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           ESCAPE ISN'T PEACE
           ESCAPE IS TRANSFORMATION

ISOLATION READING ZINE

disconnect to rewire
4-week structure
alienation, paranoia, transcendence
read in silence or ambient noise

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WEEK 1 – The Crying of Lot 49 (Thomas Pynchon)

 TASK: Read 50 pages
 LOG: Write a terminal diary each night using Markdown or plaintext.
 ACTIVITY: Find 3 dead websites on the Wayback Machine. Document what’s left.

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WEEK 2 – Solaris (Stanislaw Lem)

 TASK: Read in 3 sittings
 LOG: What part of you would an alien mimic?
 ACTIVITY: Disconnect for 36 hours. Journal using only offline tools. Terminal only.

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WEEK 3 – Coin Locker Babies (Ryu Murakami)

 TASK: Read until you feel something crack
 LOG: What happens when you’re born without connection?
 ACTIVITY: Listen to Boards of Canada – Geogaddi. Let the mood guide your pacing.

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WEEK 4 – Snow Crash (Neal Stephenson)

 TASK: Read it all.
 LOG: Write your own Digital Mythology. Use LaTeX, markdown, or graffiti tags.
 ACTIVITY: Build a fake terminal-based homepage (offline). Glitch aesthetics encouraged.

> echo “SIGNAL LOST”
> [RETRYING...]
> echo “SIGNAL LOST”
> [RETRYING...]