Today I have mostly been reading . . .
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zotzJennifer Government.
I hadn't realised until I read the website that it had anything to do with NationStates, but apparently it does. More than a little. Just goes to show how poorly informed I am, I guess.
John Courtenay Grimwood reviewed it thus:
As $2,500 trainers go, the new Nike Mercurys are so cool they're to die for - literally. Hack Nike is a lowly merchandising executive until the water cooler on his floor breaks down and he nips over to marketing. There Hack runs into marketing gurus John Nike and John Nike. Before Hack knows it he's landed himself the job of shooting 10 Nike-wearing teenagers, which the two Johns have decided is just what the new trainer needs to give it street cred. Appalled, Hack goes straight to the police, who assume he's trying to subcontract the killings and accept the job. Only the police are busy, so they subcontract the hits to the National Rifle Association ... Welcome to a world where globalisation has won, Australia is an American state and everyone's surname reflects the company for which they work. Part anti-consumerist broadside, part slick thriller, Jennifer Government has already been optioned by Hollywood. Now, how's that for satire?
Go on, read the first chapter. You know you want to really.
In other news, I woke up this morning angry, and stayed on edge through until mid-afternoon. I don't know why.
I hadn't realised until I read the website that it had anything to do with NationStates, but apparently it does. More than a little. Just goes to show how poorly informed I am, I guess.
John Courtenay Grimwood reviewed it thus:
As $2,500 trainers go, the new Nike Mercurys are so cool they're to die for - literally. Hack Nike is a lowly merchandising executive until the water cooler on his floor breaks down and he nips over to marketing. There Hack runs into marketing gurus John Nike and John Nike. Before Hack knows it he's landed himself the job of shooting 10 Nike-wearing teenagers, which the two Johns have decided is just what the new trainer needs to give it street cred. Appalled, Hack goes straight to the police, who assume he's trying to subcontract the killings and accept the job. Only the police are busy, so they subcontract the hits to the National Rifle Association ... Welcome to a world where globalisation has won, Australia is an American state and everyone's surname reflects the company for which they work. Part anti-consumerist broadside, part slick thriller, Jennifer Government has already been optioned by Hollywood. Now, how's that for satire?
Go on, read the first chapter. You know you want to really.
In other news, I woke up this morning angry, and stayed on edge through until mid-afternoon. I don't know why.
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Date: 2003-08-03 10:22 am (UTC)Unfortunately it's out of print.