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Against the Machine: Manifesto
by Brian Van Norman (Author)
$25.00
Mel Buckworth, a dependable family man, loses his manufacturing job through recession. Having lost his sense of purpose, his pride sidelines him as he discerns his lack of digital skills, so apparent in his children's generation.
Description
Mel Buckworth, dependable family man, loses his manufacturing job through recession. Having lost his sense of purpose, his pride sidelines him and creates an increasing bitterness as he discerns his lack of digital skills so apparent in his children’s generation.
As Mel desperately attempts to find equilibrium he estranges his family, leaves his wife and enlists the help of a greedy grad student. Will Baker teaches Mel the skills he will need to wreak revenge on a system seemingly discarding him. As his aptitudes grow he makes use the internet, the very thing he despised, as a weapon to inflict his reprisals. Slowly he becomes an obsessed terrorist delivering his message that humans will succumb to machines and the social system controlling them.
As his acts grow more lethal, Mel knows he must make an indelible declaration. A “manifesto” to be remembered.
Publisher Name : Guernica Editions
Publication Year : 2022
ISBN : 9781771836951
Reader Testimonials / Reviews :
What Critics are Saying:
"A veritable spellbinder, infused with realism and humanity." — Daniel Rhodes, The Book Commentary
"A complex and vibrant world of science, pizza, sex and revolution." — David Menear, author of Swallows Playing Chicken
"Questions about the nature of work, the effects of our wired world on the human psyche, and the ways in which people both love and hurt each other." — John Oughton, author of Higher Teaching
Author Website: https://belmontatgoldendot.wixsite.com/author
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