Dub steps, by Andrew Miller
Dub steps, by Andrew Miller
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Dub Steps has a strange long aftertaste. It is science fiction with ordinary characters trying to understand what it is to be alive. People have gone, suddenly, inexplicably, and the remaining handful have to find each other and start again. In that new beginning they wrestle with identity, race, sex, art, religion and time, in a remarkably realistic step-by-step way. Nature comes back, Johannesburg becomes wonderfully overgrown, designer pigs watch from the periphery walls, and the smaller group of survivors have to find ways of living with their own flaws and the flaws of each other. The aftertaste comes from the suprisingly real meditations in the middle of the end: after all simulated reality has gone, what human reality is left?
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Beautifully written, Although Dubs is considered fiction Author Andrew Miller plays with philosophy while using a very descriptive and imaginative tone. The book really captures and immerses the reader in an unexpected experience. The plot is extremely thought-provoking and encourages different interpretations.
How such high topics may be handled in such inventive and incredibly accessible ways is the true brilliance of "Dub Steps." The reader is drawn in by a strong, almost lyrical writing style that propels them down a rich, surprising plot line.