The buzzing sound you hear just might be Mosca, a counterfeit fly designed to deliver war germs while spying on the enemy. But Mosca escapes his trainers and devotes himself to killing off humanity so the rest of the beasts and insects can live. Mosca is very small, very smart and due to his designers blunder, very emotional. A tale of danger and suspense, crime and cruelty, fun and folly, this is the story of his flight and his pursuit, as one tiny fly takes on the world.
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Mosca gives new meaning to the term trip.,
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This review is from: Mosca, a Factual Fiction (Paperback)
William Burroughs said of Miller's "Snail": "Snail is at once delirious & serious...it addresses itself to basic themes of immortality, death, reincarnation & and the future of the species. Mosca is no less than a novel addressing itself, often quite humorously,to the end of the human species. Coming to us in New Mexico just time for the cuartocentenario a significant part of the novel concerns New Mexico, Onate, the penitentes, moradas and a rakish Santa Sebastiana interacting with Mosca - a CIA concoted, biogenetically engineered cyber fly. Along with the secret government, Mosca spends time in New Mexico & San Francisco's North Beach preparing to end the human race. As Miller says, the writing is "factual fictional" and is as multi- dimensional as it gets. Mosca give new meaning to the term "trip" and Miller's intellect and wit are sharper than ever. Carl Hertel for ABQ Arts.
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Mosca gives new meaning to the term trip.,
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This review is from: Mosca, a Factual Fiction (Paperback)
William Burroughs said of Miller's "Snail": "Snail is at once delirious & serious... it addresses itself to basic themes of immortality, death, reincarnation & the future of the species." Mosca is no less than a novel addressing itself, often quite humorously, to the end of the human species. Coming to us in New Mexico just in time for the cuartocentenario, a significant part of the novel concerns New Mexico, Onate, the penitentes, moradas and a rakish Santa Sebastiana interacting with Mosca -- a CIA concocted, biogenetically engineered cyber fly. Along with the secret government, Mosca spends time in New Mexico and San Francisco's North Beach preparing to end the human race. As Miller says, the writing is "factual fiction" and is as multi-dimensional as it gets. Mosca gives new meaning to the term "trip" and Miller's intellect and wit are sharper than ever. Carl Hertel for ABQ Arts.
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Mosca is funny, horrifying, devastating and so alive.,
By maureenmoore@hotmail.com (Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Mosca, a Factual Fiction (Paperback)
Let me start by saying I love MOSCA, Richard Miller's latest novel. I've read all his books. When he sent me MOSCA, his tale about a CIA-created, artificial fly who escapes from a creepy lab into the equally corrupt "free world," I read it and entered the Milleresque mindscape. It's remarkable how Miller melds together, collages, footnotes and embroiders the frightening, overwhelming facts most people repress to carry on with "life." MOSCA seems like wild delerium but at its heart it's a witty/serious look at unedited reality. That's why it seems surreal! It's funny, horrifying, devastating and so alive. There's nothing like it anywhere. Get it if you can.
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- Doing It by Jack Thomas on page 189
- Science and Technology (Oxford First Encyclopedia) by Andrew Langley on page 183
- Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck on page 77
- Fort Benning (Images of America: Georgia) by Kenneth H. Thomas Jr. on page 200
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