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A
novella
published in
stand-alone
form,
Scissors Cut Paper Wrap Stone
is a very strange book by
Ian McDonald
. The
protagonist
is a
graphic design geek
; his
best friend
is an
anime
creator. Together they are on a traditional
pilgrimage
across the
Japan
of the
future
, which is overrun by
akiras
(
biker gang
s) and autonomous
security
corporations. His secret is a big one, and it involves the power of the
visual archetype
. I'm not telling you any more than that! There's
Illuminati
/
Kabbalah
and
philosophy
and
cybernetics
and
memory immortality
and all sorts of stuff going on. I enjoyed it; it's definitely a sort of
cyberpunk
koan
of a story. And it predates the
William Gibson
-and-clones' affection for trendy
Japanese pop culture
that they don't understand--McDonald clearly groks the
otaku
mind. Recommended for fans of
Neal Stephenson
, because of the combination of mystic
meta
-communicative concepts with
sf
.
"
What I tell you three times is true
."
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Idoru
Paper, rock, scissors. They all have their pros and cons.
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Let's remove some sports from the Olympics
recycling
Seiken Densetsu
cockatrice
Lick Your Ticket
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Wayforward Technologies II
Mora
Illuminati
Neal Stephenson
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