The Electric State
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4.4 • 97 Ratings
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
The inspiration for Netflix blockbuster starring Millie Bobby Brown and Chris Pratt.
A teen girl and her robot embark on a cross-country mission in this illustrated science fiction story, perfect for fans of Fallout and Black Mirror.
In late 1997, a runaway teenager and her small yellow toy robot travel west through a strange American landscape where the ruins of gigantic battle drones litter the countryside, along with the discarded trash of a high-tech consumerist society addicted to a virtual-reality system. As they approach the edge of the continent, the world outside the car window seems to unravel at an ever faster pace, as if somewhere beyond the horizon, the hollow core of civilization has finally caved in.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In this jaw-dropping science fiction artbook (originally crowdfunded and self-published), St lenhag (Tales from the Loop) brings to life a technologically ravaged Southwestern United States circa 1997 to accompany a melancholic story of a teenager traveling with her kid robot. Interspersed with maps and quotes from an unseen narrator describing how the world got in this derelict state, the story is small, centering on the struggles of a lone girl, despite the epic backdrop of mountainous technology that dwarfs humans and their everyday lives. Michelle describes her journey with Skip, a yellow toy robot who behaves in a childlike but intelligent manner, as they travel slowly through a world pockmarked with deep scars from war. St lenhag depicts the abandoned landscapes in realistic, beautiful illustrations. Michelle's recollections of her old life in negligent foster care and her rebellious adolescence with her girlfriend are accompanied by her observations of the current world. Her birth mother was a drug addict, and her foster parents slowly gave in to the popular and widespread addiction to neurocasters, a virtual reality helmet that turns living people into shambling hordes and uses their minds to power large technological beings. This quiet, sad adventure is an excellent and visually stunning addition to any graphic novel, art, or science fiction collection.
Customer Reviews
Lots left to interpret...
I loved the plot and the images were incredibly eerie yet prescient and good. The author could have added a little more detail to the storyline, but he got the point across. I still don’t know what the static live red lined devices were completely, but I have to wonder if they were full of operators or if they were just junction boxes for Sentre.
But the ending - well, the “follower” became flesh, but then didn’t, and the final chapter is literally a Cliffhanger - as in - what happens after they jump off the cliff?
I need a sequel, or epilogue.
And I may never touch my Oculus Rift again.
Not that good
Not for me
Absolute Cinema
This book is so good I’m crying all over the place it’s all over the walls. 10/10 splendid film.