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i read it a few years back, and also thought it would be a little 'ravey,' but i did, infact enjoy it. since it was a few years back, i can't really pick it apart, but i do remember that it was a great read, and recommended it to all my friends. i found out about him by reading 'cyberia,' required for one of my college classes, also a good read. he's pretty idealistic, but pulls out some cool concepts. On Mar 7, 2004, at 2:51 PM, wil maurer wrote:

quoted 23 lines I just started reading this the other day - it's nice to be reading

> I just started reading this the other day - it's nice to be reading > something > that's not assigned for class now that i'm on spring break (and too > broke to go > to wmc). anyway, I picked it up because of the Jeff Noon blurb on the > cover. > even though it's kind of ravey, it seems to be a pretty good novel. > > I was wondering what other people thought about it, if they've read it. > > -Wil M. > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Search - Find what you’re looking for faster > http://search.yahoo.com > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org >

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it's entertaining, though if in a now-dated glowstick, warehouse thump thump chill room sort of way. i thought the way it morphed into a ultra-conspiracy theory story at the end was a little contrived, but still a nice, low energy read. respect, Jeff Davis fon: 440.878.5795 phlow@earthlink.net <mailto:phlow@earthlink.net> fax: 866.489.6463 cel: 216.533.6303 -----Original Message----- From: wil maurer [mailto:battleforitaly@yahoo.com] Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2004 3:51 PM To: idm@hyperreal.org Subject: [idm] douglas rushkoff - ecstasy club (mildly OT) I just started reading this the other day - it's nice to be reading something that's not assigned for class now that i'm on spring break (and too broke to go to wmc). anyway, I picked it up because of the Jeff Noon blurb on the cover. even though it's kind of ravey, it seems to be a pretty good novel. I was wondering what other people thought about it, if they've read it. -Wil M. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search - Find what youre looking for faster http://search.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

I haven't read Ecstasy Club yet, but I've been on a bit of a Rushkoff kick lately. I read Coercion (non-fiction) and Exit Strategy (fiction). I'd highly reccomend reading both. There are some overlapping ideas and reading Coercion first will give you a lot of insight into some of the things he explores in Exit Strategy. If you want a taste of Coercion, this recent article Rushkoff wrote for the NY Press might be a good place to start: http://www.nypress.com/17/7/news&columns/rotation.cfm Exit Strategy's concept is really cool. It takes place in the near future (2008), but is supposed to have surfaced in the 23rd century. Rushkoff makes a lot of footnotes throughout the book as "Sabina Samuels", an assumed 23rd century annotator. The book was avaliable online for free for a year or two and readers were invited to submit their own footnotes, written in the voice of 23rd century anthropologists. Now the first print edition is out and it includes a hundred or so of these submitted footnotes in addition to Rushkoff's. It plays out really well and makes for a really interesting (and funny) commentary on these crazy times. So yea... big reccomendation for Exit Strategy. On a sidenote, Douglas Rushkoff plays keyboards in the latest incarnation of Psychic TV. What the fuck!? Did anyone happen to see their semi-recent performance in New York? -Aaron ----- Original Message ----- From: wil maurer <battleforitaly@yahoo.com> Date: Sunday, March 7, 2004 3:51 pm Subject: [idm] douglas rushkoff - ecstasy club (mildly OT)

quoted 26 lines I just started reading this the other day - it's nice to be

> I just started reading this the other day - it's nice to be > reading something > that's not assigned for class now that i'm on spring break (and > too broke to go > to wmc). anyway, I picked it up because of the Jeff Noon blurb on > the cover. > even though it's kind of ravey, it seems to be a pretty good novel. > > I was wondering what other people thought about it, if they've > read it. > > -Wil M. > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Search - Find what you?re looking for faster > http://search.yahoo.com > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org > >

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