The Powerbook
The PowerBook is twenty-first century fiction that uses past, present and future as shifting dimensions of a multiple reality. The story is simple. An e-writer called Ali or Alix will write to order anything you like, provided that you are prepared to enter the story as yourself and take the risk...
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The PowerBook is twenty-first century fiction that uses past, present and future as shifting dimensions of a multiple reality. The story is simple. An e-writer called Ali or Alix will write to order anything you like, provided that you are prepared to enter the story as yourself and take the risk of leaving it as someone else. You can be the hero of your own life. You can have freedom just for one night. But there is a price to pay.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780099285434 (0099285436)
Publish date: May 3rd 2001
Publisher: Vintage
Pages no: 244
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Romance,
Literary Fiction,
Adult,
Contemporary,
Womens,
Glbt,
Queer
I actually had a review here but GR ate it.So in short: some nice stories, some nice quotes but a bit repetitious and the technology makes the novel feel dated even though it is just a decade old. I can't help thinking that Winterson is writing her story over and over, it's a good story but I like h...
"I like being on my own better than I like anything else, but I can't give up love Maybe it's the tension between longing and aloneness that I need." - 156
Contrived or not, Winterson's writing is poetic and fun to read.My favorite line: Meatspace still has some advantages for a carbon-based girl.
I'd read Oranges Are The Only Fruit before, and this book came as a severe disappointment. Winterson's lyricism works best in contrast with dreariness of Oranges' setting; lyricism on top of fantasy becomes pretty, empty noise.
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