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The awesome co-hosts for the July 6 posting of the IWSG are J Lenni Dorner,Janet Alcorn,PJ Colando,Jenni Enzor, and Diane Burton!
July 6 question – If you could live in any book world, which one would you choose?
Authors feel less inclined to censor themselves writing fiction. Consider the thinly veiled social commentary in the titles below. As the saying goes, “There’s more fact in fiction.” Of all these precarious worlds I would choose my own. (Not listed in graph, but to the side of this post. lol)
Better the devil you know.
Brittany Wolfe is ex-LAPD turned private investigator during the rise of the internet. The first paradigm shift of the dot.com boom gives way to access to excess; creating shifts in power in mainstream media. All forms of art are affected, crime sprees adjusted, and celebrities are controlled by the constant shifts in virtual platforms. The Wolfe series is contemporary noir in traditional mystery form.
Working at Indie bookstores I remember a kid requested me to recommend a Utopian book. He was a regular at the store picking up books with his pals for Lit class.
“I want the opposite of dystopian. Everyone reads that. A book without misery,” he said.
“Maybe a coloring book? I can order something for you. Hard to find any fiction or non-fiction without conflict.”
Hands on his hips and chin jutted out, his eyes scanned the store’s genre sections. The wheels in his head spun defiantly as he clearly just absorbed the fault in his request. “Ok. What’s the most dystopian book you have?” asked the high schooler.
I went to the Religion and Philosophy section, pulled out the King James Bible and handed it to him. “It’s got everything,” I said.
If I had to choose a book world to inhabit I’d choose the one where I played an omnipotent force. My own. I still wouldn’t feel safe. My character’s lack of moral and hidden seedy pasts still surprise me, but I already dream about them. Why not?
Which book world would you live in? Looking forward to reading everyone’s posts!