This is a book by Miyuki Miyabe. I am turning into quite a fan of this author. This novel is the 3rd that i am reading of this author. Its an english translation done by Juliet Winters Carpenter of its Japanese original.
This story was amazing. Gave me a feeling akin to what i had after watching sixth sense.
The entire story revolves around a police interrogation to catch a murderer. A concept that is explored here is the increasing tendency of people to take to the internet. People in this story seemed to have formed a virtual family with a dad, mom and two children. All the characters doing a role-play of their part.
This makes one wonder about the psychology of such a person. Circumstances that have brought one to do something like this. Why is there an increasing tendency to take to the internet? Internet seems to be a place to give vent to your darkest thoughts & actions. I thought it was popular in the western countries because of the cultural emphasis on individualism. The popularity of the same in Japan or any asian culture is a bit perplexing considering that the cultural emphasis is on "family". But then why would someone try to draw an equivalent in a fantasy world?
It reminds me of a link Tushara sent sometime back about IBM employees conducting a strike in Second life. Now, Second Life is apparently a cyber city. Check out this link for more information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Life
This story was amazing. Gave me a feeling akin to what i had after watching sixth sense.
The entire story revolves around a police interrogation to catch a murderer. A concept that is explored here is the increasing tendency of people to take to the internet. People in this story seemed to have formed a virtual family with a dad, mom and two children. All the characters doing a role-play of their part.
This makes one wonder about the psychology of such a person. Circumstances that have brought one to do something like this. Why is there an increasing tendency to take to the internet? Internet seems to be a place to give vent to your darkest thoughts & actions. I thought it was popular in the western countries because of the cultural emphasis on individualism. The popularity of the same in Japan or any asian culture is a bit perplexing considering that the cultural emphasis is on "family". But then why would someone try to draw an equivalent in a fantasy world?
It reminds me of a link Tushara sent sometime back about IBM employees conducting a strike in Second life. Now, Second Life is apparently a cyber city. Check out this link for more information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Life
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