David A. Ross (3) (1953–)
Autor(a) de Calico Pennants: A Novel
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 9
- Membros
- 42
- Popularidade
- #357,757
- Avaliação
- 4.3
- Críticas
- 7
- ISBN
- 48
- Línguas
- 3
- Marcado como favorito
- 1
During her virtual travels Fizzy Oceans, the novel's heroine, takes us on a tour of our collective history and potential future that is disturbing, imaginative, informed, and most of all, limitless. One of the primary concerns of the novel is the environment and climate change, both of which are woven into the narrative in such a way that the reader feels like they are learning about the dangers and damage the world is faced with without being instructed on them. Ross uses a diverse and impressively rendered cast of characters that includes Mark Twain, Saddam Hussein, Gandhi, and Jacques Cousteau to explore ecology, religion, literature, history, and the dissolving line that separates physical and virtual life. While some of the subject matter might appear lofty Fizzy Oceans and her digitized companions are very much concerned with every day people and the issues they face. The physical life companions who animate them are all in deep trouble. They are beaten down economically, spiritually, and the water is rising fast. For many of them virtual life is a haven that holds a hidden promise that they are only just beginning to grasp.
The Virtual Life of Fizzy Oceans is a book for a day that hasn't arrived yet. It is an age we should fear, embrace, run from, and hope for. It is an age David Ross and Fizzy Oceans have brought us closer to, close enough that we might just be able grasp the promises of it for ourselves.… (mais)