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Techno | 
 enlarge | Author: Ray Ogar
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Category: Book
Buy New: $12.95
New (15) Used (5) from $7.48
Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 1867740
Media: Paperback
Pages: 210
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6 x 0.5
ISBN: 0595135307
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780595135301
ASIN: 0595135307
Publication Date: October 31, 2000
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Product Description
America. today. walking through the city. life is modular. mix and match friends. cell phones. disposable computers. bored kids creating self tailored disorders. finally, sexuality is not an issue. besides its a currency in itself. accelerating technology. and music. and raves. and djs. life is a record where the turntable needle plays only the good parts. floating political communities of winnable radicals where information is prestige. so some thing. wish. want. and believe. isolated micro-communes. a global mega corporation with only three employees. girls who study the history of the united states through all of its 2 am parties. guys who try to forget life from day to day and unknowingly sell their memories on the emotional black market. shopping is a lifestyle. design is a nation. nanotechnology in the hands of the young. some checkout mainframe computers from the local library. others obsess over new versions of the united states that upload daily across the internet.
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| Customer Reviews:
A Ray of Hope in a Dark Future November 8, 2005
Made in DNA (Japan)
When dael receives a package via courier from his long-dead brother, little does he realize it contains code that will change his life... and body... and mind.
Step into the world of Ray Ogar (aka demo), a fringe sci-fi writer with style, class, and a whole new way to look at the way fiction is written. Ray Ogar takes you to a future that is embedded in technology and technology is embedded into the human body. Fast-forward William Gibson's Neuromancer 200 years and you have Techno.
Well thought out, well written, exciting, and new. It will blow your mind with outlandish visions you never thought possible. Ahead of his time in every way, Ray Ogar is an indies author who takes great risk in delving into a world that would probably scare many. Do not miss this book if you want to expand your ideas on the future, as well as the future of writing.
Heavily Stylized Cyberpunk March 9, 2004
Cavan Terrill (Ottawa, Canada)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
It is for stories like these that print-on-demand was invented. A traditional publishing house would never, in a million years, touch something as unique and mind-blowing as this. This is heavily stylized cyberpunk, a novel that doubles as a computer program. It's a roller coaster ride that speeds ahead of you most of the way, but always lets you catch up for just a fleeting moment before taking off again. I was amazed. This was, without a doubt, one of the best books I've read. I recommend it for someone anyone looking for something out of the ordinary. Plot: 7/10 - not always coherent, but that's half the fun of the book
Characters: 7.5/10 - dael is fully realized and the other minor characters are well-done, too
SF Concepts: 10/10 - something interesting on just about every page
Writing Ability: 9/10 - amazing, I can't say anything more
Pace: 9.5/10 - once it grabs you, it doesn't let go Blurred Line Reviews
book description January 8, 2001
ray ogar (usa)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
from the book's back cover: "america. today. walking through the city. any city. life is modular. mix and match friends. cell phones. disposable computers. bored kids creating self tailored disorders. finally, sexuality is not an issue. besides it's a currency in itself. accelerating technology. and music. and raves. and djs. life is a record where the turntable needle plays only the good parts. floating political communities of wannabe radicals where information is prestige. so some think. wish. want. and believe. isolated micro-communes. a global mega corporation with only three employees. girls who study the history of the united states through all of its 2 am parties. guys who try to forget life from day to day and unknowingly sell their memories on the emotional black market. shopping is a lifestyle. design is a nation. nanotechnology in the hands of the young. some checkout mainframe computers from the local library. others obsess over new versions of the united states that upload daily across the internet." - this is a technology satire that references everything from raves, electronic music (autechre, aphex twin) to organic architecture (lebbeus woods) and minimal graphic design. this is a book that plays with structure as much as ideas and character. (it is about 212 pages). some have called it designer cyberpunk, others have called it avant mech. some pages have one or two words on them, other pages are filled completely-actually the book is written like a long computer program pseudo-code. the book was originally written in novel form and then rewritten in program form-it does contain a complete, coherent story. i have had people love it and others hate it immensely. it is very sparsely written but very dense with information. ultimately the reader will decide. because it is so short, i would read the book all the way through before questioning the book's story, motive or its design.-- reviews, comments and criticisms welcome. ray ogar.-- other books you might read: _cigarette boy_ by darick chamberlin, _slaughtermatic_ by steve aylett, _ribofunk_ by paul di filippo, _arc d'x_ by steve erickson... cds: anything by autechre, aphex twin, while, funkstorung, pan sonic, icarus.
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