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Darktide
Boot


Joined: 30 Jan 2007
Posts: 16
Location: Waterloo, Ontario

 		not sure how cool viral marketing is when enough information about the product already exists. That and the viral seems to coincide with the product.



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From Publishers Weekly
Hall's debut, the darling of last year's London Book Fair, is a cerebral page-turner that pits corporeal man against metaphysical sharks that devour memory and essence, not flesh and blood. When Eric Sanderson wakes from a lengthy unconsciousness, he has no memory. A letter from "The First Eric Sanderson" directs him to psychologist Dr. Randle, who tells Eric he is afflicted with a "dissociative condition." Eric learns about his former life—specifically a glorious romance with girlfriend Clio Aames, who drowned three years earlier—and is soon on the run from the Ludovician, a "species of purely conceptual fish" that "feeds on human memories and the intrinsic sense of self." Once he hooks up with Scout, a young woman on the run from her own metaphysical predator, the two trek through a subterranean labyrinth made of telephone directories (masses of words offer protection, as do Dictaphone recordings), decode encrypted communications and encounter a series of strange characters on the way to the big-bang showdown with the beast. Though Hall's prose is flabby and the plethora of text-based sight gags don't always work (a 50-page flipbook of a swimming shark, for instance), the end result is a fast-moving cyberpunk mashup of Jaws, Memento and sappy romance that's destined for the big screen.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Book Description
Eric Sanderson wakes up one day with no idea who or where he is. A note instructs him to call a Dr. Randle, who informs him that he is undergoing yet another episode of memory loss and that for the last two years—since the tragic death of his great love, Clio, while vacationing in Greece—he's been suffering from an acute disassociative disorder. But there may be more to the story, or it may be a different story altogether. As Eric Sanderson begins to examine letters and papers left behind by "the first Eric Sanderson" and the staggering tale they seem to contain, he and the reader embark on a quest to recover the truth and to escape the predatory forces that threaten to devour him. Moving with the pace and momentum of a superb thriller, exploring ideas about language and information as well as identity, The Raw Shark Texts is ultimately a novel about the magnitude of love and the devastating effect of losing that love.


PostPosted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 3:33 pm
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Draco
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Joined: 30 Oct 2006
Posts: 78

 		sometimes viral marketing can be fun.... for example: Transformers

PostPosted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 5:57 pm
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thebruce
Dances With Wikis


Joined: 16 Aug 2004
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Location: Kitchener, Ontario

 		Well, that's still up in the air Razz
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 1:28 am
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Seppel
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arbolita wrote:
I called the number (minus the 0 at the beginning) from my cell and here's what I got

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You have reached a non working number. Announcement 14 ____(stitch or switch? cant make it out) one-eight-dash-four


That's a standard message. I got the same message just now when trying to call my local Treasurer's office to dispute car taxes.

So I googled it and this was the first result. Woo, it's been years since I've played ARGs. Last one I played was the one for the movie A.I.

PostPosted: Sat Feb 10, 2007 11:22 am
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Minkette
Boot


Joined: 30 Aug 2006
Posts: 43
Location: London

 		I got Dr Randle to 'help' me with the phone number. I rang it and it's just a girl's voice saying 'Hello, this is Scout. I will be your guide. Go to myspace.com/scout' (or words to that effect) If you want to ring it from overseas replace the first 0 with 44. (but it isn't really worth it!) This sounded very similar to iRabbit's voicemail messages - maybe the same people are behind it...

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Well done for trying, the number you should have decrypted is 07847 772 553


- Show quoted text -


On 2/6/07, Mink ette <minkettethepiratesplathotmail> wrote:

Dear Dr. Randle,

I am having trouble with my memory. I used to know morse code but now I seem to have forgotten it.

for example

----- =0
--... =7
---.. =8
....- =4
--... =7
--... =7
---.. =8
..--- =2
..... =5
..... =5
...-- =3

I think its but I must be wrong since that number doesn't work.

Can you help me?

Mink

p.s., have you seen a cat called Ian? I know Glasgow is quite far away from Manchester but man can those things get about!



I also had some cute messages from Eric regarding Ian. The odd thing is that in one message he says he's the second Eric but then later he says he's the first. Both messages from the same email address and in the same dialogue.
Quote:

I'm the second.
I think

E


>
> E.S,
> Are you the first?
> M


Quote:
Ian has a MySpace - he usually hangs out with Scout on there. And that
other Eric Sanderson. You should ask Scout about it, she's at least 2000
times better at all this stuff than i am.

