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Description edit
It begins with four words: "Don't read The Book." All information, past and present, is controlled by The Book, a handheld digital reading device that exists in a paperless, sustainable, dystopian future that looks shockingly similar to our own. Among the multitude of Book lovers, we find... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Holden Clifford: Starts out as a man who LOVES repetition, he grows as a character by releasing himself from repetition and fighting for the truth through books
- Marion Tabor: Owns a bar called The Library which is filled with pages from books. She thinks she knows all about The Book but Holden Clifford opens her eyes to the true purpose of The Book
- Winston: Add a description of this character.
- Shane Dagget
- Moby: A Whale of a man who wants nothing but for the truth to be revealed regarding The Book
- Jane
- Martin Trust
- Mister Clifford
- Rosemary
- Ronnie
- Dennis Wayne Conrad
- Jeff
- J.d. Salinger
- Book
- Kari
- Abby
- Ephraim
Setting & Locations edit
- Chicago, Illinois: The Chicago of this book is set in an unknowable future - but very likely 100 years from the present year, 2010.
- Rye
- Wilmette
Organizations edit
- The Free Thinkers: The Free Thinkers are terrorists against history and knowledge. They want to regress society back to a time when we didn't have all the answers.
- The Department of Historic Homeland Preservation and Restoration: A government group, The Department of Historic Homeland Preservation and Restoration protects our history and knowledge from terrorism and is linked with the digital reading device (THE BOOK) through The United States Publishing House.
- The Publishing House: The Publishing House is a government agency that controls, monitors, edits and publishes all books in the only format available - digital. They publish this work through their handheld reading device called, THE BOOK. They also have a subsidiary company, Indivisible Publishing, and a media division, Gallantly Streaming.
- The Ex Libris: A group of like-minded readers.
- The Bereans of Bedlam: The young-adult division of The Ex Libris.
First Sentence edit
Don't read The Book. That phrase has followed me my entire life.
Table of Contents edit
The chapters are not listed.
They are simply numbers within an upside-down recycling symbol that looks similar to the ones found on the back of recyclable products.
Authors & Contributors edit
- M. Clifford (Author)
Awards edit
- ABNA - Second Round (February 2010: General Fiction, 1 of 1,000)
- ABNA - Quarterfinals (March 2010: General Fiction, 1 of 250)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813
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