Quote:
Originally Posted by cDnStealth
I am having trouble deciding where to start so I'll piggyback off of something you brought up. Unlike you, I didn't get all of the references because I was born in the mid 80's. I recognized a lot of the TV shows, movies and even many of the games. But that got me thinking, who exactly is this book targeted towards? Is it a book that will only appeal to people nostalgic for the time period? I enjoyed it but what would someone reading it for the first time 100 years from now think?
|
I like this question. I think it can and will appeal to people, even years from now. When I was younger, I was obsessed with the 50s, 60s and 70s, even though I was born in the 80s. I read, watched and listened to everything from those decades, even though it was before my time. I think going into the future, people will still look back and enjoy those pop culture phenoms. It's really all in what peaks your interest. Further to this, I'm not into video games at all and I found the book interesting. Wade is a character from 2040-something, I forget the year, but he is into the 80s which is well before his time.
Who is this book geared toward? Good question. My initial feeling would be anyone with a passing interest in, to raging hard on for, video games. Having read it, I could see young girls liking it, because of it's "accept who you are, live your life" themes.
One other thing I noticed was how flippantly they dealt with the stacks explosion that killed the Aunt and Mrs. Gilmore (think that was her name). It blows up and it just didn't feel like there was much emotion connected to it. Thousands of people just died. Moving on.... I understand he was running for his life, but I just never felt like it was a big enough deal. Am I reading too much into it to say that perhaps that was to illustrate we are in a way desensitized to this kind of tragedy, because our reliance on technology and our access to millions of images/videos of tragic circumstance? Or maybe I just didn't pick up on the sorrow of it all.