25 short, sometimes funny and sometimes mean stories ideal to rediscover the joy of reading a book as shiny and beautiful as a brand new cell phone...
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Jan 20, 2010
Liz
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I’m all for concise works, but this is just not good. I understand short stories do not have much on character development, but there is a clear cut Beginning-Middle-End. None of these stories have that. I felt my brain was being assaulted by the rapid fire of incoherent nonsense.
The language is awkward, and I’m not sure if that is due to the translation (from Polish) or it is just bad writing. Perhaps this is the style he's going for; short, quick and abrupt, just like our tech More...
The language is awkward, and I’m not sure if that is due to the translation (from Polish) or it is just bad writing. Perhaps this is the style he's going for; short, quick and abrupt, just like our tech More...
Jun 23, 2011
Ryan
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This collection features a set of short flash pieces that combine ideas that could be ripped from the headlines of a newspaper published next Tuesday with a wonderfully absurdist sense of humour. It combines two things - humour and science fiction - that both are often described as social mirrors, used to point out the foibles of our own time, but which are rarely combined to that effect outside of satirical, poking fun at the genre Hitchhiker's Guide... type stories. The combination here, wit
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Nov 01, 2009
Moxie
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What I love about Nick Name's stories is the nuanced, sophisticated relationship presented between human beings and technology, which is often belied by the absurdity of the humor. He seems to present technology not as a boogey-man, but rather as the tools human beings create to fill real needs, whether they be emotional, spiritual, sexual, etc. The problem, of course, arises from humans' preternatural abilities to epically fuck up even the best intentions.
Jan 27, 2011
Jakub
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Perfect book to show, that absurdity isn't always funny. Still, it wasn't a bad read. Polish names of people and places were kind of sticking out of the rest of the text. I guess they add to the feeling of absurd - provided that you're not Polish, then they're just plain weird :D
Dec 07, 2010
Tom
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i love these stories of wild impossible inventions, absurd and cynical enough to come straight from tomorrow's headlines. playful and downright silly, this is really funny stuff.
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