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PenPho
Johnny Evers Fan Club
Posts: 1914
Postmortal
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March 20, 2012, 12:34:57 PM »
Just finished
Drew Magary's book
about a future society that has discovered a cure for aging.
Pretty enjoyable read, though nothing like anything he writes on the internet.
Fun concept and it's pretty entertaining right off the bat.
Gets a lot heavier and darker as it progresses, but that's certainly intentional, based on the subject matter.
Quick read, fun story.
Would recommend if you want a break from Kierkegaard.
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J. Walter Weatherman
Johnny Evers Fan Club
Posts: 4339
You can see his stripes but you know he’s clean
Re: Postmortal
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Reply #1 on:
March 20, 2012, 12:44:35 PM »
Quote from: PenPho on March 20, 2012, 12:34:57 PM
Just finished
Drew Magary's book
about a future society that has discovered a cure for aging.
Pretty enjoyable read, though nothing like anything he writes on the internet.
Fun concept and it's pretty entertaining right off the bat.
Gets a lot heavier and darker as it progresses, but that's certainly intentional, based on the subject matter.
Quick read, fun story.
Would recommend if you want a break from Kierkegaard.
From the editorial reviews...
Quote
"A darkly comic, totally gonzo, and effectively frightening population- bomb dystopia in the spirit of Logan''s Run, Soylent Green, and the best episodes of
The Twilight Zone
."
(-Neal Pollack, author of
Alternadad
and
Stretch
)
"A darkly comic, totally gonzo, and effectively frightening population- bomb dystopia in the spirit of Logan''s Run, Soylent Green, and the best episodes of
The Twilight Zone
."
(-Will Leitch, author of
Are We Winning?
and
God Save The Fan
)
Will Leitch: unoriginal to his core.
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CT III
Johnny Evers Fan Club
Posts: 2823
Killer of men.
Re: Postmortal
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Reply #2 on:
July 26, 2012, 09:08:52 PM »
Quote from: PenPho on March 20, 2012, 12:34:57 PM
Just finished
Drew Magary's book
about a future society that has discovered a cure for aging.
Pretty enjoyable read, though nothing like anything he writes on the internet.
Fun concept and it's pretty entertaining right off the bat.
Gets a lot heavier and darker as it progresses, but that's certainly intentional, based on the subject matter.
Quick read, fun story.
Would recommend if you want a break from Kierkegaard.
Just finished this one. Drew Magary writes a solid dystopia.
However, I will say I was a little surprised that a guy who spends much of his time mocking Peter King's hackneyed prose would manage to include not 1, not 2, but 3 horribly cliched love interests in his first novel. Hopefully he was just getting this out of his system.
Anyway, looking forward to reading The Postmortal expanded universe, as well as SKO's 5 volume set of fanfic.
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Slaky
Johnny Evers Fan Club
Posts: 6363
Re: Postmortal
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Reply #3 on:
July 26, 2012, 11:01:51 PM »
Quote from: CT III on July 26, 2012, 09:08:52 PM
Quote from: PenPho on March 20, 2012, 12:34:57 PM
Just finished
Drew Magary's book
about a future society that has discovered a cure for aging.
Pretty enjoyable read, though nothing like anything he writes on the internet.
Fun concept and it's pretty entertaining right off the bat.
Gets a lot heavier and darker as it progresses, but that's certainly intentional, based on the subject matter.
Quick read, fun story.
Would recommend if you want a break from Kierkegaard.
Just finished this one. Drew Magary writes a solid dystopia.
However, I will say I was a little surprised that a guy who spends much of his time mocking Peter King's hackneyed prose would manage to include not 1, not 2, but 3 horribly cliched love interests in his first novel. Hopefully he was just getting this out of his system.
Anyway, looking forward to reading The Postmortal expanded universe, as well as SKO's 5 volume set of fanfic.
Crap, I hate love interests. Is this a pretty quick read?
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CT III
Johnny Evers Fan Club
Posts: 2823
Killer of men.
Re: Postmortal
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Reply #4 on:
July 27, 2012, 08:08:08 AM »
Quote from: Slaky on July 26, 2012, 11:01:51 PM
Quote from: CT III on July 26, 2012, 09:08:52 PM
Quote from: PenPho on March 20, 2012, 12:34:57 PM
Just finished
Drew Magary's book
about a future society that has discovered a cure for aging.
Pretty enjoyable read, though nothing like anything he writes on the internet.
Fun concept and it's pretty entertaining right off the bat.
Gets a lot heavier and darker as it progresses, but that's certainly intentional, based on the subject matter.
Quick read, fun story.
Would recommend if you want a break from Kierkegaard.
Just finished this one. Drew Magary writes a solid dystopia.
However, I will say I was a little surprised that a guy who spends much of his time mocking Peter King's hackneyed prose would manage to include not 1, not 2, but 3 horribly cliched love interests in his first novel. Hopefully he was just getting this out of his system.
Anyway, looking forward to reading The Postmortal expanded universe, as well as SKO's 5 volume set of fanfic.
Crap, I hate love interests. Is this a pretty quick read?
Yeah, I blew through it in about 2 days.
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PenPho
Johnny Evers Fan Club
Posts: 1914
Re: Postmortal
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July 27, 2012, 12:49:35 PM »
Quote from: Slaky on July 26, 2012, 11:01:51 PM
Quote from: CT III on July 26, 2012, 09:08:52 PM
Quote from: PenPho on March 20, 2012, 12:34:57 PM
Just finished
Drew Magary's book
about a future society that has discovered a cure for aging.
Pretty enjoyable read, though nothing like anything he writes on the internet.
Fun concept and it's pretty entertaining right off the bat.
Gets a lot heavier and darker as it progresses, but that's certainly intentional, based on the subject matter.
Quick read
, fun story.
Would recommend if you want a break from Kierkegaard.
Just finished this one. Drew Magary writes a solid dystopia.
However, I will say I was a little surprised that a guy who spends much of his time mocking Peter King's hackneyed prose would manage to include not 1, not 2, but 3 horribly cliched love interests in his first novel. Hopefully he was just getting this out of his system.
Anyway, looking forward to reading The Postmortal expanded universe, as well as SKO's 5 volume set of fanfic.
Crap, I hate love interests.
Is this a pretty quick read?
Depends how good you are at reading comprehension.
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Slaky
Johnny Evers Fan Club
Posts: 6363
Re: Postmortal
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January 31, 2013, 05:22:23 PM »
Finished this recently. It was fun but the love stories were kind of whatever. I think based on the prologue he got a ton of advice on how to make this book coherent and that's probably something he can learn for next time.
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