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From: Mary Reilly-Kliss <merk>
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 06:37:47 -0600
I know that I am late for the Dec. topic, but am wondering if any of you out there have read Rodman Philbrick's Last Book in the Universe? This is one of "those" books which lurks in your mind long after the last page has been read. Philbrick sets the scene in the future when no one reads or has real memories-all experiencing is done through "probing" wherein one hooks up his/her brain to a machine. The main character -a teen who cannot probe due to epilepsy-meets up with the last person who reads/writes while on a quest to find a sick family member. Many levels of interpretation/discussion and parallels to The Giver, Gathering Blue,
(Lois L) and N. Schusterman's The Dark Side of Nowhere. Mary Reilly-Kliss Kewaskum Middle School Kewaskum, WI
Received on Thu 04 Jan 2001 06:37:47 AM CST
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 06:37:47 -0600
I know that I am late for the Dec. topic, but am wondering if any of you out there have read Rodman Philbrick's Last Book in the Universe? This is one of "those" books which lurks in your mind long after the last page has been read. Philbrick sets the scene in the future when no one reads or has real memories-all experiencing is done through "probing" wherein one hooks up his/her brain to a machine. The main character -a teen who cannot probe due to epilepsy-meets up with the last person who reads/writes while on a quest to find a sick family member. Many levels of interpretation/discussion and parallels to The Giver, Gathering Blue,
(Lois L) and N. Schusterman's The Dark Side of Nowhere. Mary Reilly-Kliss Kewaskum Middle School Kewaskum, WI
Received on Thu 04 Jan 2001 06:37:47 AM CST
