Dot.con
May 31st, 2002
Checked my mail today, and whaddaya know, there’s the Ken Layne book, Dot.Con. I’m up to page fifty, and it’s seems pretty good so far. Kind of Hiaasen like, sort of similar to Zodiac by Neal Stephenson (a cool book, by the way. Nothing like his other work), but with a tone close The Many Aspects of Mobile Home Living by Martin Clark. That probably shouldn’t be surprising, I knew that Layne was as funny as Hiaasen, as dry as Stephenson, and he comes from an admittedly white-trash Southern background. My mission when reading this book: figure out which character is Matt Welch.
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The Welch character is called “Terry Texas.”
I’ve been thwarted in my mission by some trolling spoiler. Who the fuck is this Layne guy, anyway?
I’m kidding! You’ll laugh about it later. Or cry.
Now that is some funny faux spoiling. Get this book, people, or you’ll never get the joke.