Velvet Dogma eBook Weston Ochse
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PK Dick Meets William Gibson
In the year 2040, the world has finally achieved the perfect merging of human and machine by developing a method by which the computer has direct integration into the brain. Called Personal Ocular Devices, or PODS, the interface fits over the eye feeding information directly along the optic nerve into the brain, allowing minds and computers to become one.
But not for Rebecca Mines who has been held in solitary confinement for the last 20 years. Arrested under the 2002 Patriot Act as a cyber-terrorist for unleashing a program called Velvet Dogma, her parole restricts access to all computers and all but the simplest of machines. Although the government is still fearful that she'll resume her previous profession, Rebecca wants nothing more than to find a place to exist in peace. She has a life to live, and twenty years of personal stagnation from which to recover.
But she discovers that things have changed dramatically since she’s been in prison. Not only is organ theft sanctioned, but all of her organs have already been levied to the highest bidder. No sooner does she promise the judge that she’ll be a law-abiding citizen, then she finds herself on the run from not only Chinese Black Hearts, eager to confiscate her organs, but the authorities who realize that they’ve let her out too soon.
Praise for Weston Ochse
“Weston Ochse is one of the best authors of our generation.” - Brian Keene, Author of Ghoul and The Rising
“Weston Ochse is a mercurial writer, one of those depressingly talented people who are good at whatever they turn their hand to”-Conrad Williams, August Derleth and International Horror Guild Award Winner
“Weston Ochse is perhaps the fiercest and most direct of the latest generation of dark fiction writers.” Rocky Wood , author of Stephen King A Literary Companion.
“Weston Ochse is to horror what Bradbury is to science fiction -- an artist whose craft, stories and voice are so distinct and mesmerizing that you can't help but be enthralled.” - Dani Kollin, Prometheus Award-winning author of The Unincorporated Man
“Brilliantly rendered. What was so impressive about the piece was that I did not doubt the incredible heroism of the protagonist... nor his motivation. - Andrew Vachss on “Family Man”
“Ochse succeeds in creating a complex plot that casts a brutal overwhelming spell.”
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Velvet Dogma eBook Weston Ochse
I've read books where the entire middle of the book (sometimes as long as 200 pages) just bored me to tears. Thankfully, this is NOT one of those books. The book had enough action to keep me engaged and reading, I just feel the execution of the story seemed a little lacking.There are lies told by characters and the withholding of some information about characters that could confuse the reader about the story. It certainly confused me a little bit. This is more the type of story that you should read complete in one sitting to really understand the story and the flow.
Like I said, it kept me entertained and there are some really good ideas in here. 4 stars for story but only 2 for execution. Hence, a 3 star rating.
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Velvet Dogma eBook Weston Ochse Reviews
Well crafted, some unique ideas, hard to put down when. Started, recommended
Surprising finish, interesting concepts, a dark future indeed
I held off on purchasing this book for quite a while, but it kept popping up in my suggested books so I went for it. The story had many obvious plot holes, didn't seem well paced and overall was not a fun read. I normally get hooked on a book and finish it in a few sittings, this one took me almost two weeks to struggle through. Just not well done.
Velvet Dogma is one of those books that's begging to be made into a Michael Bay movie, or perhaps a very upscale film by The Asylum. There's action, and new characters and clans being introduced all the time, each with an "oh wow, what a weird future" catch to them. Ultimately, the story takes an easy out at the end, but for a vacation or weekend read, it's a fine story.
The protagonist is released from prison after a 20 year isolated confinement for hacking, which is a perfect setup to introduce a wildly changed dystopian futuristic world to the readers. We get to be as starry eyed as the main character by the underground mummies, the hoverboarding punks, and the world of forced organ donation. And while it's filled with action, and is ultimately entertaining (in a pulpy fashion), there's bits of slop here and there that jerk the reader out of suspension of disbelief.
My three main problems were those of research, consistency, and bits of plain bad writing. First, there's a point where some characters identify a clan called the Ack Acks by the number 06 scrawled into the wall. "That's Binary," claims a character. No, it's actually hexadecimal, or ASCII (although it could also be octal), and while the value is correct for the computer code of "acknowledge" (or "ack"), a true programmer/hacker like the main character would not confuse 0's and 1's with higher base-number schemes. Call it a nitpick, but it's the equivalent of a doctor stating that the brain exists to cool down the blood. No computer person would make that error.
The second problem was the ending. After rallying on for page after page about saving the world, the main character decides to do... something different. Here, a huge potential payoff to display a corrupt world made vastly better, or even vastly worse, was wasted for a trite conclusion. Roger Ebert claimed in the commentary for the film "Dark City" that movies exist to show us something we've never seen before. I expect written fiction to do the same, and am frustrated when it goes down the path of showing me something I've seen a thousand times before, in a thousand other stories.
Finally, there are the sex scenes. Sci-Fi writers simply should not write them. Comparing lovemaking to the piston of an engine makes me laugh out loud, when clearly no humor was intended. Stick with Fellini-esque trains rushing into tunnels, and leave more to the imagination. Or perhaps talk about it in terms of Binary, where the 1 goes into the 0...
Velvet Dogma isn't a bad book. It is entertaining. But, like the main character, readers will find themselves jerked out of comfort all too often, and at the end, wondering if the journey was worth all their effort.
As a long-time fan of Phillip K. Dick and of William Gibson, I think Velvet Dogma does not deserve comparison with the works of either author.
I have just tried for the fourth time to continue reading Velvet Dogma after bogging down partway through the book. And, once again, I have decided it's not worth the effort required to ignore the awkward writing, the author's lack of familiarity with technology, and the adolescent sensibility about how adult women and men think and react in situations.
I understand from the comments on another review that this work is from an established publisher. Unfortunately, like some other current publishers, they seem to have omitted editing the work prior to publishing it.
I enjoy books set in Los Angeles, when they capture the feel of the city and the people within the city. It is why I enjoy Richard Kadrey's Sandman Slim series. In fact, if you enjoy the Sandman Slim books, you will enjoy Velvet Dogma.
Weston Ochse has done a really good job capturing the sense of future shock that a person coming out of a long stay in prison might experience. Rebecca Mines, a hacker who has spent twenty years in prison for what some might consider an electronic form of civil disobedience is forced to come to grips with massive changes in Los Angeles, both physical and cultural. Ochse spends time on cultures that have their basis in today, but seen through a filter of two decades melding into the city. Architecture has evolved due to earthquakes (not a huge surprise if you live here). You have a very timely sympathy for those who release sensitive government information (though not specifically Snowden). You have concerns about corporations limiting the rights of the common citizen and undermining the structure of society. Also, issues of elder care and insights into cultures that participate in terrorism. Taken together, I think this makes for an enjoyable, interesting read.
I would suggest reading this prior to reading Seal Team 666 which I think is a better written book. Additionally, I would also suggest you do yourself a favor and read the first chapter, included with this book, of Mirror Me by Yvonne Navarro. From this first powerful chapter, you have looks to be a kick ass thriller as good or better than James Patterson's books.
I've read books where the entire middle of the book (sometimes as long as 200 pages) just bored me to tears. Thankfully, this is NOT one of those books. The book had enough action to keep me engaged and reading, I just feel the execution of the story seemed a little lacking.
There are lies told by characters and the withholding of some information about characters that could confuse the reader about the story. It certainly confused me a little bit. This is more the type of story that you should read complete in one sitting to really understand the story and the flow.
Like I said, it kept me entertained and there are some really good ideas in here. 4 stars for story but only 2 for execution. Hence, a 3 star rating.
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