonly social welfare, is a type of government support intended to ensure that members of a society can meet basic human needs such as food and shelter.

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See also

1990 Canadian novels

1990 science fiction novels

Children's books set in the 22nd century

Novels by Monica Hughes

Novels set in the 2150s

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invitation_to_the_Game

Also known as The Game (Hughes novel).