(de)corrupted
on the inside of the dust cover on the hardback edition reads the words
the words and works found in this book are a representation of it's creator's subjective reality. this book is not presented to be a tome of fact nor is it to be construed as a work of fiction. approach this world with an understanding that there lies equal parts both truth and fantasy in every circumstance. now turn to page 4 and begin reading.
If that didn't catch my eye enough it was what I noticed after heeding the cover's bequest. that pulled me in. The book is printed on grey paper. Not a dark grey. Not a charcoal or heavy ash. More of a timberwolf, or like the color of my eyes after it rains and my spirit has rained a little too. It's that color of grey. It is probably the most beautiful color that could as easily be described as plain. Which is perfect because the words of each section are written in different colors that reflect the inflections and tone of that particular passage. I don't want to ruin any plot details but let me present a generic example. There is a chapter near the middle of the book entitled opiates of the masses, masses of opiates and disposable children. It deals with topics of greed, oppression, self-perpetuating intellectual enslavement, and an entire array of subjects that are handled so poetically that you would think it was detailing an afternoon walk in the city on a cloudy day rather than globally implemented atrocities for all the darkness that pervades, even in it's blunt honesty. If you are reading along in a passage of that chapter detailing political corruption, the text is alternating between red and blue, an indicator of the biases being presented. It gets really chaotic at times because it is intricate and almost unbelievable how intertwined they are, one with the other. The color white is used very sparingly. And my interpretation of this is not that all three of America's national colors and presented, though that is an easy assumption to make. I think in that section white denotes a lack of bias--not mere conjecture but the closest thing to fact, to truth. It seems to me that truth, as perceived by the author, stands apart from everything else and is represented as pure--hence the white coloration. Anything in violet is higher level thinking. What some would call progressive, or alternative ways of thought. Some of the most philosophically fulfilling and intellectually stimulating ideas are in the violet passages. When white and violet come together in part 1/0 the result is something out of this world. This book is like nothing I have ever seen, nor do I think it aims to be. Reading it, starting out, it's like that period of time when you are falling asleep but can still hear the Late Show and you can still hear the voices of friends or family, but you can no longer make out the words. From there you transition into a dream so like reality that you are sure it is. And it makes more sense, somehow, than "actual" reality ever has. Passage after passage, section after section, you are lead along this dreaming reality by a metaphysical tour guide that never leads you astray. At least, that's how it was for me. And when I turned the last page there was no sadness or wish that it would continue. The final two sections leading up to the end make sure of that. They ease you out of the words, and back into the world, just like waking up to the sun coming through your window on a Saturday morning.
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