ThigMOO
Title | ThigMOO |
Year for Search | 1998 |
Authors | Byrne, Eugene(b. 1959) |
Date Published | 1998 |
Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
Place Published | New York |
Keywords | English author, Irish author, Male author |
Annotation | A satirical take on university life and technology in which faculty and students at a third-rate British university establish a Museum of the Mind online by creating fictional electronic characters with the histories and personalities of characters from the past. The escape from the Museum and go through many battles among themselves but ultimately produce a socialist eutopia. |
Additional Publishers | U,K. ed. London: Earthlight, 1999. Part originally published as "ThigMOO." Interzone, no. 120 (June 1997): 40-51. |
Holding Institutions | Merril, PSt |
Author Note | The author (b. 1959) was born in Ireland and raised and lives in England.. |
Full Text | 1998 Byrne, Eugene (b. 1959). ThigMOO. A satirical take on university life and technology in which faculty and students at a third-rate British university establish a Museum of the Mind online by creating fictional electronic characters with the histories and personalities of characters from the past. The escape from the Museum and go through many battles among themselves but ultimately produce a socialist eutopia. The author was born in Ireland and raised and lives in England. |