Jon Bois
Autore di 17776: What football will look like in the future
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- Nome canonico
- Jon Bois
- Data di nascita
- 1982-09-24
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
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A very strong approach to internet-based "mixed media literature". The combination of text and video (and sound for that matter) works fantastically here. Story-wise this is philosophical in a very entertaining way. There's a lot of colloquialism, but it does not impair the reading experience, which is quite the feat. The only thing that bugged me a little was the worldbuilding which felt a bit lazy at times.
PS: according to the viewcount of the embedded videos, there were 100.000+ readers so far. The fact that only two members of LT have this in their library startles me. READ IT, IT'S GOOD STUFF! :-)… (altro)
PS: according to the viewcount of the embedded videos, there were 100.000+ readers so far. The fact that only two members of LT have this in their library startles me. READ IT, IT'S GOOD STUFF! :-)… (altro)
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I think about the Voyagers a lot. Decades after they taught us so much about our little neighborhood in space, they're all alone out there, hurtling through interstellar space, two of only five objects we've sent that actually left the solar system. I think about how, barring damage from dust and radiation, they'll be out there, sailing through the stars, long after I'm gone. All alone. Honestly, I think at least a little about all these craft, these little communications, packets of ourselves that we've sent up into the stars to hear and see the vastness and the nothing. It's just part of who I am.
So it's possible that I got more out of this little story because of that. (This is not about the Voyagers, but about the Pioneers. And football. Well, no, not really football. But football. And immortality. And purpose. And games.) But even if I did, I think this is worth the couple hours or so of your time that it will take to click on the link and experience this bit of ephemera. It's not a masterpiece (mainly because it ends before it can really do a deep dive into its chosen subjects of permanence and impermanence and community and purpose, but also because the fantastic premise it operates on requires A LOT of suspension of disbelief and isn't really fleshed out quite enough), but it is a lovely meditation on life and living. Nothing else you were going to spend your time clicking on will scratch quite the same itch. (It's one of the better things I've experienced in 2018, but you know that's a really low bar right now, so take it for what it's worth.)
Click and enjoy.
Reviewed December 13, 2018
Crossposted to Dreamwidth.… (altro)