Green Hank
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TOC TOCQuelques mois après la disparition brutale d'April May et des Carl, ces statues géantes extraordinaires, un livre mystérieux semblant prédire l'avenir apparaît sur le pas de la porte d'Andy. Avec lui, c'est l'espoir de retrouver la trace d'April qui renaît, mais aussi de nouvelles interrogations qui surgissent : pourquoi les Carl sont-ils partis ? L'humanité est-elle en danger ? Et que penser de cette jeune entreprise, Altus, qui promet de recréer le Rêve pour ses clients ?Andy, Miranda et Maya vont devoir trouver leur voie dans un monde qui semble décidé à les séparer et à s'embraser, mais ils rencontreront sur leur route des alliés inattendus.Une plongée au coeur de la génération Z qui interroge avec une inventivité jubilatoire notre mode de vie et notre avenir.
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Trois heures du matin, dans les rues de New York. Vous tombez sur un truc de fou. Vous passez votre chemin, ou vous prenez la décision qui va changer votre vie pour toujours?
April May, étudiante en art, découvre une étrange statue géante qu'elle baptise Carl. Un ami la filme avec la sculpture et poste la vidéo sur Internet.
Le lendemain, April se réveille au coeur d'une tempête médiatique : des dizaines de Carl sont apparus aux quatre coins du monde. En tant que première personne à avoir documenté le phénomène, elle est au centre de l'attention.
Désormais, elle doit supporter la pression, apprendre à composer avec sa nouvelle célébrité dans sa vie personnelle, mais aussi tenter de percer le mystère de ce truc de fou : que sont les Carl, et surtout que veulent-ils?
Captivant miroir de notre époque, Un truc de fou interroge l'influence d'Internet et des réseaux sociaux sur nos vies, ainsi que les nouvelles formes de célébrité et de radicalisation qu'ils ont fait émerger.
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In his much-anticipated debut novel, Hank Green - co-creator of Crash Course, Vlogbrothers and SciShow - spins a sweeping, cinematic tale about a young woman who becomes an overnight celebrity before realising she's part of something bigger, and stranger, than anyone could have possibly imagined. The Carls just appeared. Coming home from work at three a.m., twenty-three-year-old April May stumbles across a giant sculpture. Delighted by its appearance and craftsmanship - like a ten-foot-tall Transformer wearing a suit of samurai armour - April and her friend Andy make a video with it, which Andy uploads to YouTube. The next day April wakes up to a viral video and a new life. News quickly spreads that there are Carls in dozens of cities around the world - everywhere from Beijing to Buenos Aires - and April, as their first documentarian, finds herself at the centre of an intense international media spotlight. Now April has to deal with the pressure on her relationships, her identity and her safety that this new position brings, all while being on the front lines of the quest to find out not just what the Carls are, but what they want from us. Compulsively entertaining and powerfully relevant, An Absolutely Remarkable Thing grapples with big themes, including how the social internet is changing fame, rhetoric and radicalisation; how our culture deals with fear and uncertainty; and how vilification and adoration spring from the same dehumanization that follows a life in the public eye.
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Who has the right to change the world forever? How will we live online? How do we find comfort in an increasingly isolated world? The Carls disappeared the same way they appeared, in an instant. While the robots were on Earth, they caused confusion and destruction with only their presence. Part of their maelstrom was the sudden viral fame and untimely death of April May: a young woman who stumbled into Carls path, giving them their name, becoming their advocate, and putting herself in the middle of an avalanche of conspiracy theories. Months later, Aprils friends are trying to find their footing in a post-Carl world. Andy has picked up Aprils mantle of fame, speaking at conferences and online; Maya, ravaged by grief, begins to follow a string of mysteries that she is convinced will lead her to April; and Miranda is contemplating defying her friends advice and pursuing a new scientific operationone that might have repercussions beyond anyones comprehension. Just as it is starting to seem like the gang may never learn the real story behind the events that changed their lives forever, a series of clues arrive--mysterious books that seem to predict the future and control the actions of their readers--all of which seems to suggest that April could be very much alive. In the midst of the search for the truth and the search for April is a growing force, something that wants to capture our consciousness and even control our reality. A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor is the bold and brilliant follow-up to An Absolutely Remarkable Thing . It is a fast-paced adventure that is also a biting social commentary, asking hard, urgent questions about the way we live, our freedoms, our future, and how we handle the unknown.
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The Carls disappeared the same way they appeared, in an instant. While they were on Earth, they caused confusion and destruction without ever lifting a finger. Well, that's not exactly true. Part of their maelstrom was the sudden viral fame and untimely death of April May: a young woman who stumbled into Carl's path, giving them their name, becoming their advocate, and putting herself in the middle of an avalanche of conspiracy theories. Months later, the world is as confused as ever. Andy has picked up April's mantle of fame, speaking at conferences and online about the world post-Carl; Maya, ravaged by grief, begins to follow a string of mysteries that she is convinced will lead her to April; and Miranda infiltrates a new scientific operation . . . one that might have repercussions beyond anyone's comprehension. As they each get further down their own paths, a series of clues arrive -- mysterious books that seem to predict the future and control the actions of their readers; unexplained internet outages; and more -- which seem to suggest April may be very much alive. In the midst of the gang's possible reunion is a growing force, something that wants to capture our consciousness and even control our reality. A Beautifully Foolish Endeavour is the bold and brilliant follow-up to An Absolutely Remarkable Thing . It's a fast-paced adventure that is also a biting social commentary, asking hard, urgent questions. How will we live online? What powers over our lives are we giving away for free? Who has the right to change the world forever? And how do we find comfort in an increasingly isolated world?
