[profound and philosophical review available at <a href="http://www.archive.org/details/Malhaus_Review" rel="nofollow">http://www.archive.org/details/Malhaus_Review</a>] This is a nice blending of witty prose about our world's possible future done weirdly (with pitch-shifted vocals! What glory!) with minimalist indeterminate music done weirdly (those vocals! Those sound effects! That amazing reverb!) Indeterminate music is difficult to digest, but probably worth the effort, and having the more accesible audiobook mixed with it makes a better introduction to the unfamiliar listener (like myself) than straight up Hardcore Minimalism. Fox isn't that bad a writer, either, although by no means the next Nobel Lit prize winner. Decent dry humor, satire. Could make an interesting movie. Overall, Fox lacks taste in being so inaccesible and cheesy and gratuitously profane, but does so in an adventurous and fun way, like Andy Partridge tastelessness, which beats tasteful blandness any day. I'd recommend it. One note, reading along definitely worthwhile, but you may find some unintentional humor if you don't know what's going on the first time. The choice is yours, but overall, reading along is the better experience. Brainy, trashy delight 4 James Banks 2006-04-15 22:22:10 2006-04-15 22:22:10 1 4.00