This is the post about Proxy. Proxy is a recent release from Alexander London set in a dystopian cyberpunk future. Great luxe living is available for a price. For those who can’t afford it, there are plans and schemes to work off your debts. The disparity between the bright and shiny people and the poor and downtrodden is striking and frighteningly a possible outcome of our current direction as a society…
Parts of this future world feels familiar. From Feed, (or google) we have targeted advertising where everywhere we go you find ads that are tailored to you and your personal habits. From the Whipping Boy, we get the naive hope that young people can be shamed into behaving by watching other people get punished for their misdeeds. I’m sure numerous other stories have done this, but for some reason I was reminded of Logan’s Run when they *spoiler* flee the city. I also suggested that I was reminded of Virtual Light but that’s mainly because of the glasses which act as a computer interface. And all of the talk of blood sacrifice and forgiveness reminded me of the bible. Continue reading “Book 84 in 2013: Proxy by Alexander London @ca_london”