Harvey Hiestand

Harvey Hiestand edited the characters of Dystopia Now Monday, February 18, 2013.

• Changed the section title: Cast of Characters/Important People
• Added a character: Zeno Jacobs: He lives alone in his West Hollywood home. Since he works at a minimum wage job, he can't afford the taxes and the utilities on the house, so he devises a way to have the company he works for pay all his bills. Zeno is lonely and desperate, but as the Hundred Days Riots start, he has hope for new love.
• marked the description of Zeno Jacobs as not a spoiler
• Added a character: Mr. Chandler: His job is to fire as many employees as he can--or frustrate them into the point of quitting. He believes in luck and has a carving of a clover on his desk. But each and every week he checks his lottery numbers, he always rips up the ticket and dumps it in the trash.
• marked the description of Mr. Chandler as not a spoiler
• Added a character: Mr. McClusky: Mr. McClusky is an old janitor who has worked for the company since the 1960s. He's trying to put in his retirement so he can move away from the riots, to a place called Lake Havasu City.
• marked the description of Mr. McClusky as not a spoiler
• Added a character: Shasta MacCalisaire: Zeno meets Shasta and falls immediately in love with her. She's an extremely tall woman whose greatest educational accomplishment was that she learned to play the marimba in college.
• marked the description of Shasta MacCalisaire as not a spoiler
• Added a character: Carlos Jimenez: Runs a commune in East L.A. As Zeno talks with him and the other companeros, Carlos considers his plans to throw Los Angeles into disarray.
• marked the description of Carlos Jimenez as not a spoiler
• Added a character: Octavio Mendez: Works at HRW and gives Zeno a ride to and from work each day. He too is getting pulled into Carlos' plan.
• marked the description of Octavio Mendez as not a spoiler
• Added a character: Doreen Crenshaw: Doreen is a highly intelligent soul, but ashamed of her Tourette's. When she and Zeno have a quick fling, things may not end well...
• marked the description of Doreen Crenshaw as not a spoiler
• Added a character: Bob: Bob is Zeno's boss, and Zeno's only communication with her is by telephone. She turns the cameras toward him when they are speaking.
• marked the description of Bob as not a spoiler

Harvey Hiestand edited the first sentence of Dystopia Now Monday, February 18, 2013.

• There's something dumb inherent in youth; he is smiling at me in the midst of his.

Harvey Hiestand edited the settings of Dystopia Now Monday, February 18, 2013.

• changed the overview: Takes place primarily in Hollywood and Santa Monica, but the riots branch out all over Southern California.
• Added a setting: HRW Building: Located in Santa Monica on Pico Boulevard.
• marked the description of HRW Building as not a spoiler
• Added a setting: Zeno's Home: 10 or 12 houses north of Melrose, on Vista.
• marked the description of Zeno's Home as not a spoiler

Harvey Hiestand edited the reading level of Dystopia Now Thursday, February 14, 2013.

• Young Adults - This book contains some explicit language.

Harvey Hiestand edited the description of Dystopia Now Thursday, February 14, 2013.

• In the near future, the recession doesn’t just go on and on, it deepens and devolves. But people desperate for work will find there’s one place that’s always hiring…
  
  Enter the labyrinth of HRW International—a business that profits from the termination of its own employees. As Director of Personnel, Zeno Jacobs must hire only the young, the unqualified, and the incapable so he will earn his bonus. And he’ll do anything for a bonus.
  
  While Zeno plods through daily interviews, Los Angeles is engulfed in the Hundred Days Riots, a movement stoked by a treacherous murderer known as El Consumidor. When nearby neighborhoods are torched, Zeno worries about his home and his lover, and about whether or not his job has eroded his moral convictions.
  
  Then Zeno discovers a bonus worth having: a life-changing sum of money that’s his for the taking. And for this treasure, he will give up the safety of evacuation—placing not only his own life at risk, but also those of his new wife and their unborn child.

Harvey Hiestand edited the ridiculously simplified synopses of Dystopia Now Thursday, February 14, 2013.

• Added: A young man deals with the morality of his job as society falls apart, but free money is too tempting for him.

Harvey Hiestand edited the first edition of Dystopia Now Thursday, February 14, 2013.

• changed the language: English
• changed the publisher: Air Raid Press
• changed the country: U.S.A.
• changed the publication date: June 14, 2013
• changed the ISBN: 978-1470153229
• changed the page count: 274

Harvey Hiestand edited the table of contents of Dystopia Now Thursday, February 14, 2013.

• Preface
  0 - Carson Piercy

  Part 1 - HRW International

  1 - That Is The Labyrinth
  2 - Breaking News
  3 - 512 Write Ups
  4 - The Fish In The Life Preserver
  5 - The Chicken Cook
  6 - #HundredDays
  7 - Kill The Banks
  8 - Time To Do Some Shopping
  9 - The Bad Guy
  10 - CRISIS In Los Angeles

  Part 2 - Shasta MacCalistaire

  11 - Interviewing Shasta
  12 - Dolphins And Sombreros
  13 - Shasta's Clan
  14 - Sparkletts Aflame
  15 - As The Wild Do
  16 - It's Friday Night, Bitches!
  17 - Behold Los Demonios
  18 - Melrose
  19 - He's Got Meat
  20 - HELL

  Part 3 - Occupation

  21 - A Place Called Hobart Yard
  22 - Brave Rifles
  23 - My Army Friends
  24 - Shovel It Down And Taste It Later
  25 - Trust Your Army Friends
  26 - Don't Go, Zeno
  27 - The Old House
  28 - The Selma Park Shyster
  29 - Dystopia Now
  30 - Shadows Within The Labyrinth
  31 - We Burn And Burn

  Part 4 - Hundred Days Forever

  32 - The Edge Of The World
  33 - As If To Kiss It
  34 - Our House
  35 - Day 247 Of The Hundred Days Riots
  36 - Cedar Sinai
  37 - Hollywood Forever
  38 - Funny Blue Necklace

Harvey Hiestand edited the contributors of Dystopia Now Thursday, February 14, 2013.

• Added a contributor: Harvey Hiestand: (Primary Author)

Harvey Hiestand edited the page settings of The Solo Show Thursday, September 20, 2012.

• Hid these sections: table of contents, glossary entries, series & lists, first edition, awards, links to supplemental material, books with additional background information