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Plowing the Dark
Plowing the Dark: A Novel | Richard Powers
Adie Klarpol, a disillusioned artist, and Taimur Martin, an English teacher held hostage by Islamic militants, are brought together in virtual reality, where a shared imagination can join two remote places. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.
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Plowing the Dark: A Novel | Richard Powers
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#Welcometothejungle , virtual jungle that is. A graphic design artist from New York is hired by a virtual reality group to help work in The Cavern, a white room that can be transformed into (among other things) works of art like Rousseau's 'The Dream', a surreal jungle scene. I know, virtual reality, so played out, right? This was written in 1999- prescient, not in a technical sense, but in its vision for what VR could become. #junetunz @Cinfhen

Billypar Let me add too... Not just about imagining a future technology- Powers makes the connection between VR and human imagination, which raises some really interesting ideas- I really recommend checking this one out. 8y
Cinfhen Sounds brilliant... (edited) 8y
saresmoore Very cool! 8y
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