2004 UNSW Media and Communications Honours thesis for Tim Bennett. Received honours first class. Abstract: "The Special Broadcasting Service not only produces programs, but also constantly produces and makes use of traces of its own audiences. Its many feedback channels are geared towards generating information that serves two purposes. Firstly, feedback empowers SBS to refine its production...

The story mainly takes place in two Ontario locales. In flashbacks, the main character, usually but not always called Alan (he appears to have been alphabetized rather than named, and will answer to any masculine name beginning with A), and his brothers (also alphabetized) grow up outside of the remote town of Kapuskasing. The novel opens with Alan's purchase of a home in the Kensington Market ...

The protagonist, Art Berry, has been sent to an insane asylum as a result of a complex conspiracy. The novel takes place in a world where online "tribes" form, where all members set their circadian rhythms to the same time zone even though members may be physically located throughout the world. (Wikipedia)

This future history book takes place in the 22nd century, mostly in Walt Disney World. Earth now lives under the "Bitchun Society", in which rejuvenation and body-enhancement have made death obsolete, material goods are no longer scarce, and everyone is granted basic rights that in our present age are mostly considered luxuries. (Wikipedia)