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Bezig met laden... The Müller-Fokker Effectdoor John Sladek
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. This absolutely hilarious novel contains more puzzles than a year's worth of Mensa Bulletins. I have found several palindromes and other brain-damaged prose. The play on the number pi has to be seen to be believed. It wouldn't surprise me to find out that there is some esoteric puzzle solution in here that would get some special prize from the author. (Silly dis idyll is). (Note that I do not mention the religious or song parodies). geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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This novel is about the first truly modern man.His name's Bob Shairp, and he gets completely turned into data and stored on computer tape. (How modern can you get?)Actually, there are quite a few other modern characters (though none so modern as Bob) in this book. There's Wes Davis, who knows the U.S. Army is part of a Black Conspiracy. And Billy Koch, the great faith-healing evangelist who orders a robot replica of himself to share the burden of crusading. And Glen Dale, editor of Stagman magazine and, strangely enough, a virgin. And Wise Bream, god of the Utopi Indians. And others, too numerous to enumerate. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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The central premise is that the government want to transfer human consciousness to computer, but since this is set in the '60's they only have those big tape machine's to work with.
However that's beside the point, as realistically this doesn't have a plot. Imagine a Dickens novel or Catch-22 maybe but with NO central character. So your just stuck with the crazy side characters. You have an eccentric millionaire who thinks everyone else is fictional, the founder of a playboy-esque magazine, a tele-evangelist, a painter, an advertising executive, about a half-dozen other major characters aswell as a full accompaniment of racists, conspiracy theorists, art critics, military cadets, indians and transvestites.
The '60's aesthetic is one of the best things about it and the individual elements are interesting if a little hard to follow at times due to the large assortment of characters.
It's also not the worst time to read it as its sci-fi elements are probably more apt today than they were in the '60's and its political connotations are unfortunately not out of date especially with Donald Drumpf running for the american presidency.
Overall better than Roderick the only other Sladek i've read, but definitely not for those who like to have a normal a-b-c plot. ( )