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Title	:	Lexicon
Author	:	Max Barry
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 390 pages
Published	:	June 18th 2013 by Penguin Press (first published January 1st 2013)
Categories	:	Fiction. Science Fiction. Thriller. Fantasy. Mystery. Adult. Science Fiction Fantasy

Lexicon Hardcover | Pages: 390 pages

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At an exclusive school somewhere outside of Arlington, Virginia, students aren't taught history, geography, or mathematics--at least not in the usual ways. Instead, they are taught to persuade. Here the art of coercion has been raised to a science. Students harness the hidden power of language to manipulate the mind and learn to break down individuals by psychographic markers in order to take control of their thoughts. The very best will graduate as "poets", adept wielders of language who belong to a nameless organization that is as influential as it is secretive.

Whip-smart orphan Emily Ruff is making a living running a three-card Monte game on the streets of San Francisco when she attracts the attention of the organization's recruiters. She is flown across the country for the school's strange and rigorous entrance exams, where, once admitted, she will be taught the fundamentals of persuasion by Bronte, Eliot, and Lowell--who have adopted the names of famous poets to conceal their true identities. For in the organization, nothing is more dangerous than revealing who you are: Poets must never expose their feelings lest they be manipulated. Emily becomes the school's most talented prodigy until she makes a catastrophic mistake: She falls in love.

Meanwhile, a seemingly innocent man named Wil Jamieson is brutally ambushed by two strange men in an airport bathroom. Although he has no recollection of anything they claim he's done, it turns out Wil is the key to a secret war between rival factions of poets and is quickly caught in their increasingly deadly crossfire. Pursued relentlessly by people with powers he can barely comprehend and protected by the very man who first attacked him, Wil discovers that everything he thought he knew about his past was fiction. In order to survive, must journey to the toxically decimated town of Broken Hill, Australia, to discover who he is and why an entire town was blown off the map.

As the two narratives converge, the shocking work of the poets is fully revealed, the body count rises, and the world crashes toward a Tower of Babel event which would leave all language meaningless. A brilliant thriller that connects very modern questions of privacy, identity, and the rising obsession of data collection to centuries-old ideas about the power of language and coercion, Lexicon is Max Barry's most ambitious and spellbinding novel yet.

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Original Title:	Lexicon
ISBN:	1594205388 (ISBN13: 9781594205385)
Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	John W. Campbell Memorial Award Nominee (2014), ALA Alex Award (2014), Aurealis Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (2013), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Science Fiction (2013)

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Holy cow Batman! This was a really terrific story. Just very different. I'm not a huge reader of science fiction or dystopian-type novels, but I love it when I come across a good one. "Lexicon" is definitely a good one.I actually had to read my way almost 20%-25% into the book before I was totally hooked. I found the beginning a bit confusing, but I sensed it was going to pay off if I just kept reading and it totally did. Great concepts about language, persuasion, how language can be used as

I feel somehow wrong giving a so-so review to a book that I enjoyed and read really quickly, but part of me wishes there was just a little more "oomph" to this book. Barry does a nice job with the structure, giving us pieces that fit together more and more clearly over time (though some of the twists are easy to guess, I was genuinely surprised more than once in the book) and flesh out the world of the Poets in some really nice ways.But honestly, there should have been more. What's here feels

I think a lot about language because, in my view of the world, almost everything is a language. I use phrases like the language of dance and think of wine as communicating its flavor to our senses. I refer to math & science as the language of the universe and consider, for example, a photons interaction with an electron to be a form of communication. Honestly, when I think of an electron emitting a photon because it was excited, I really do visualize this little spark singing and dancing, Im

So anyone whose mother ever taught them 'sticks and stones may break my bones..." knows that words DO hurt and they influence people and the pen is mightier than the sword and yadda yadda so Mr. Barry is not exactly breaking new ground here...we are READERS, Mr. Barry, who are reading this book, so, you know, give us some credit. Words be some pow'ful shit. Anyway, the premise of the book is interesting - persuasive young people are taught mysterious words to use on a variety of personality

You may also read my review here: http://www.mybookishways.com/2013/09/...Theres something intriguing yet downright terrifying about a group of people that can employ mind control just with the use of a few nonsense words, but thats the basis of the superb Lexicon.When the book opens, Wil Parke is being held down by two men and having a needle driven through his eye at an airport bathroom. He has no idea why, only that he needs to get away. The snippets of their conversation that he can grasp

Vartix velkor mannik wissick! Vote for this review and then email me your credit card numbers!If you followed my instructions, then this is the greatest book ever written. If you didnt, then its a decent thriller with a clever sci-fi hook to it that doesnt deliver on its full potential.Lexicon tells two parallel stories. In the first one, Wil is an Australian who is abducted at an airport by a mysterious man called Tom who tells him that he is being pursued by a powerful and dangerous group that

I'm coming to this party VERY late. So many people have either loved this or hated it because of the hype, but honestly?I enjoyed the effortless storytelling, the core ideas, the wonderful characters, and the deep emotion it evoked in me. I mean, you either believe in the power of words or you don't. That's basically what separates those who love this book from those who don't... And I'm a dog person. My favorite color is green. My Facebook profile is useless for data collection because I filled