Solution 11-167: The Book of Scotlands
by Momus
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The Book of Scotlands outlines 156 possible Scotlands which currently do not exist anywhere but maybe, someday, could. At a moment when, after centuries of desire and unrest, independence seems to be a real possibility for Scotland, Scottish-born, Berlin-based musician/author/journalist Momus, real name Nick Currie, offers a delirium of visions, practical and absurd. Momus, who describes himself as a polymath-dabbler, suggests that the real Scotland is free to embrace or reject this parallel show more world.]] show lessTags
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Kolbkarlsson Written in the same vein, The Book of Scotlands lists a series of alternative scotlands previously unheard of. Every Scotland is written in it's own style, but with similar wit and daunting imagination.
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- Canonical title
- Solution 11-167: The Book of Scotlands
- Alternate titles
- Every Lie Creates a Parallel World: The World in Which It is True
- Original publication date
- 2009
- Important places
- Scotland, UK
- First words
- Scotland 55
There are ten major cities in Scotland, named for the rivers they stand on:
Clydopolis
Forthopolis
Donopolis
Tayopolis
Speyopolis
Deepolis
Tweedopolis
Nithopolis
Deveropolis
An... (show all)nanopolis - Quotations
- Every lie creates a paralel world. The world in which it is true.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)After that, there was no more Scottish life expectancy because there was no more life, and no more Scotland.
- Publisher's editor
- Kari Rittenbach
Classifications
- Genres
- Fiction and Literature, General Fiction
- DDC/MDS
- 828.9207 — Literature & rhetoric English & Old English literatures English miscellaneous writings English miscellaneous writings 1900- English miscellaneous writings 2000-
- LCC
- PR6113 .O48 .S65 — Language and Literature English English Literature 2001-
- BISAC
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- 23
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- 1,144,855
- Rating
- (4.50)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 3
