Notes from the Internet Apocalypse

"Don't you realize the Internet is just a way for millions of sad people to be completely alone together?" What if the internet just went away one day? (view spoiler)[ "You're the internet. We need you. There are people out there walking around half-dead in withdrawl. Economies crumbling. You have to work!" "Well, (hide spoiler)]......more

Notes from the Internet Apocalypse has drawn my interest purely because of its premise - a dystopia featuring a world without a plague or catastrophe, but where one day the internet simply disappears. How would the world react? What would you do if you couldn't browse Goodreads, read the news, conne......more

I'm always surprised when I can't put a book down. But I'm even more surprised when I look at the clock, notice hours have passed, and suddenly realize that I haven't put a book down. That loss-of-time feeling can happen when you start clicking links on the internet, leaving you ultimately feeling e......more

I expected this book to be funny, but I didn't expect to have my heart ripped out and to question my whole existence. The brilliant satire and scathing social commentary leave you unprepared (deliberately, I expect) for the heart-wrenching gravity of the psychological thriller that eventuates. Given......more

Satirical, full of geeky jokes, and heart-wrenching. I smiled or flat out laughed through most of the book. Then questioned my life at the end. Yet still I raced to GoodReads to throw out some random comments about what I thought, to an invisible audience. Well played Mr Gladstone, well played.......more