Beyond the Sphere of reasonable Doubt

Virtual Alien

ISBN 10: 0952660784 / ISBN 13: 9780952660781

Edité par DiaryUnlimited/TheEdge Press, 2013

502 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.26 inches. In Stock. N° de réf. du vendeur __0952660784

Synopsis :

On the first of November 1999, a daily diary of the web started in the shape of Y2K Diary.net. The year 2000 year has been immortalised in a book: The Y2K Diary / The Y2K File. From then on the website became DiaryUnlimited and continued to present a new entry each day. The site quickly became a news feed and several UK agencies such as Defra -the Department for Agriculture- and the Department of Health linked some entries to their websites. All the miseries of life and the most unconventional news report has been filed. A whole decade has been profiled. The diary started in London but one of its main authors, the artist Nick Peterson / Virtual Alien / Old Nick moved to New York in 2007 and the diary took a turn reflecting the web viewed from America. The cover is based on a UK tax filing presentation with added blood stains symbolising the huge effort, that is the right to exist, the obligation to file a tax return each year, sometimes in a messy and disorganised way as the system intended. The diary is also a guide, a self-help on surviving in the 21st century and on how to avoid some of the pitfalls of life.

Présentation de l'éditeur: Beyond the Sphere of reasonable Doubt (part 1). Diary for the years 2001, 2002, 2003. " To some the world is merely an optical illusion created by aliens and extra-terrestrial forces and the world is all part of a virtual game." The diary started on the first of January 2000 as the Y2KDiary.com. The name was later changed to DiaryUnlimited in 2001 and has grown under that name ever since. The diary has been written by one man or alien: V.A. Virtual Alien with contributions from various users, sometimes from big corporations and governments' representatives responding to a recent comment, request or criticism. The diary exists online in images, games and video format. The diary has been conceived Tom Norwood and V.A. (Nick Peterson/Virtual Alien). It all started in London and progressively moved in the U.S. and the language -spelling- reflects this half way through the diary. The date however remained within a British format. The diary started on 01.01.01 (first of January 2001) and remained so until 31.12.09 (31st of December 2009) and beyond. The 00 years are perhaps the scariest decade in human history that saw 9/11, the war on terror, web commerce, MP3/MP4, WW3, The Banking collapse, the biggest corporate frauds in history, the Eurozone, organized religions, gay weddings, Data Protection and ID thefts, electronic viruses, spam, The pollution in London, binge drinking, BSE mad cow disease, Foot and Mouth, life on credit, recycling, the Polish invasion, HD, the Hygiene problem, Lady Gaga, human trafficking, living in New York and L.A., the constant abuse of children, the army of homeless, the first black president in the history of the Western world, the eighties revival with the seventies and nineties hang-over, Facebook, the obesity pandemic, Money Laundering (a guide to), How to Kill someone from a distance, Crime and Punishment (our lawless society). The diary has often been dubbed the diaries of Virtual Alien or the devil as no one can escape the acerbic and vitriolic language often used throughout this decade. V.A. Virtual Alien commenced his journey into outer space at the age of 14 in the late eighties with a brief music career often dubbed -a virtual one- and morphed into the world of interactive films and documentaries in the 00 years and this journey can be traced throughout this diary. The diary of the aughties/noughties/Y2K/00 years. It is also the diary of a Virtual Alien who discovers what the world really is and who really rules the world.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Beyond the Sphere of reasonable Doubt
Éditeur : DiaryUnlimited/TheEdge Press
Date d'édition : 2013
Reliure : Paperback
Etat : Brand New