Wow! It's rare to find a completely new premise. This is as original as Gulliver's Travels, Flatland and Clockwork Orange.
The cover may not be immediately striking or even interpretable but who cares? I wanted to understand the economics, the technology, the physiology, the ethics and the culture. Gradually, more and more of these details were covered as I read the story but you can still supply some of your own creative thinking to plug the gaps.
Munmun is also presented to the reader in a unique and unexplained style. This reminded me of the use of language in The Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess, where the first person narrative using an invented dialect is a continual reminder of the different world it is set in. The additional spaces in words were a little irritating but in general I coped just fine with the made up words, phonetic spelling and compressed phrases. Some of the characters had only fleeting appearances and so were rather sketchy but most were carefully drawn and developed sympathetically, especially the coming of age of Warner and Prayer.
Later, I updated my review to 5 stars because the story and the ideas behind it stayed in my mind for days so it's pretty powerful stuff!
The cover may not be immediately striking or even interpretable but who cares? I wanted to understand the economics, the technology, the physiology, the ethics and the culture. Gradually, more and more of these details were covered as I read the story but you can still supply some of your own creative thinking to plug the gaps.
Munmun is also presented to the reader in a unique and unexplained style. This reminded me of the use of language in The Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess, where the first person narrative using an invented dialect is a continual reminder of the different world it is set in. The additional spaces in words were a little irritating but in general I coped just fine with the made up words, phonetic spelling and compressed phrases. Some of the characters had only fleeting appearances and so were rather sketchy but most were carefully drawn and developed sympathetically, especially the coming of age of Warner and Prayer.
Later, I updated my review to 5 stars because the story and the ideas behind it stayed in my mind for days so it's pretty powerful stuff!