This project is a work of speculative fiction set in a fictional future in which the remnants of post-climate change post-nuclear war humanity have relocated to colonies on the Galapagos Islands. The novel follows the young daughter of a metalworker, Kyra Krikorian, as she befriends a squid boy, who she names OctoBoy. Concurrently, the novel explores her adulthood and the ramifications of this friendship, including her relationship with Kristoffer’s hybrid species, called Octolopodoids. It explores themes related to ecology, oppressive governments, the nature of faith, queerness, and the limits of science. This thesis represents the first five-eighths of the project, work upon which is ongoing as of April 2024.
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