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; J \ ' \ SHORT STORY COLLECTION L" POST'COLON'AL EPIC Maxim Jakubowski ed 1 Moses lsegawa ; ,_ ' , H H ‘ O . I. I. .s': L bra", Book O? "tenet % ' '1' f' 'o' t i‘ fir) :r‘ M Of" StOr es i'..E.L. U799“:
E". . .. . ” °' ‘ " =' " 'i *1 V 4' " I" = Does the internet warrant a
Li ' ' ' ’ ° ’ ’ collection of short stories? Sure, it's 21 7' the biggest thing to hit the planet {I I.’: .z;. -~ :~- : since the steam engine. But an
5:: -« ' mm ': 4' ° ' anthology of tales about the ' ’ "' t ' -' - huffing and puffing of piston- 72:1,: . .:2 ‘T, ~: we pumping power would be laughed : '9' ' ’ " " at ’: '. out of any publisher’s office. The 1' .- ‘.' -, ' '2' - : : .' internet is interesting not because ': 'z-zww aura: ' everyone uses it, rather that it has w. ' '2 '1 -- ’l-'«:'," r ' t: ’l T' " changed the way people see '- " "' ' " ' .,: . themselves in the world. ' '2 a ' '2' '. '2'. : ' t: a v This distinction is made painfully :::;:, 'w‘ '3 "31.": ‘ clear in the N.E.L. Book Of/nternet '- '- . -, '~ , ’IF'. '1’ .: Stories. Some of the tales simply 2.72:1 ' , 1' .e: .‘, replace the old literary device of , . letter-writing with e-mail sending and, as such, feel a little cheap.
Others tell of duplicity and Trevor dishonesty; a valid subject — who [he Hm Bdchoioys (Vi-mug £13.99) :asn tsurfed Into dodgy Sites by errant advertismg or malncuous pop-ups? — ut Without delvung into how the facelessness afforded by the net can ~.: a '. '. 1.;2 affect us all, the stories do little but mildly entertain. _ . . . I: . ' ,' - 'r r. .‘.e However, when the offerings take our preconceptions with the web and ;, , ' ' av. -. - If‘ose play with them, the book feels like a worthy purchase. Freedom of r ' « T' ' «1.1' twat-«i to W I L L l A M information can make all of us powerful and a story like 'An End To Hunger' '- a H r .t . by China Mieville effectively explores how this power can corrupt. ' -: .::- I :n - r ' span.» «:w o» R Outrageous leaps of fantasy, such as Ian Watson's ’When Thought-Mail m:- '2': ,a a; .- :‘e T" ':.:' «:w. ‘o' Failed’ also serve to explore the future of the internet, thus our future. '1. " -« '11- 'ze'”«:"ti"r:"1e""<:, As with most collections, this is a rather hit and miss affair, but anyone ' - '~ :t" flaw -' .' <-' :.io ‘; ;§ [- H I L L who has screamed during connection difficulties, laughed at The Onion or :--,; , x. =1 w 1 plundered Napster for all it’s worth, should find something in here to enjoy. - ~ .1 . .::;-.' " e. '.. I." F_\ H E L O i (lain Davidson)
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