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Plowing the Dark

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Plowing the DarkIn a digital laboratory on the shores of Puget Sound, a band of virtual reality researchers race to complete the Cavern, an empty white room that can become a jungle, a painting, or a vast Byzantine cathedral. In a war torn Mediterranean city, an American is held hostage, chained to a radiator in another empty white room. What can possibly join two such remote places? Only the shared imagination, a room that these people unwittingly build in common,

In a digital laboratory on the shores of Puget Sound, a band of virtual reality researchers race to complete the Cavern, an empty white room that can become a jungle, a painting, or a vast Byzantine cathedral. In a war-torn Mediterranean city, an American is held hostage, chained to a radiator in another empty white room. What can possibly join two such remote places? Only the shared imagination, a room that these people unwittingly build in common, where they are all about to meet, where the dual frames of this inventive novel to coalesce.

Adie Klarpol, a skilled but disillusioned artist, comes back to life, revived by the thrill of working with the Cavern's cutting-edge technology. Against the collapse of Cold War empires and the fall of the Berlin Wall, she retreats dangerously into the cyber-realities she has been hired to create. As her ex-husband lies dying and the outbreak of computerized war fills her with a sense of guilty complicity, Adie is thrown deeper into building a place of beauty and unknown power, were she might fend off the incursions of the real world gone wrong.

On the other side of the globe, Taimur Martin, an English teacher retreating from a failed love affair, is picked up off the streets in Beirut by Islamic fundamentalists and held in solitary captivity. Without distraction or hope of release, he must keep himself whole by the force of his memory alone. Each infinite, empty day moves him closer to insanity, and only the surprising arrival of sanctuary sustains him for the shattering conclusion. Plowing the Dark is fiction that explores the imagination's power to both destroy and save.



Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
Published: 08/11/2001
ISBN: 9780312280123
Pages: 400
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.10d

Review Citations: New York Times 09/23/2001 pg. 28
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★★★★★ 5
Warm and cozy.
The wearable blanket is better than I hoped. We are in Florida and experiencing below cold and this came just at the right time. It is soft and the pocket is large enough that my phone is not in danger of falling out. It is well worth it if you have trouble with being cold, and you don't have to uncover to get up.
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Warm and snuggly
I work from home often and sitting at my dest I am usually cold. This has been the perfect solution to keep warm and still be able to have my arms move freely. The material is very thick and soft. I loved this so much I bought a second one!
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Birmingham, US
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Perfect gift
I bought this for my son’s girlfriend. She was excited to receive it. The quality was nice and was soft and cozy. She is average height and weight and it fit her well. The color was as described. It was the perfect weight to still be able to do things around the house while wearing a blanket.
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Phoenix, US
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Adorable
This wearable blanket is amazing and super cute. We played white elephant for NY eve, and girl who got this blankef was over the moon. It is soft, warm and very comfy to wear.
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Whiting, US
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Idk how I lived without this. It is the nicest soft, warm material without being too thick. If you lay it out it's also nice and long so I use it as a blanket at night too. I live in this thing, it is so cozy. The pink color is absolutely adorable and I love the pockets and buttons to keep it on. I wear it while I do my nails and while I'm just lounging- 1000000% recommend. as a bonus- my cat also loves it- here's us cuddlin rn lol
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