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Contarini's avatar

In Lovecraft's "The Statement of Randolph Carter" the story turns on telegraph messages.

I can imagine a story told through various posts and comment on one or more social media platforms. The IRL person and the online cloud of messages would be contrasted.

Lots of opportunities for the enterprising fictioneer.

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Hyun Woo Kim's avatar

There is a novel called *The Sluts* by Dennis Cooper from 2004. It is a story about a gay prostitute and is told via posts on an online sex forum. I haven't read it myself but might check out.

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David A. Westbrook's avatar

Hyun Woo, very interesting. To quibble, I think it's a bit more of a structural analysis (compelling) than a review, though. You haven't given us much of a sense of how you responded, engaged or didn't . . .

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Hyun Woo Kim's avatar

Hmm, sounds right. I do try to make my review as impersonal as possible, but does it make it a non-review? Food for thought.

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