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In the very near future, only the rich and the devious have privacy. The Snowden Avalanche has revealed the private transgressions of ordinary US citizens in such astonishing numbers that the whole aggrieved nation has come to the collective decision that the Puritan prudery of America's first settlers finally, and forever, has to be kicked to the curb. Manhattan-based iAesthetician Sabina Hrafnsson has made a lucrative career out of buffing up the images of those who got caught in the Snowden Avalanche with their metaphorical (and sometimes literal) pants down. Aside from her sucky luck at romance, she's happy with the way things have turned out. But when Sabina agrees to do some PR work for a secretive Wall Street billionaire--"the Thomas Pynchon of high-frequency trading firm CEOs"--the complications in her life suddenly go viral. Sabina becomes entangled in a web of conspiracies so vast and bizarre that it soon feels like she's living a sequel to Orwell's 1984. Only this time Big Brother faces a more formidable foe than Winston Smith: a wily and gleefully foul-mouthed New York City blonde who looks "like that intrepid Alpine waif, Heidi, all grown up into a high-strung slut wearing see-through yoga pants from Lululemon." If Big Brother has any plans for slut-shaming, he'd better watch his f#@king back...… (más)
I loved it. I consider myself a cynic when it comes to novels, even having subscribed to the notion that "all the good books in the world have already been written" - especially in this genre. But "The Snowden Avalanche" proved me very, very wrong. And I'm delighted to admit it! The Snowden Avalanche is a fascinating illustration of an alternative timeline that could have conspired in the United States following Edward Snowden's leaks of confidential NSA documents back in June of 2013. In a future world reminiscent of Orwell's 1984, Huxley's Brave New World, and even Peter Chung's Aeon Flux, privacy has become a privilege enjoyed only by the rich - and by those to whom extensive secrecy is a prerequisite for maintaing their lifestyle. Indeed, for all others, openness - perhaps in an almost uncomfortably purist sense of the word - has become the new norm. This was the result of the Snowden Avalanche - an event that bolstered a transition to a society where blackmail and secrecy would be rendered impossible by brute-force openness. Our dirtiest and most intimate secrets - from our Google search queries to our browsing histories - divulged and in plain sight. The story follows the journey of Sabina, a PR image consultant of sorts, who helps restore the prestige of clients whose secrets were forcibly thrust into the public eye. Their reputations smeared or otherwise ruined, it is Sabina's task to restore them to their former glory - a job that she performs with the shrewdness of a lawyer and the tact of a seamstress. She enjoys her newfound wealth in peace, until she meets Wes. Wes Bramley, an elusive internet giant and business magnate, has recruited her help. Soon follows an intriguing story involving a cowboy, lusty ideological discussions about Jean-Paul Sartre, deception, technology, and most pressingly, conspiracy on a grand scale. Edgy, sensual, intellectual, and perfectly-paced, "The Snowden Avalanche" is a must. I highly recommend it! ( )
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To be corrupted by totalitarianism one does not have to live in a totalitarian country. —George Orwell, The Prevention of Literature
The thing about people who are truly and malignantly crazy: their real genius is for making the people around them think they themselves are crazy. In military science this is called Psy-Ops, for your info. —David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest
It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. —Jiddu Krishnamurti
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No one knows why They did it.
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The majority of politicians, on the evidence available to us, are not interested in truth but in power and in the maintenance of that power. To maintain that power it is essential that people remain in ignorance, that they live in ignorance of the truth, even the truth of their own lives. What surrounds us therefore is a vast tapestry of lies, upon which we feed. — Harold Pinter, Nobel Lecture, 2005
Authority has always attracted the lowest elements in the human race. All through history mankind has been bullied by scum. — P.J. O’Rourke, Parliament of Whores
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In the very near future, only the rich and the devious have privacy. The Snowden Avalanche has revealed the private transgressions of ordinary US citizens in such astonishing numbers that the whole aggrieved nation has come to the collective decision that the Puritan prudery of America's first settlers finally, and forever, has to be kicked to the curb. Manhattan-based iAesthetician Sabina Hrafnsson has made a lucrative career out of buffing up the images of those who got caught in the Snowden Avalanche with their metaphorical (and sometimes literal) pants down. Aside from her sucky luck at romance, she's happy with the way things have turned out. But when Sabina agrees to do some PR work for a secretive Wall Street billionaire--"the Thomas Pynchon of high-frequency trading firm CEOs"--the complications in her life suddenly go viral. Sabina becomes entangled in a web of conspiracies so vast and bizarre that it soon feels like she's living a sequel to Orwell's 1984. Only this time Big Brother faces a more formidable foe than Winston Smith: a wily and gleefully foul-mouthed New York City blonde who looks "like that intrepid Alpine waif, Heidi, all grown up into a high-strung slut wearing see-through yoga pants from Lululemon." If Big Brother has any plans for slut-shaming, he'd better watch his f#@king back...
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The Snowden Avalanche is a fascinating illustration of an alternative timeline that could have conspired in the United States following Edward Snowden's leaks of confidential NSA documents back in June of 2013.
In a future world reminiscent of Orwell's 1984, Huxley's Brave New World, and even Peter Chung's Aeon Flux, privacy has become a privilege enjoyed only by the rich - and by those to whom extensive secrecy is a prerequisite for maintaing their lifestyle. Indeed, for all others, openness - perhaps in an almost uncomfortably purist sense of the word - has become the new norm. This was the result of the Snowden Avalanche - an event that bolstered a transition to a society where blackmail and secrecy would be rendered impossible by brute-force openness. Our dirtiest and most intimate secrets - from our Google search queries to our browsing histories - divulged and in plain sight.
The story follows the journey of Sabina, a PR image consultant of sorts, who helps restore the prestige of clients whose secrets were forcibly thrust into the public eye. Their reputations smeared or otherwise ruined, it is Sabina's task to restore them to their former glory - a job that she performs with the shrewdness of a lawyer and the tact of a seamstress.
She enjoys her newfound wealth in peace, until she meets Wes. Wes Bramley, an elusive internet giant and business magnate, has recruited her help.
Soon follows an intriguing story involving a cowboy, lusty ideological discussions about Jean-Paul Sartre, deception, technology, and most pressingly, conspiracy on a grand scale. Edgy, sensual, intellectual, and perfectly-paced, "The Snowden Avalanche" is a must. I highly recommend it! (