RapscalionJones

If you're out looking for something a little odd to read pick up Ecstasy Club by Rushkoff. It's excellent! The guy normally writes non-fiction but this first fictional piece for him is awesome.

It's about a bunch of kids who move into a warehouse to convert into a place to run outlaw raves. There's a lot of drug use, a lot of raves and somewhere along the lines the book mutates into a story of computer consciousness and time travel. It's absolutely amazing.

highly recommended. And while I'm at it, check out Rushkloff's other books. they're the shizz.

The Stoned Philosopher

hmm interesting,what other books by him do you recommend?

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Beyond a critical point within a finite space, freedom diminishes as numbers
increase. This is as true of humans in the finite space of a planetary
ecosystem as it is of gas molecules in a sealed flask. The human question is
not how many can possibly survive within the system, but what kind of existence
is possible for the who do survive.
- Frank Herbert

The Stoned Philosopher

RapscalionJones

You should also look up Media Virus and Coercion. Coercion is amazing. It's all about how the media convinces us to buy stuff, why shopping malls are designed the way they are. It's a great book.

He also has another non-fiction book called Bull but I haven't read it yet.

The Stoned Philosopher

Wasnt he the guy who coined the term "meme"?

RapscalionJones

I don't think he coined the term, but he made it popular. Memetics are a major part of his Media Virus idea.