Comments on: So Yesterday, by Scott Westerfeld http://www.jkimball.com/bookstalking/2007/05/12/so-yesterday-by-scott-westerfeld/ Stalking, Stocking and Talking Books Wed, 18 Jun 2008 03:54:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: admin http://www.jkimball.com/bookstalking/2007/05/12/so-yesterday-by-scott-westerfeld/comment-page-1/#comment-36 admin Wed, 23 Jan 2008 05:01:43 +0000 http://www.jkimball.com/bookstalking/2007/06/06/so-yesterday-by-scott-westerfeld/#comment-36 I think that the shoes are essentially a Macguffin- an element that is simply there to be chased after. The shoes could have been anything from the briefcase in Pulp Fiction, to the trade secret formula of Coke. I've heard that there are people in this world that make all sorts of judgments about you based on the shoes you wear. I am not one of those people, so I can't speak to it. But it may be that there are people to whom the idea of The Coolest Shoes in the World is a powerful and intoxicating idea. I'm curious which parts you found confusing. Was it the way the book ended? I think that the shoes are essentially a Macguffin- an element that is simply there to be chased after. The shoes could have been anything from the briefcase in Pulp Fiction, to the trade secret formula of Coke.

I’ve heard that there are people in this world that make all sorts of judgments about you based on the shoes you wear. I am not one of those people, so I can’t speak to it. But it may be that there are people to whom the idea of The Coolest Shoes in the World is a powerful and intoxicating idea.

I’m curious which parts you found confusing. Was it the way the book ended?

]]> By: Kelly Chemna http://www.jkimball.com/bookstalking/2007/05/12/so-yesterday-by-scott-westerfeld/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Kelly Chemna Wed, 23 Jan 2008 03:55:31 +0000 http://www.jkimball.com/bookstalking/2007/06/06/so-yesterday-by-scott-westerfeld/#comment-35 This book is confusing!! Why is it about shoes???!!! It makes no sense. Why couldn't it be about something interesting like watching grass grow!! Come on people when will people figure out what real entertainment is???!! XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOKellyChemnaXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOX This book is confusing!! Why is it about shoes???!!! It makes no sense. Why couldn’t it be about something interesting like watching grass grow!! Come on people when will people figure out what real entertainment is???!!

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