Adding to an already astounding body of work that explores the nature of love and desire, Jeanette Winterson (Sexing the Cherry, Oranges are Not the Only Fruit, The Passion) presents a stunning novel that probes the boundaries of the Internet.
Ali writes stories on email for anyone who wants them. She promises “freedom just for one night,” but she does not do so without a warning: the story might change you. Ask for an epic love story and you will get one, but Ali will be cast in it, too, and the lines between the real and imagined may blur. Plucking characters from history and myth, Winterson journeys through time and stops in London, Paris, and Capri, all the while melding the language of love with that of computers. In The PowerBook she has found a brilliant conceit through which to showcase her increasingly bold voice.
That sounds amazing...I just picked up a non-fiction from the bookstore called "The Most Human Human." Apparently there is this convention thing which pits artificial intelligence computers with real human beings. A panel of judges has a conversation with both, not knowing which is the human and which is the computer, and they have to decide which is human. Crazy, eh?
I know I've brought up the "My Life as a Night Elf Priest" book in class, and the author is Bonnie Nardi, if anyone wants to check it out, or borrow it from me. But, I just learned there is a book about this "hacktivist" group I've been following for a year or two. The book is called "We Are Anonymous: Inside the world of Lulzsec, Anonymous, and Global Cyber Insurgency." The author is Parmy Olson. I think I might be shifting my focus to this book if I can obtain a copy. These groups are very mysterious collections of hackers who a sort of becoming a vigilante force in the world. I first heard of them when they hacked into the Playstation gaming network, and revealed credit card and customer information to the public. They did this in order to prove how weak Sony's security system was, so that Sony would improve and customers would eventually be safer. Most recently, they announced to the world the identity of the cyber bully responsible for Amanda Todd's suicide, who Jane mentioned in class. It's very intersting stuff, this world we're living in now.
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ReplyDeleteAdding to an already astounding body of work that explores the nature of love and desire, Jeanette Winterson (Sexing the Cherry, Oranges are Not the Only Fruit, The Passion) presents a stunning novel that probes the boundaries of the Internet.
Ali writes stories on email for anyone who wants them. She promises “freedom just for one night,” but she does not do so without a warning: the story might change you. Ask for an epic love story and you will get one, but Ali will be cast in it, too, and the lines between the real and imagined may blur. Plucking characters from history and myth, Winterson journeys through time and stops in London, Paris, and Capri, all the while melding the language of love with that of computers. In The PowerBook she has found a brilliant conceit through which to showcase her increasingly bold voice.
That sounds amazing...I just picked up a non-fiction from the bookstore called "The Most Human Human." Apparently there is this convention thing which pits artificial intelligence computers with real human beings. A panel of judges has a conversation with both, not knowing which is the human and which is the computer, and they have to decide which is human. Crazy, eh?
ReplyDeleteI know I've brought up the "My Life as a Night Elf Priest" book in class, and the author is Bonnie Nardi, if anyone wants to check it out, or borrow it from me. But, I just learned there is a book about this "hacktivist" group I've been following for a year or two. The book is called "We Are Anonymous: Inside the world of Lulzsec, Anonymous, and Global Cyber Insurgency." The author is Parmy Olson. I think I might be shifting my focus to this book if I can obtain a copy. These groups are very mysterious collections of hackers who a sort of becoming a vigilante force in the world. I first heard of them when they hacked into the Playstation gaming network, and revealed credit card and customer information to the public. They did this in order to prove how weak Sony's security system was, so that Sony would improve and customers would eventually be safer. Most recently, they announced to the world the identity of the cyber bully responsible for Amanda Todd's suicide, who Jane mentioned in class. It's very intersting stuff, this world we're living in now.
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