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A review by bhavani
Koma by Pierre Wazem
2.0
Rating 2.5
I didn't really get this story. It was confusing and had a lot of subplots which were not explained.
However, two conversations in the book caught my attention. The first is Addidas conversation with the Creator (i.e. red worm-like monster). This is how it goes:
Addidas: It's one thing to wield a weapon. It's quite another to fabricate one. You have to attempt to copy the original model. To build it exactly. Understand the mechanics and reproduce them... Not easy, is it?... It can sometimes happen that the final product doesn't mirror the original, that it is defective... or...better than the original! You built the machines, didn't you?... You created us?... You wanted to make us in your image, but you failed. The outcome has far exceeded the model and some, like me, broke away from you!
Creator: The outcome exceeded the projected model...to the point miss, that you cannot even imagine!
For me, this was profound in a rather philosophical way. It made me think about the role of a Creator in the life of its creations. What if we are unintended consequences of an experimental process of creating a mirror image?
The second goes as follows:
Official: We wanted to, but we didn't know how to...yes, we wanted to control all this! Imagine what could happen if it fell into the wrong hands!
Commissioner: It didn't need to fall into anyone's hands!!
How many times has someone caused more trouble because they wanted to control something that they neither understood nor can control?
Finally, why did the story end with the last panel looking exactly like the subterranean space where the machines used to be? Was that how the first world was built after all? Are they stuck in a loop of some sort? Is Addidas no different from the first Creator?
This book leaves a lot more questions than it answers.
I didn't really get this story. It was confusing and had a lot of subplots which were not explained.
However, two conversations in the book caught my attention. The first is Addidas conversation with the Creator (i.e. red worm-like monster). This is how it goes:
Addidas: It's one thing to wield a weapon. It's quite another to fabricate one. You have to attempt to copy the original model. To build it exactly. Understand the mechanics and reproduce them... Not easy, is it?... It can sometimes happen that the final product doesn't mirror the original, that it is defective... or...better than the original! You built the machines, didn't you?... You created us?... You wanted to make us in your image, but you failed. The outcome has far exceeded the model and some, like me, broke away from you!
Creator: The outcome exceeded the projected model...to the point miss, that you cannot even imagine!
For me, this was profound in a rather philosophical way. It made me think about the role of a Creator in the life of its creations. What if we are unintended consequences of an experimental process of creating a mirror image?
The second goes as follows:
Official: We wanted to, but we didn't know how to...yes, we wanted to control all this! Imagine what could happen if it fell into the wrong hands!
Commissioner: It didn't need to fall into anyone's hands!!
How many times has someone caused more trouble because they wanted to control something that they neither understood nor can control?
Finally, why did the story end with the last panel looking exactly like the subterranean space where the machines used to be? Was that how the first world was built after all? Are they stuck in a loop of some sort? Is Addidas no different from the first Creator?
This book leaves a lot more questions than it answers.