The Plainview Lottery A Town Learns a Hard Lesson in Basic Economics edition by Markas Dvaras Literature Fiction eBooks
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How Could a Lottery be a Mistake?
Welcome to Plainview-- a town with everything going for it, and with none of the problems one would expect to see in a typical American town. No poverty, no homelessness, no unemployment-- not even a litter problem.
But all that changes when five mysterious strangers show up in the town square one day, pulling a wagon-load of gold bars behind them. They're going to run a lottery for Plainview, with the gold as the grand prize. With little discussion, Plainview readily agrees-- and that's the first in a series of hilarious mistakes.
Is the Lottery a Scam?
Now meet James Henderson-- he's an award-winning journalist for Plainview's local paper, The Plainview Review. He suspects they are being swindled after he notices there are no winning numbers being drawn. Yet the residents of Plainview are becoming obsessed, and soon start losing their jobs while focusing on the gold bars.
Can James prove anything for his article? Can he stop his hometown from succumbing to "Lottery Fever?" Does it even matter?
A satire on economics and the human condition, The Plainview Lottery will have you rethinking how money is supposed to work.
On Sisyphus Revisited and When We Pierce The Mirror
Markas Dvaras is one of the first authors to openly criticize the computer revolution and the Internet. In Sisyphus Revisited, he considers the meaning of the ancient tale and asks, "What were the authors of that story thinking?" His answer may surprise you. An imaginary conversation with Albert Camus entails, and Dvaras draws the conclusion that the ancient myth was not meant to analogize the pointlessness of man's existence, nor was it meant as an illustration of the worst possible punishment, but rather to consider human life reduced to the performance of a single task. Would you perform that task? The answer to that one must have been a no-brainer to the ancient Greeks. But not for us, so Dvaras contends. If Hades really existed, and if it were possible to visit Sisyphus down there, rolling his stone, we would happily interrupt and inform him "There's an app for that!" And then we would gladly rob him of that task, even after finding out it's the only thing he has to do with his existence!
In When We Pierce The Mirror, Dvaras may be the first to ask the question, "What did we set out to do with the Internet?" Does it bother anyone else that no one seems to want to know the answer to that one? The author contends that one thing we are trying to do with it is build the most intelligent entity in existence- just so we may ask it stupid questions. Stupid, irrelevant questions that we should have been able to answer ourselves all along. Once we build that entity, what will be the first question we ask, and who exactly will do the asking? Find out when you read When We Pierce The Mirror.
The Plainview Lottery A Town Learns a Hard Lesson in Basic Economics edition by Markas Dvaras Literature Fiction eBooks
It was free, it was a great idea, but it bombed at the end. It's like the author ran out of steam.SPOILER ALERT
The lottery pretty much destroys the town, increasing crime, homelessness, and unemployment, and causing businesses to close and families to fall apart, and then at the end everyone gets bored and stops buying lottery tickets and everything returns to normal with no long-term consequences.
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A good book with a good message, felt a tad wordy in places that made it a dry read. Overall worth reading.
This book had a good concept. Not wanting more than you need. The book makes this clear, but I felt that it was too long. The book was a good read but shorter and more concise would have been a great read. Thanks to NetGalley, the author and the publisher for the ARC of this book in return for my honest review.
Hall creates a story that feels like a fleshed-out parable, a larger than life satire. Building on the concept of the advent of a lottery, I appreciated the way this book took on many dimensions, and arrives as a complete and polished work. An enjoyable read that employs both humor and pathos.
The Plainview Lottery A Town Learns a Hard Lesson in Basic Economics by Markas Dvaras (also known as Mark Hall), would probably have been better as a novella or a short story. All things considered, though, it really isn't all that bad. The prose is clean, clear, and reminds me of Nathaniel Hawthorne. I love Nathaniel Hawthorne. And the plot of this book is similar to the Stone Soup folktale. I loved that story as a kid, so this really tapped into my nostalgia. However, because this is, at best, a novella-worthy idea stretched into a full-length novel, there are a few issues.
