The Ragpicker by Joel Dane Genre: Science Fiction / Dystopia ISBN: 9781946154590 Print Length: 290 pages Publisher: Meerkat Press Reviewed by Samantha Hui Life and death. Birth and destruction. Technological advancemen… Read on blog or Reader Independent Book Review Read on blog or Reader Book Review: The Ragpicker IndieBookView June 4 The Ragpicker by Joel Dane Genre: Science Fiction / Dystopia ISBN: 9781946154590 Print Length: 290 pages Publisher: Meerkat Press Reviewed by Samantha Hui Life and death. Birth and destruction. Technological advancement and technological warfare.  "'Is love your greatest weakness?' Server asked me. 'Or your greatest strength?'" Nature and humanity do not exist as a dichotomy; humanity consumes and consumes itself. The Ragpicker interlaces nature and technology masterfully throughout this tale of existential and spiritual connection. Joel Dane crafts a post-technological apocalypse world that is both lush and dilapidated, full of flora and fauna as well as copper wires and digital networks. There are people who are made to cheat death by bonding with technology, but in turn, the effects reduce them to animal urges. In the war between "us" and "the other," The Ragpicker explores the urgent need for true connectivity. "Instant, proportional, wholehearted responses that maximize collectivized emotion while minimizing individualized action–that never stop proving that none of us is as cruel as all of us." Continue reading Comment

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