Official Review: Tick by Allison Rose

[zeldas_lullaby]

It was, "I don't know!" If you said that, you got slimed!

What a frightful future this book weaves: no television shows, but news and media! I hate watching the news!

[bluemel4]

It was, "I don't know!" If you said that, you got slimed!

What a frightful future this book weaves: no television shows, but news and media! I hate watching the news!

I feel like I should have known that.

[zeldas_lullaby]

No, I'm probably the only person in the history of anything who remembers that!

[bluemel4]

No, I'm probably the only person in the history of anything who remembers that!

LOL I dub you the historian of 80s-90s kids tv.

[zeldas_lullaby]

No, I'm probably the only person in the history of anything who remembers that!

LOL I dub you the historian of 80s-90s kids tv.

Gasp! Thank you!

[bluemel4]

Meg thanks for accepting the role. It comes with a lot of responsibility with all sorts of random questions like who played Michael J. Fox's girlfriend in Family Ties.

[zeldas_lullaby]

Meg thanks for accepting the role. It comes with a lot of responsibility with all sorts of random questions like who played Michael J. Fox's girlfriend in Family Ties.

Gack!! I'm only halfway through season 1, but I will get back to you on that... maybe five years from now!

Ooh, that is a lot of responsibility.

[bluemel4]

I was just thinking about brain adjusting and how vulnerable that leaves people to other types of manipulation...

Also, the answer is me. I was his girlfriend. I had such a crush on Alex P. Keaton!

Meg thanks for accepting the role. It comes with a lot of responsibility with all sorts of random questions like who played Michael J. Fox's girlfriend in Family Ties.

Gack!! I'm only halfway through season 1, but I will get back to you on that... maybe five years from now!

Ooh, that is a lot of responsibility.

I was just thinking about brain adjusting and how vulnerable that leaves people to other types of manipulation...

Also, the answer is me. I was his girlfriend. I had such a crush on Alex P. Keaton!

[zeldas_lullaby]

Yeah, brain adjusting sounds awful. I read a sci-fi short story once that this reminds me of. All the smart people were made to wear earphones that would ring every fifteen seconds (or at a given interval based on how smart they were) so that they couldn't form any coherent thoughts between rings. It dumbed down everyone to the same level. I don't know what that short story was, though.

If Tick is anywhere near as awesome as that story, then it must rock!!

Awwww, you were Alex P. Keaton's girlfriend! How cute!!

[bluemel4]

Meg That was a short story from Welcome to the Monkey House by Kurt Vonnegut. It is called Harrison Bergeron.

Tick was clever on another level. It was so well thought out and the experiences are eye opening and horrifying. At the same time it is mentally stimulating and will make you think.

[zeldas_lullaby]

Meg That was a short story from Welcome to the Monkey House by Kurt Vonnegut. It is called Harrison Bergeron.

Tick was clever on another level. It was so well thought out and the experiences are eye opening and horrifying. At the same time it is mentally stimulating and will make you think.

I didn't think I'd ever know what that story was! I read it in public school, in the early nineties!! OMG!! Thank you!!

[PashaRu]

Great review! Very well written, and it sounds like an intriguing (possible) future created by the author. Dystopian fiction doesn't usually tingle my jingle (sorry, I had to), but this sounds interesting.

[bookowlie]

Meg thanks for accepting the role. It comes with a lot of responsibility with all sorts of random questions like who played Michael J. Fox's girlfriend in Family Ties.

Lauren was Alex P. Keaton' s girlfriend on Family Ties and she married Michael J. Fox in real life.

[zeldas_lullaby]

Lauren was Alex P. Keaton' s girlfriend on Family Ties and she married Michael J. Fox in real life.

I abdicate the throne to BookOwlie, the new queen.

[bluemel4]

Meg That was a short story from Welcome to the Monkey House by Kurt Vonnegut. It is called Harrison Bergeron.

Tick was clever on another level. It was so well thought out and the experiences are eye opening and horrifying. At the same time it is mentally stimulating and will make you think.

I didn't think I'd ever know what that story was! I read it in public school, in the early nineties!! OMG!! Thank you!!

You are welcome. I am always happy to help. I hate it when I can't remember a book but I remember bits and pieces so clearly.

-- Sat Jun 13, 2015 10:37 pm --

Great review! Very well written, and it sounds like an intriguing (possible) future created by the author. Dystopian fiction doesn't usually tingle my jingle (sorry, I had to), but this sounds interesting.

Thank you @PashaRu! It is a really great read.

-- Sat Jun 13, 2015 10:38 pm --

Meg thanks for accepting the role. It comes with a lot of responsibility with all sorts of random questions like who played Michael J. Fox's girlfriend in Family Ties.

Lauren was Alex P. Keaton' s girlfriend on Family Ties and she married Michael J. Fox in real life.

Show off. I still say it was me. I was there before her!

-- Sat Jun 13, 2015 10:39 pm --

Lauren was Alex P. Keaton' s girlfriend on Family Ties and she married Michael J. Fox in real life.

I abdicate the throne to BookOwlie, the new queen.

Looks like we have a winner! bookowlie for the win!