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title: "Poynton Shute’s Coronavirus Novel"
description: "Imagine that Planet Earth was part of a galactic governance system that we don’t even know about. What would the intergalactic bureaucracy look like? How would it view current events on Earth? Would it intervene? Still stuck in his flat at Surfers Corner, would-be SciFi novelist Poynton Shute grapples with these questions. Now Read On."
type: "NewsArticle"
publisher: "Daily Maverick"
site: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za"
section: "Maverick Life"
author: "ND Mazin"
author_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/author/ndmazin/"
canonical_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-05-11-poynton-shutes-coronavirus-novel-2/"
published: "2020-05-11T13:42:10"
updated: "2020-05-11T13:44:03"
lang: "en-ZA"
---

# Poynton Shute’s Coronavirus Novel

> Imagine that Planet Earth was part of a galactic governance system that we don’t even know about. What would the intergalactic bureaucracy look like? How would it view current events on Earth? Would it intervene? Still stuck in his flat at Surfers Corner, would-be SciFi novelist Poynton Shute grapples with these questions. Now Read On.

By ND Mazin · Published 11 May 2020, 15:42 SAST · Updated 11 May 2020, 15:44 SAST