Deathstar/Ricochet - Softcover

Goldman, Judith

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1882022610 ISBN 13: 9781882022618

Publisher: O Books, 2006

Synopsis

Poetry. "In this violent and deeply accusatory book the cause and the effect are the restoration of our historical context as crime. The crime being murder. DEATHSTAR/RICHOCET: The canceled check of a civilization. Somehow I don't think that Pound thought his investment in poetry as "news that stays new" would be returned for lack of funds. The implications of Goldman's work are immense--Rod Smith.

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From the opening salvo of "OSI RIP(?) c.2/19/02-c.2/26/06"—compiling shards of news related to the ill-fated U.S. Office of Strategic Influence (designed to influence public opinion in the Arab world)—the second book from Goldman (Vocoder) appropriates, parodies and transforms the writing and speech that surround the war on terror. Verbatim transcriptions (including Enron phone deals: "Could I sell it to you and buy it back from you at Palo Verde?"), resonantly random Web detritus ("Welcome to the Combat fishing homepage") and pulverized exchanges (" '5t0mped'? Then d0uble-up 5h0t5") are mixed and synthesized with sophistication and rhythmic sense, yielding seven weirdly beautiful minidramas. There are perfectly scaled representations of the actual battlefield (" 'BLAM/BLAM/BLAM/etc.' "), the distortion of history ("thexNazi'sxplanxandxpolicies") and the use of quasi-religious symbols("a bird EmErgEs from his mouth, rEprEsEnting thE tonguE of his word"). Pitched to an era of shock and awe, this book rarely misses its target.
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Edition details

• Publisher: O Books
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1882022610
• ISBN 13: 9781882022618
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 120