The Word Exchange
by:
Alena Graedon (author)
A literary adventure for booklovers, a dystopian thriller about the digital age and a love story set in a world threatened by the disappearance of language.PRINT IS DEADLONG LIVE PRINTImagine a world in which books, libraries and newspapers are things of the past. A world in which we spend our...
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A literary adventure for booklovers, a dystopian thriller about the digital age and a love story set in a world threatened by the disappearance of language.PRINT IS DEADLONG LIVE PRINTImagine a world in which books, libraries and newspapers are things of the past. A world in which we spend our time glued to handheld devices called Memes that not only keep us in constant co
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Format: Hardcover
ISBN:
9780297869757
Publisher: Weedenfeld & Nicolson
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
I consider myself somewhat of a Luddite, (yes, I know, as I “blog”) but I am slowly coming to grips with the digital age. I try to resist the lure of things like Facebook, but then get caught up in time-sucks like Pinterest. Lately, I can see how people lose hours of their day watching a Twitter fee...
First of all, I have to say that I have a high reading level; but this book almost made me feel dumb. I had to constantly look up some of the words in order to understand the context in which the word was being used. I found the footnotes to be distracting and unnecessary. It was wordy and slow rea...
First of all, I have to say that I have a high reading level; but this book almost made me feel dumb. I had to constantly look up some of the words in order to understand the context in which the word was being used. I found the footnotes to be distracting and unnecessary. It was wordy and slow rea...
A copy of this book was provided by the publisher through Netgalley in exchange for my review Genre: Science Fiction/Dystopia Page Count: 384 List Price: $26.95 - Hardcover $11.99 - 13.99 Digital Edition Publication Date: April 8, 2014 Publisher: Doubleday My Rating: 3 out of...
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