Surveillance

As I was taking this photo on my porch, two moms walking their kids home from the school near my house started screaming profanities at each other. One accused the other of not loving their child for not doing the fun run correctly, to which the other responded, "Suck a fat d*** you c***". ???

Alexa, play "It's A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood"

Bookwormjillk Lol summer vacation needs to start early for some people 2w

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Wow!! 😮 2w

wanderinglynn OMG! Seriously WTF?! 😳🤯 Someone needs to seriously chill. 2w

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Ruthiella 😳😱🫣 How awful. 2w

HeyT Apparently none of them ‘touched grass‘ at the fun run (edited) 2w

TEArificbooks 😂 mommy wars are for real. It is their way of doing things or you can suck a fat d****. I have seen some things go down. Big Little Lies got nothing on the moms in our old school. One of the reasons we homeschool now. 2w

Julsmarshall My goodness! That is terrible! 2w

Tamra What?! Not my kinda socialization. 2w

inthegreensandblues Whoa 🤣 Super cool bookmark! 2w

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Gnomon: A novel | Nick Harkaway

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Yeah. YEAH! I just love the way Harkaway writes. I hope nobody ever asks me to explain this book fully, but I'd go for 'sci-fi mystery with fantastical elements.' While the Matrix feels like an obvious reference point, I'd add Inception and Sucker Punch to the film comps. 1/?

Robotswithpersonality 2/? It's hard to pitch the framework because fictional utopian societies that are actually revealed to be dystopian are not new, especially in the framework of fears around the surveillance state, having your mind no longer be a private space, and possibly having your own thoughts/ workings of society manipulated by others via tech are themes that loom large these days. 1mo

Robotswithpersonality 3/? But Harkaway has this truly, splendidly powerful imagination that adds in layers and elements to bring humanity and humour and truly wild experiences to that kind of story. 1mo

Robotswithpersonality 4/? There is a darkness to the narrative, I think the best indicator I can give is this is the second book I've read from this author and both involved torture sequences, though you could argue the ones featured here range from the more tactile to the more abstract. 😬 ⚠️Racism, violence 1mo

Robotswithpersonality 5/5 And still, I enjoy floating along in the worlds he creates. I think even more so than with Angelmaker you have to be willing to go with flow, take your time. 😏 1mo

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Gnomon: A novel | Nick Harkaway

"-a most diverting action of itself..." the demon in the peacock feather coat is hitting on the Ancient Greek alchemist. I love it here. ?

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Gnomon: A novel | Nick Harkaway

An amusing spin on the whole birds are raptors descended from dinosaurs thing. ☺️

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Gnomon: A novel | Nick Harkaway

Congratulations on selecting two of the least reassuring references in literature. 🫣

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Gnomon: A novel | Nick Harkaway

Given my 'hit and miss' experience of poetry, this analogy really resonates. 🎯

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Gnomon: A novel | Nick Harkaway

Dammit Harkaway. After 38 years, I am fully aware of my notebook abandoning tendencies and how slow and handcramping I find writing in comparison to the speed of type and how that is reflected in my dreadful handwriting and you're STILL making me want to write on physical paper with a nice pen! 🤦🏼‍♂️

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Gnomon: A novel | Nick Harkaway