From the Bookshelf of Tyler Public Library…

[close] First, I want to say that I think this is a very clever book. Set in the not too distant future, Graedon has created a world where everyone is hooked up to their mobile Meme devices. Not much of a stretch from today's norm. Those who can afford it have chips implanted in their brains. The technology warnings thought this novel would make Bradbury proud.
As the book begins, Anana has just gone through a bad breakup with her genius boyfriend Max, and is supposed to meet her dad Doug for supper and consolation. However Doug, the editor of the North American Dictionary of the English Language, has disappeared, and so begins the Anana's quest to find her father. Complicating matters is the outbreak of Word - flu. A fun and clever romp of a mystery!