"A commodity appears at first sight an extremely obvious, trivial thing. But its analysis brings out that it is a very strange thing, abounding in metaphysical subtleties and theological niceties." - Karl Marx
Book Details
Title: ScriptGenerator(C)(R)TM
Tag-line: 'A darkly entertaining and disturbingly prescient novel' - A.L. Kennedy
Genre/Category: Fiction
Type: Novel (100 pages)
Authour: Philippe Vasset (trans. Jane Metter)
Publisher: Serpent's Tail
ISBN: 1-85242-862-7
Reading Details
Started Reading: 20th November 2008
Finished Reading: 22nd November 2008
Comments
I was initially drawn to the title of and cover of this book because of the way I am currently devouring how-to-write books, podcasts and the Dramatica theory of story (which comes with software.) How ironic that it turned out to be a novel exploring the ultimate end of what is beginning with Dramatica (www.dramatica.com) : the dying out of "creatives" and the turning of story into a commodity, to be mined, processed, packaged and sold like any other.
