The Helmet Of Horror
- 1 Mar 2007
- 9781841958897
- £9.99
- 288 pp
- 129×198mm
- 8 Jun 2012
- 9780857865663
- £17.99
- 3 hrs 23 min
- 4 Jun 2009
- 9781847676269
- £7.99
- 288 pp
In a few words
A postmodern, radical retelling of the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur
In a few words
Unabridged cyber-age retelling of the Myth of Theseus and the Minotaur.
In a few words
Unabridged cyber-age retelling of the Myth of Theseus and the Minotaur.
A brilliant post-modern, eclectic vision of myth, mind and meaning. And of the human dilemma and its horns, ancient and modern.
It presents ideas that the wider European mind finds useful, and it is sharp, funny and, what's the word, numinous.
A brilliant post-modern, eclectic vision of myth, mind and meaning. And of the human dilemma and its horns, ancient and modern.
It presents ideas that the wider European mind finds useful, and it is sharp, funny and, what's the word, numinous.
A brilliant post-modern, eclectic vision of myth, mind and meaning. And of the human dilemma and its horns, ancient and modern.
It presents ideas that the wider European mind finds useful, and it is sharp, funny and, what's the word, numinous.
More about
the book
When Ariadne helped Theseus escape the Minotaur’s labyrinth with the aid of a ball of thread, she led the way for the bewildered victims of a twenty-first century minotaur. Trapped in an endless maze of Internet chatrooms, a group of mystified strangers find themselves assigned obscure aliases and commanded by the Helmet of Horror, the Minotaur himself. As they fumble their way back to reality through a mesmerising world of abundant information but little knowledge, we are forced to wonder – can technology itself be anything more than a myth?
More about
the book
When Ariadne helped Theseus escape the MInotaur’s labyrinth with the aid of a ball of thread, she led the way for the bewildered victims of a twenty-first century minotaur. Trapped in an endless maze of Internet chatrooms, a group of mystified strangers find themselves assigned obscure aliases and commanded by the Helmet of Horror, the Minotaur himself. As they fumble their way back to reality through a mesmerising world of abundant information but little knowledge, we are forced to wonder – can technology itself be anything more than a myth?
More about
the book
When Ariadne helped Theseus escape the MInotaur’s labyrinth with the aid of a ball of thread, she led the way for the bewildered victims of a twenty-first century minotaur. Trapped in an endless maze of Internet chatrooms, a group of mystified strangers find themselves assigned obscure aliases and commanded by the Helmet of Horror, the Minotaur himself. As they fumble their way back to reality through a mesmerising world of abundant information but little knowledge, we are forced to wonder – can technology itself be anything more than a myth?
Pelevin is a highly inventive writer with a sharp, jaundiced eye and an anarchic sensibility.
For a mind-expanding, surreally funny experience, it's worth getting lost here.
Pelevin is a highly inventive writer with a sharp, jaundiced eye and an anarchic sensibility.
For a mind-expanding, surreally funny experience, it's worth getting lost here.
Pelevin is a highly inventive writer with a sharp, jaundiced eye and an anarchic sensibility.
For a mind-expanding, surreally funny experience, it's worth getting lost here.
