It's been at least three weeks since I finished this and I still don't know what to say about. I mean, I *did* finish it, and pretty quickly, so I must have enjoyed it on some level. I know I did. At the same time, the experience was rather empty.
The conceit is good (future dystopia predicated on an escapist, virtual-reality culture), with an interesting twist (gaming -- and in particular one game -- is everything, and that one game is based on the 1980's), and the plot moves along very nicely, but the effect is flat. It's one of those books where everything is mentioned and a few things are explained but nothing is examined in any kind of meaningful way.
Apparently it will soon be a movie.
C is friends with the fashion stylist Rebekah Roy (left in both pics above) ... one of those people who personify calm and smiling success. On her blog she presents glamour in this very sincere, straightforward way ... whether she's taking pictures of people on the street , talking about stain removers , her favourite videos , or attending some glittering party . One minute she's ruminating on hair extensions, and in the next she reveals how she's been featured on the Vogue UK site. A real disarmer and charmer (and this without meeting her yet, although I feel like I know her because we both did our time in Winnipeg). * * * * * Coming home from Russia, we did many bad things. ; mixed media on canvas, 10 x 10 inches. In my own life, the glamour is wholly imagined. * * * * * witches, smoke ; mixed media on canvas, 10 x 10 inches. My second go at this one, and for some reason I'm painting a lot of smoke lately (note to self: tell C that I want to be cremated). *
Hey, that post is funny - I found your blog, when I decided to do my blog berlinletters.blogspot.com in German too - and then I looked which blogs followed it, and yours was the next after the next. Scrolled a bit - liked it, joined.
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