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ZOMG: A Social Media Novel
This... is Leamingville.
Paul and Mollyʼs marriage is being disrupted by social media. Lars Purcell, the new media guru, is checked into a midlife crisis centre. Tristan Frazer has come to town with a money-making scheme for social networking inspired by a Russian novel. Gregory Bugg has gone from web junky to therapeutic saviour in his bid to unplug the masses. Corrupt mayor Dmitri Grimm is fighting for his political life as a radio pirate has captivated the otherwise politically disengaged public, and the rise of a social media powered digital shadow mayor. The global village idiot has declared himself the poet laureate of the internets.
Inspired by Sinclair Lewisʼ biting appraisal of contemporary mores, alternative cartoonist Sethʼs enchantingly detailed studies of fictional cities, and seasoned with plenty of Jonathan Franzen-esque qualities, ZOMG! takes place in a mid-sized fictitious Ontario city where social media technology touches the lives of ten common people in the run-up to
a mayoral election. Media consolidation, midlife crisis, radio piracy, digital addiction, flat-pack furniture, social networking schemes, online narcissism, a poet laureate of the Internet and vivid visions of hell all feature in this Canadian novel verité filled with pop-up interruptus, Twitteresque feeds, notification alerts, and web-ads that satirically blends the media of print with the rich multimedia saturated online environment.
Paul and Mollyʼs marriage is being disrupted by social media. Lars Purcell, the new media guru, is checked into a midlife crisis centre. Tristan Frazer has come to town with a money-making scheme for social networking inspired by a Russian novel. Gregory Bugg has gone from web junky to therapeutic saviour in his bid to unplug the masses. Corrupt mayor Dmitri Grimm is fighting for his political life as a radio pirate has captivated the otherwise politically disengaged public, and the rise of a social media powered digital shadow mayor. The global village idiot has declared himself the poet laureate of the internets.
Inspired by Sinclair Lewisʼ biting appraisal of contemporary mores, alternative cartoonist Sethʼs enchantingly detailed studies of fictional cities, and seasoned with plenty of Jonathan Franzen-esque qualities, ZOMG! takes place in a mid-sized fictitious Ontario city where social media technology touches the lives of ten common people in the run-up to
a mayoral election. Media consolidation, midlife crisis, radio piracy, digital addiction, flat-pack furniture, social networking schemes, online narcissism, a poet laureate of the Internet and vivid visions of hell all feature in this Canadian novel verité filled with pop-up interruptus, Twitteresque feeds, notification alerts, and web-ads that satirically blends the media of print with the rich multimedia saturated online environment.
554 pages, Paperback
First published September 30, 2012
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Kane X. Faucher
31 books45 followersKane X. Faucher is a Canadian author of several novels.
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January 3, 2013I won this book in a giveaway; however, I was unable to read it because the font is extremely small (too much strain on the old eyes).
Update: I have just learned that the book is going to be re-printed with a larger font. Best of luck with ZOMG, Mr. Faucher.
Update: I have just learned that the book is going to be re-printed with a larger font. Best of luck with ZOMG, Mr. Faucher.
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