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Tomorrow and Tomorrow
Tomorrow and Tomorrow | Tom Sweterlitsch
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Tomorrow and Tomorrow is many things: a near-future cyberpunk thriller in the tradition of William Gibson and Bruce Sterling; a funny, gloomy meditation on technology and mental illness in the tradition of Phillip K. Dick and J.G. Ballard; a cynically outrageous mystery less in the tradition of Chandler than that of James Ellroy. A bleak, gorgeous romp through a pornographic and political American id. If books like this are the future of fiction, I'm not afraid for books at all.Pittsburgh Post-Gazette The Archive is an immersive virtual reconstruction of a city that no longer exists. John Dominic Blaxton investigates unexplained deaths preserved in the Archive, exploring this recreation of the citys buildings and parks, sifting through every preserved detail, interacting with the recordings of the people who once lived there, including the digital ghosts of his wife and unborn child. His latest cold case is to track a woman whose every trace is deliberately being deleted from the Archive. Obsessed with uncovering this womans identity and learning her fate, Dominic follows a trail from the virtual world into the real. But finding the truth buried deep within an illusion means risking his sanity and his very existence A disquieting vision...Tomorrow and Tomorrow is literary sci-fi, focusing on the picture, like Henry James, not the frame that defines it, like H.G. Wells. The Wall Street Journal Tomorrow and Tomorrow crosses the streams between dystopian nightmaresenveloping both the invasive total-surveillance state of Minority Report and the post-nuclear apocalypse of The Road. It's quite unusual for a first-time writer to have such a command of so many literary styles. Inherently cinematic...It's fiction, of course, but just close enough to our reality to be disturbing. Pittsburgh Tribune
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Decalino
Tomorrow and Tomorrow | Tom Sweterlitsch
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Ten years after Pittsburgh was obliterated in a terrorist attack, former poet Dominic is still grieving his wife, and addicted to visiting her in a VR archive of the city, when he becomes embroiled in the search for a woman who's being erased from the archive. There might have been an interesting story in there somewhere, but the sordid dystopian setting and recurring violence against women left me feeling mostly queasy, and happy when it ended.

Decalino To be clear, I read a lot of dystopian novels, but this one felt boring when it wasn't kind of sickening. 2y
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RamsFan1963
Tomorrow and Tomorrow | Tom Sweterlitsch
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I am posting one book per day from my extensive to-be-read collection. No description or reason for wanting to read the book. Some are old and some will be new. Don't judge me - I have a lot of books.
Day 261

#tbrmountain #bookbuyingdiet

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diovival
Tomorrow and Tomorrow | Thomas Sweterlitsch
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Yesterday's #bookhaul 📚

Lesliereads 😍 6y
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diovival
Tomorrow and Tomorrow | Tom Sweterlitsch
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Tom Sweterlitsch offered up some insights into how the people in his life and the literature he's consumed informed the creation of his latest novel. Seems like a really nice guy too. Enjoyed the reading, enjoyed the Q&A and got the tagged book signed! ✍️👏

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TheGernertCo
Tomorrow and Tomorrow | Thomas Sweterlitsch
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Matt Ross, director of #CaptainFantastic, has picked his next project: TOMORROW AND TOMORROW by Tom Sweterlitsch! It's set in a near future where a mysterious explosion has wiped out Pittsburgh. The city is then recreated in a virtual reality setting named the Archive. One man, already emotionally damaged due to losing his wife and child, discovers a murder victim who has not been recorded by the Archive...Perfect choice for your #weekendreads!

MrBook Ooooh! I like this cover and background! 7y
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RanaElizabeth
Tomorrow and Tomorrow | Thomas Sweterlitsch
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I haven't lived in my current city long enough to claim it as mine but two cities do hold a special place in my heart: Pittsburgh on the left and Portland on the right. Both of these are post-apocalyptic books that really get the city right.
#readjanuary #setinyourcity