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[chilango]

Anyway, anyone read Altai yet?

If its as good as Q or even 54 I'm in for the HB, but f it's more of a Maintuana I may hold off for a cheap 2nd hand pb.

 

[butchersapron]

Anyway, anyone read Altai yet?

If its as good as Q or even 54 I'm in for the HB, but f it's more of a Maintuana I may hold off for a cheap 2nd hand pb.

Starting it in a few hours. if it's as good a Q i will prob have int finished fairly shortly.

 

[chilango]

Aye, and if it's like Manituana I'll have to bump the thread in a few years?

 

[chilango]

That said Q is my very favourite novel, of all time. It sends shivers up my spine every time I read it. Bursting out with exclamations of "Fuck yeah!" . So, so good.

54 was pretty good. But not in the same league.

Manituana I really should pick up again. But every time I think of it I just end up reading Q again instead...

 

[gawkrodger]

I'm about 2/3 of the way through Altai.

Really enjoyed it so far (though not as good as Q - but then what is?). The Novara interview and their recent talks give an accurate idea of what it's like.

So yeh Chilango - more along the lines of Q than Manituana

 

[Fozzie Bear]

Quite a good radio interview with two (?) of them via Novara here:

http://novaramedia.com/2013/06/in-conversation-with-wu-ming/

 

[gawkrodger]

so, thoughts on Alrai? I enjoyed it

 

[Fozzie Bear]

I'm halfway through Altai and I think it's great. Well paced, and some good cussing in there.

 

[Fozzie Bear]

Apparently Roberto from Wu-Ming is on radio 4 now as part of a 15 minute programme called "Europe's Trouble Makers"

 

[butchersapron]

Thank you.

 

[butchersapron]

Here we go.

 

[Fozzie Bear]

Good man.

 

[rekil]

New book out. Army Of Sleepwalkers.

 

[butchersapron]

Not liking that title.

 

[rekil]

It's a bit wake up sheeple on the face of it, but we'll see.

 

[Dillinger4]

Not liking that title.

Or cover.

As far as I can gather, it is set during the French Revolution. I can't find much more than that. I like the idea of it.

 

[chilango]

Aye, and if it's like Manituana I'll have to bump the thread in a few years?

*Bump* indeed.

Finally, finally, reading Altai.

Really enjoying it.

 

[gawkrodger]

More English translations needed!

 

[MrSpikey]

More English translations needed!

While I'm sure people the world over would like to see translations into their local language, I think this needs to be balanced against the dangers that global Wu Ming could cause.

 

[yield]

Conspiracy Games and Counter Games | The Q in Qonspiracy: Narrative, Games and Other Conspiracies. An interview with Wu Ming 1

«CONSPIRACY GAMES AND COUNTER GAMES is an interview-driven podcast launched in June of 2021.We explore the rise of conspiracies, conspiracy theories and conspiratorial thinking in a gamified capitalist world.»

In the first of our two-part interview, Wu Ming collective member 1 discusses his new book La Q di Qomplotto (The Q in Qonspiracy: How Conspiracy Fantasies Defend the System).

In the conclusion of our two-part interview, Wu Ming 1 discusses the power of narrative and games in driving conspiracy fantasies and the forms of activism that have risen to confront a system that gives rise to them.