My book would have to be a riddle. Ideally, it would have to be scrambled up and seemingly impossible to decipher on the outside looking in. Or maybe it could have one of those puzzle scramblers where you are trying to get the blue block out of the square by moving the other rectangles around just to open the book. Like a maddening effed up lock. (What is the name of that game anyways?)
If the book had to be a novel that wasn't some big stupid mystery that people throw against the wall (yet I digress that a lot of novels aaarrreee this way) than the novel would have to be a fiction about an evil scientist would creates this cosmic, confounding cube. <evil-laugh> Bwahahahaha </evil-laugh>
In the story our hero--Rubik--would be born in to a small impoverished post-apocalyptic village which is under the rule of a tyrannous government/entity. At the head of it all would be the evil master-coding genius... (wait for it)...
Dr. Pepper!
DUN
DUN
DUN!!!
(You're hooked already, I can tell somehow).
Rubik would struggle with his identity and unknown longing to be something greater than just a slave to his sad village and lifestyle. Eventually, he would cross paths with this mysterious drifter named Stedankorbra, and learn of his higher calling of being the leader to overthrow the dictatorship.
In the center of the main city, there would be this cube created by Dr. Pepper, that can be attempted by anyone--and if solved the person is automatically elected as the president-world-leader postion, which is held by Dr. Pepper. Obviously, no can solve it and it is why Dr. Pepper remains in power. Any of those that attempt it and cannot solve it, are executed; adding to the evilness of the story.
Rubik, would obviously have to have some night-terrors/visions/dreams of him solving the cube, but failing and then his family is killed in front of him--and then he wakes up in a cold sweat breathing heavily.
The story would then continue on as you would expect with Rubik eventually solving the cube, inciting a revolution of the people and they over run the capitol.
Rubik and Dr. Pepper would ultimately have to battle in a tower, where they have to solve some 5x5x5 cube that locks on their body somehow and they have 2 minutes to solve it. Rubik solves the cube with seconds to spare, while the evil Dr. Pepper shakes the unsolved cube and screams as time expires and he explodes.
Rubik, having saved the world, smirks, and walks off in to the sunset to go bang some hot chick.
Just noticed the last word in my title looks like I spelled "anal"
ReplyDeleteOne Cube to Rule Them Anal.
You can purchase it as a combo to '50 Shades of Gray'.
Nice creative spin on that. It would be pretty hard to write anything non-fiction related to the rubik's cube. You may be able to write a narrative about Rubik's though, how it impacted society at the time of its release and if it has any relevance at all today. I asked my little sister if she knew what a rubik's cube was and she had no idea.
ReplyDelete"one cube to rule them anal" is also a nice title. first of all, what kind of novels have you been reading? the only time a book should be thrown against the wall is when it is so ridiculously good that there is nothing else to do but react violently and irrationally. next point- excellent opening and closing tags on the evil laugh. that's good practice right there. and if stedankorbra were indeed an entity- it WOULD be that of a mysterious, motivational drifter. nice touch. what an engaging story! hopefully pepper doesn't mind being blown up in it. the correlation to the pages of google hits on your topic must be deeply layered in the story.... cuz i can't detect it at all!
ReplyDeleteHaha this is fantastic! You've successfully blended hilarious and complex...way to go! Indeed, I was hooked when you said we'd be and I'm ready to read more. I'm pretty sure your final website should mirror this novelistic, storyline idea. It's super engaging. In one of the posts Kory mentioned that we Manovich would be more appealing if he wrote it in this kind of a style; maybe this can be what differentiates your website from other rubik cube websites.
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