But at its heart, it is an innocent parable about only wanting as much as you need. And who can't use that reminder from time to time?
This book was recommended to me by a close friend who knows that I only read non-fiction boring technical books, biographies and ancient metaphysical writings still on papyrus. With that out of the way, I dove into a new novel with no preconceived ideas, other than it's about a lottery in small town America. Everybody wants gold and most of us have played the lottery, right? Well, this book took my mind on a analytical ride of twists and turns and into the minds of the townspeople of Plainview during a "once in a life time" town lottery. The novel was set in a time that was about as innocent as it could get, while keeping a level of suspense during each lotto drawing of "What next?" It was hilarious!
This book started off so promisingly but ultimately lead to disappointment. I am not suggesting you ought not to buy and read it. One man’s poison… you know what I mean. A warning – there is a spoiler at the end of my review.
The author started off with such a witty premise – the lottery fever that infected Plainview, a fictional small town in America. A model town, I suspect belongs to history, possibly in the 1950’s. He uses the lottery and its effects as an allegory for the ills of modern society. I liken it to a modern Aesop’s Fable.
The author tells his story through some great characters, the reporter, the factory owner, and Old Mr. Miller, besides others. He utilizes some great dialogue to spin the yarn and keep the story moving forward.
But, and a big but, is he uses too much repetition. I found I could only take so much of the description of the “magical” lottery tickets to use but one example. It struck me the author was trying too hard to ram home a point or two. Most readers are not stupid. They get it!
There are also too many pieces of “magic” in the tale. Okay, with many novels it is a norm the reader will suspend belief surrounding one piece of “magic.” But to overdo it invites the reader to switch off.
I am striving not to be overly critical. The author must be applauded for tackling this story in the manner he did. He almost pulled it off. It was a real page turner well into the book then petered out as the repetition kicked in and yet more magic took place.
Satire? Yes, it was satirical and well written satire at so many stages of the book. It also made me stop and think about the issues – the ills of modern society. It wasn’t until the Plainview tale had finished that I realized what the author had in his sights. It was the internet. To paraphrase Old Mr. Miller who was referring to the gold bars but could have been referring to the internet – if you can’t eat it, wear it or live in it, I don’t need it.
The author reveals his main target in two short stories following the end of the Plainview saga. This is where he turns amateur philosopher – a device that was unnecessary and irked this reader. He joins forces as himself in a dream world with the likes of Albert Camus and an Ancient Greek in what was clearly an illustration of the point of the Plainview story. Again, readers are not stupid and do not need the moral of the story ramming down their collective throats.
It was a brave and possibly foolish device to place himself as the author within a debate with some of the world’s greatest philosophers. It made me think the author has no humility.
As for the second short story involving a fictional President of the United States – well, what can I say, another pointless exercise in a totally gratuitous explainer. Stick to writing novels, sir! You are actually a good storyteller but leave the morals and philosophy at home next time. Rather, please be more subtle and weave it all into the story. It will make for better reading I can assure you.
One further message – the author queries what use to mankind is the internet. One answer is that it allows authors to bring their works to the attention of the world. Long live the internet!
My quandary now is how many stars to give this book? It is highly readable but flawed. The author must not be discouraged as he has a real talent for writing fiction. Two stars means “I don’t like it.” That isn’t the case. I liked it with reservations so it has to be three stars meaning “it’s okay.”
The spoiler, so do not read on if you intend to read this book – why didn’t anyone in Plainview adopt the simple expedient of travelling to Covington? The author tells us it was a neighbouring town. Surely, the intrepid reporter, James, would have done so?
It was free, it was a great idea, but it bombed at the end. It's like the author ran out of steam.
SPOILER ALERT
The lottery pretty much destroys the town, increasing crime, homelessness, and unemployment, and causing businesses to close and families to fall apart, and then at the end everyone gets bored and stops buying lottery tickets and everything returns to normal with no long-term consequences.
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