My favourite eccentric book of the past few years is Super Sad True Love Story <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/27/books/27book.html> by Gary Shteyngart. Its uncomfortably predictive about not only the USA but our own society and its obsessive use of äppäräts (read: mobile devices with very extreme connectivity). When I see Gen-Y and younger obsessively absorbed in their devices to the disregard of anything real and immediate, Im reminded of how the fictional characters consult their devices to determine the f***ability index of the opposite sex, or determine whether they are LNWI (lower net worth individuals). Its an apocalyptic vision of the USA as superpower, and predictive of the (Chinese) Yuan becoming the standard currency.
_____ Ian Thomas Victoria Park, Western Australia From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Burstin Sent: Friday, October 25, 2013 11:33 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: WiX and VS2013 integration You can't judge a book by its cover, unless its a book about book covers? Since it's Friday, I have the book titled A Perfect Vacuum <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Perfect_Vacuum> by Stanislaw Lem which is a book of book reviews of non-existent books. Except the introduction, which is a real critique of introductions to books of fake reviews. Reminds me of If on a Winter's Night a Traveller <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_on_a_winter's_night_a_traveler> - a book about you trying to read the book "If on a Winter's Night a Traveller" - which actually started out pretty well but wore thin very quickly. I didn't finish it (although that is not what the book predicted!).
