Mar 06
I was going to post about Ad Astra here but I already did that at BlogTO and I have to do another one tommorrow about Cory Doctorow so – fuck it. I will, however, post about a little pink fellow that I bought there.
“Gloomy the Naughty Adult Bear” designed by Mori Chak and made by the Chinese. He was raised by a little boy named Pity but, as he got older, his instincts kicked in and he mauled Pity. Poor little Pity. True story.
I like toys.
"This ultra-sharp, darkly satiric, hyper-speed novel is set in a world where multi-level mega malls serves as city states and everything on the outside lies in ruin. On the lower red levels, gang violence and media saturation and bio-tech designer drugs rule. During the weekend, slummers from the green levels leave their safe lives of jobs and families to partake in risky, sometimes deadly, fun on the red levels. And on every level, TV and advertisements literally penetrate the mind. Death is easy and life cheap, until that life is your own or your beloveds. Extreme stylization, great characters, and a high-level of intensity is maintained throughout. This is a whip-smart, truly violent novel that has at its core a still very human pulsing heart."
1 comment
mona lisa
March 8, 2007 at 2:51 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
yay! i’ve seen gloomy before, awesome. i’m jealous.