Review: Thought-Provoking and Beautiful Story
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 9, 2013
Have you ever been to Remania, the planet that went astray? If not, step on board Vardan Partamyan's skymobile, and he will take you on an unforgettable journey.Upon arrival, you will be greeted by deteriorated infrastructure, antisocial social services, and the all-seeing Secret Police. You will be entertained by broadcasts from Truthovision, where the only place truth is found is in the name, and pause in the shadow of "bloodthirsty deities keeping watch over their eternal slaves." You will hear an "unbearable symphony of pain" produced by inhabitants of Remania as they reveal secrets they know and do not know in the Truth Extraction Center. You will walk by honesty hubs where any citizen can be turned into an enemy of the state quickly and efficiently.Vardan Partamyan creates a mysterious, scary, but eerily familiar (to some of us!) world that "swallows the individual and leaves only the most basic autopilot running the works." If you have never lived in a world like that, you are lucky; it is a gloomy and terrifying experience. But that experience does not have to be anybody's fate forever. People are capable of changing their worlds if they are aware enough and strong enough. And if planet Remania can change, then there's hope for everyone.As you board the skymobile to go back to your world, take one last look at Remania. What do you see? Vardan Partamyan sees an ocean "ablaze with little suns springing up on the horizon and joining the most spectacular sunrise."