ScriptGenerator by Philippe Vasset
ScriptGenerator??? reads both like a novel and the end of all novels. The book follows the investigation of a geologist as he looks for the missing chapter of a ?How-to? manual that describes how the software ScriptGenerator??? can automatically generate books and scripts. The chapters of the manual alternate with a page-turning narrative that takes us to the depths of African mines and Swiss ski resorts. Incisive and well versed in the art of marketing speak, ScriptGenerator??? is a brilliant novel about creativity and individuality in the computer era.
?A darkly entertaining and disturbingly prescient novel? AL Kennedy ?A brilliant disembodied satire obviously written by Karl Marx hallucinating on absinthe? Deborah Levy ?I would do anything this side of the law to make sure that ScriptGenerator is never commercializedIt is a brilliant software that could change the face of literary fiction as we know it? Toby Mundy, Atlantic Books ?Philippe Vasset?s writing is clinically precise, cold and dispassionate, deliberately corrupted by marketing speak. With this book, he makes a flamboyant entry onto the literary scene? Le Figaro ?The publication of ScriptGenerator??? shows that in an era of technological determination a remarkable event has occurred: the birth of a real writer? Nouvel Observateur ?[What] happened with Michel Houellebecq?s Whatever and Marie Darrieussecq?s Pig Tales... has happened again with the publication of Philippe Vasset?s ScriptGenerator???, Inrockuptibles
Philippe Vasset is 30 years old. He edits the investigative newsletter Africa Energy Intelligence, based in Paris. He worked as a corporate detective in the US before becoming a journalist and, in 1993, won the prize of Best Young Writer awarded by the French daily Le Monde. Following his debut ScriptGenerator©®T, he has already written a second novel.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781852428624 |
| ISBN 10 | 1852428627 |
| Title | ScriptGenerator |
| Author | Philippe Vasset |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Profile Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2004-11-05 |
| Number of pages | 112 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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