in her work.
VISUAL “ARTISTS” WHO ARE NO LONGER SULLYING THE WORLD
PIERRE PONDRIAN: While briefly embraced by the N.O. as a representative of efficiency, this minimalist was soon banned when it was discovered his work resonated with antiestablishment forces glorifying the virtues of “abstraction” and “freethinking.”
PAULO CEZONNE: A lazy painter who was involved with the “impressionist” movement, which the New Order deemed damaging to the development of clear and precise thinking. The movement proved as tremendously difficult to stamp out as an antibiotic-resistant infectious disease.
RANCHER ELFIE: A misguided “pop culture” artist who thought it would be amusing to mock the New Order by emulating official statements, posters, and banners and replacing certain messages and icons with absurd substitutions of his own design. He and his sense of humor are no longer with us.
SANDY EYEHOLE: A photographer who covered his prints of various celebrities and “commercial” artifacts with garishly colored sand. Fortunately his work was very easy to destroy.
SEPTEMBRE FEYNOIR: This artist’s saccharine depictions of pretty children, gowned women, bucolic landscapes, and domestic scenes-cheap prints of which were once embraced and consumed by millions-are now regarded as bad for one’s health, with some studies indicating they may be carcinogenic.
THANKSY: An oddly polite purveyor of graffiti who, during the last battle before the New Order’s Great Ascendancy, painted “Thanks!” over doorways that were hospitable to his rebel propaganda. Later, the markings proved useful to New Order agents looking to eliminate subversive elements.
EGREGIOUSLY INEFFICIENT OR SUBVERSIVE WORDS BANNED FROM USE
Beaner (noun)
a derogatory term for people who have the good sense to pay attention to the important things in everyday life, such as budgets, performance reviews, and municipal statistics ‹
pilgarlic (noun)
an archaic construct formerly used to describe a man without a full head of hair ‹
sandwich (noun)
an archaic term for two slices of bread placed around some sort of foodstuff-because of the unfortunate phonetic properties of the latter half of this word, The One Who Is The One lent his revered name to the lexicon, and this item is now referred to as a One-der-Meal ‹
shademark (noun)
a silly word rebels use to scare their children-it apparently refers to the stain on the ground left by a person who has fallen prey to a “Lost One,” a zombielike creature that inhabits their fantastical realm of spirits ‹
wisteria (noun)
a climbing ornamental vine with fragrant, usually purple, clusters of flowers-for obvious reasons, mention of this now extinct species of plant is prohibited ‹
wunny (adjective)
an unpleasant expression apparently used by rebels to describe any unpleasant situation (etymology uncertain) ‹
About the Authors
James Patterson is the author of the highly praised Maximum Ride novels, the Witch & Wizard series,
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Ned Rust lives in Croton, New York, with his family. He has also collaborated with James Patterson on
