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Transmission
Transmission | Hari Kunzru
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In Transmission, award-winning writer Hari Kunzru takes an ultra-contemporary turn with the story of an Indian computer programmer whose luxurious fantasies about life in America are shaken when he accepts a California job offer. Lonely and nave, Arjun spends his days as a lowly assistant virus- tester, pining away for his free-spirited colleague Christine. Arjun gets laid off like so many of his Silicon Valley peers, and in an act of desperation to keep his job, he releases a mischievous but destructive virus around the globe that has major unintended consequences. As world order unravels, so does Arjuns sanity, in a rollicking cataclysm that reaches Bollywood and, not so coincidentally, the glamorous star of Arjuns favorite Indian movie.
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EliNeedsMoreShelves
Transmission | Hari Kunzru
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Pickpick

Hooray for books that break you out of reading slumps!! 🥳🥳

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Morr_Books
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Day 4: This is the first book I ever bought because of the cover. I still have not read it nor do I know what it is about. #7days7covers #covercrush

Ruthiella He‘s a good author though I‘ve not read that title yet! 5y
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sisilia
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Pickpick

3⭐️ I really wanted to love this story but I couldn‘t find the right chemistry (maybe it‘s not the right time for me?). The book was written in 2003, so it was timely for a story about cyber crime, pop culture, immigration, and globalization - all are still relevant today 👍🏻

First book completed for #24in48 #24in48readathon I‘m taking a longer break now; the husband is watching anime and it looks interesting

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sisilia
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I‘m having a hard time getting into this book 😫

ScrappyMags Definitely been there. 5y
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aloslibrary
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#WhereAreYouScoobyDoo?
Visiting me at work- CannaConnect, Toronto.
✌️🐸 🇨🇦 #LitMail

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Sarahr875
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20/26 of #litsyAtoZ thank you @BookishMarginalia for setting this one up! It was a fun challenge!

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llwheeler
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Mehso-so

I'm not a huge fan of what I tend to call the pretentious lit fic tone (which definitely shows my bias lol - there is probably a proper lit crit term, if so, please tell me) as I find it usually too nihilistic. This book crosses too far on that line for it to be a pick for me. Some interesting ideas, characters, and writing, but to me, lacking connection/cohesion. A perfectly fine book, just not my thing. Letter T for #litsyatoz

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llwheeler
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This is everything I have left to read for #litsyatoz (both tracks). I think I can do it! Ten books left. Two are ebooks, Nevertheless She Persisted, ed. Mindy Klasky, and Shenzheners by Xue Yiwei. I'm over halfway through Transmission already.

readordierachel You can do It! 💪 6y
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JacintaMCarter
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#2017Book55
While this novel didn't include the fast-paced action of other novels dealing with cyber crime, it was interesting to learn the motivations of the characters who perpetrate the hacking and virus release.

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Sarahr875
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Some parts that dragged:mostly the parts with Guy. I mean, why did he get to live and we don't even know where Arjun is? That's torture. I'm happy for Leela. I know Arjun just wanted his job and didn't plan for the virus to spread worldwide and be so bad, but I feel like it helped Leela find herself and her happiness.
Arjun. What. The. Hell. I can't even pretend that something happy happened to him because it all just makes me sad! Where is he?!