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The age of wire and string

The age of wire and string

by Ben Marcus

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#599

2.0 (2 reviews)
Pages
160

In The Age of Wire and String, hailed by Robert Coover as "the most audacious literary debut in decades," Ben Marcus welds together a new reality from the scrapheap of the past. Dogs, birds, horses, automobiles, and the weather are some of the recycled elements in Marcus's first collection—part fiction, part handbook—as familiar objects take on markedly unfamiliar meanings. Gradually, this...

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In the year 2044, reality is an ugly place. The only time teenage Wade Watts really feels alive is when he's jacked into the virtual utopia known as the OASIS. Wade's devoted his life to studying the puzzles hidden within this world's digital confines—puzzles that are based on their creator's obsession with the pop culture of decades past and that promise massive power and fortune.

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red13x

Jul 30th, 2018

This is a clever book with a good use of language and fantasy, however I didn’t really like it that much or see the point in it!

forline

Nov 9th, 2015

I really didn't like this. Read it because it was on the list and short BUT it really didn't float my boat.

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