E (the 1st)
UEC


Quote:
It could be.
He does that.
He can be a bit of an idiot at times actually...

E


>
> Dear Mr. Sanderson,
>
> I believe I may have met your cat, however he was in Oxford and answered
> to the name Trevor.
>
> Could it be that your cat is avoiding you?
>
> Regards,
>
> Mink

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PostPosted: Sat Feb 10, 2007 4:01 pm
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cb_vicious
Boot


Joined: 31 Jan 2007
Posts: 54

 		Well... I have my book... Its a beautiful "Uncorrected Proof" YAY!

PostPosted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 12:43 am
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newb0y
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Joined: 09 Jan 2007
Posts: 88
Location: Ealing, London, UK

 		Hi there - just been catching up with this ARG. Looks promising.

Just a bit confused how you got the
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
www.theredcabinet.com
website from the genesreunited.co.uk site.
I don't seem to be able to see that link anywhere.

Sorry if it's obvious and I am being dumb.

PostPosted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 7:44 pm
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cb_vicious
Boot


Joined: 31 Jan 2007
Posts: 54

 		OK... The flick book thing... Is actually in the book... I dont see the two pages of addresses though. I believe we may have clues towards the light bulb fragments though.

PostPosted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 12:47 am
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lawngnome
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Joined: 16 Jan 2006
Posts: 6
Location: ~*Canada*~

 		It's ok newb0y.

I'm just going to stick it under a spoiler screen though.

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
The link to the redcabinet is under Scout's genealogy. You have to go to either e-mail or messages and the link is in there.


Does anyone know what to do with the addresses yet? I've been trying to play around with it a bit, but I haven't found anything.

PostPosted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 4:43 pm
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newb0y
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Joined: 09 Jan 2007
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Location: Ealing, London, UK

 		Hi - thanks for that but .... think that link might not be working now as I don't seem to be able to access Scout's genealogy - I can login and see the family tree of Mycroft ward but I can't follow the link.

EDIT - Sorry just found it - Thanks

PostPosted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 5:00 pm
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newb0y
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Joined: 09 Jan 2007
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Location: Ealing, London, UK

 		If you click on the text at the bottom of the page in the sharkflickbook it takes you to
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http://www.steven-hall.co.uk/


not sure if this is IG or OOG though.

PostPosted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 5:26 pm
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tigermatty
Kilroy

Joined: 13 Feb 2007
Posts: 1

 		the addresses are all bookshops, with the electronic rainforest being a reference to amazon.com

PostPosted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 4:24 pm
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Darktide
Boot


Joined: 30 Jan 2007
Posts: 16
Location: Waterloo, Ontario
tigermatty wrote:
the addresses are all bookshops, with the electronic rainforest being a reference to amazon.com


LOL, good eye,,,

This also erks me even more that I spent time on this. I feel so cheap!

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LadyLovelylocks
Decorated

Joined: 29 Apr 2005
Posts: 187
Location: Sweden

 		My online consultation request
Ha! I'm crazy.
Quote:
Okay, let's have a look at your results. Yikes. The shark so early in the test! I know it's difficult, but you really do need to try to relax a
little. I know it's easy to find yourself jumping at scary things but
remember that sometimes - most of the time - things are only what they
appear to be. There are no conspiracies. There is no danger. Nothing and
no one is trying to harm you.

Moving on to blot number 2… Really? Are you still thinking a lot about
what's underneath and behind things? I used to love that sort of thing
when I was a child, secret tunnels and the like, but there are limits you
know. Sometimes a wall is just a wall and there is nothing at all behind
it. Try to remember and tell yourself that.

Blot 3. Right, yes. Conflict. Head on collision. Stress. Is there someone
or something you feel is obstructing you? Something in your way that you
can't get past? Maybe you should think about it a little.

Last one. You said… The shark. Oh dear, I was so hoping you wouldn't say that. Have you been suffering from states of heightened clarity?
Hallucinations? If so you have to remember they are just hallucinations –
keep telling yourself they are just hallucinations. I need to make a note…
This could be a problem. I think we should probably review first thing
tomorrow.

Yours
Dr Randle


So, putting aside that I might be leaving this forum for a while (to "rest"), what is he trying to tell me? TINAG?
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 10:50 am
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porkypine
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 		"Copies of Book"
Hey, just thought I'd mention that the chapter 4 extract counts as having an early copy of the book if you want to get into the forum!

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