This is a thrilling fast-paced satire of life in the publishing industry that must now navigate multiple universes, consider colliding galaxies, and take instruction from guides such as D. H. Lawrence. All this while the text leaps from Biblical frameworks to internet content, giving a free and complex reading experience that takes in the irrelevancies of time and the breath-taking variations of dimension. You read some text and then you are guided to a short video – sheer delight. It might be music; or the text of Eleven Strange Facts You Didn’t Know – about something; or loud typing pool background effects; or some detailed information on space-time. Be amazed. The possibilities here would seem to be endless. The technical skill of the whole production is superb. And in case you’re wondering, the characters lead ordinary lives, rendered in regular prose: “After the plane cleared the runway without incident, Dylan was feeling optimistic enough to lash out on a Johnny Walker on the rocks. He realised his interview was that very afternoon but a single scotch surely couldn’t do any harm. The woman next to him ordered an orange juice in what Dylan regarded as judgemental tone.” The characters also drink a fair bit of scotch. Do yourself a special favour and expand your reading universe. – Carmel Bird, novelist, Winner 2016 Patrick White Award for Literature Loading...
