Zadie Smith's "Meet the President!" (short story, augmented reality, free)
While the story didn't do anything for me, I'm noting it mostly because I haven't read many stories involving widespread use of mobile augmented reality gadgets.
This is the story of a teenage boy from electronic elite & his total disconnect from normal reality.
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Rating: B.
Story summary.
A world divided into rich elite having access to latest electronics, & provincials with only ordinary human senses. A world where an agency (government?) casually kills people.This is the story of a teenage boy from electronic elite & his total disconnect from normal reality.
Fact sheet.
First published: The New Yorker, 12 August 2013.Download full text from publisher's site.
Rating: B.
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