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Bulb
- Narrated by: Christopher Lawson
- Length: 9 hrs and 50 mins
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Summary
If light records everything we do, can even shadows hide our secrets?
Imagine your entire life is available for review. Imagine, each day, any event can be watched over and over again - your birth, your first kiss, your recent shower, that private itch - all replayable from any angle. Now, imagine these can be viewed by anyone at any time.
Is a world where there is far less ego, little crime, and even the smallest moments are recorded and available publicly through the "Grand Archive" an utopia or a dystopia?
Traumatized by memories he does not want to recall, artist Ben Tinthawin is recruited by the enigmatic Grand Archive creator Dr. Mamon, who seeks help for his next-gen designs to enhance the world. Ben stumbles across a secret revealing the doctor’s true scheme in all its surreal splendor and questions whether the doctor really is the benevolent soul he claims to be.
As the paths of a broken man and a brilliant revolutionary cross, the world shifts, and cracks start to appear. Even our most fundamental codes can be encrypted or corrupted.
If the wrong information is discovered, more than Ben’s life will be in danger of total shut down.
Prepare yourself for full exposure.
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- Norma Miles
- 04-06-20
Press the spot to stop the hurting.
Wow.
Well, that was different.
Sent in a future where there is no privacy, where everything is recorded everywhere, moment by moment, and can be accessed at any time by anyone, a young man, recently estranged from his gjrlfriend, struggles to recover from the accident which took away his father instead leaving him with nightmares. Although urged by his therapist to watch the recordings of the accident, he resists, afraid of what he'd see and feel. But there is far more to this novel than the total loss of any place to hide, it is also about synchronicity and the existence of reality, the shedding - or otherwise - of limitations. An unusual story, just a little bit weird. A piece of science fiction, but the Author's real life afterwards is just as intriguing.
Told mostly in the first person present, with additional flashbacks, the story is also advanced by the introduction of email content and journal pages by various protagonists. It might seem a little muddled but it holds together well. Christopher Lawson is the narrator and his pleasant voice and reading style further enhances the listening experience making it easy to follow, with the various protagonists given individualistic voices. There is a little sloppy editing which, on occasion, changes the timbre of the words mid sentence but otherwise this is a good performance.
Bulb was so many things - weird, humerous, thought provoking, a good and unusual story - but mostly an enjoyable read. I was previously unaware of Bradley Wind but I will now look out for further works by this author. He was also the artist responsible for the very eye catching cover art, so fitting for this book. My thanks, then, to the rights holder of Bulb, who, at my request freely gifted me with a complimentary copy of the book, via Audiobook Boom.
If you like your science fiction to have more than a simple space adventure, and enjoy the unusual, I definitely recommend this book.
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