Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits
By Jason Pargin & David Wong
- Release Date: 2015-10-06
- Genre: Science Fiction
Description
New York Times bestselling author Jason Pargin takes readers to a whole new level with his darkly comic sci-fi thriller, Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits.
An Alex Award Winner
Nightmarish villains with superhuman enhancements.
An all-seeing social network that tracks your every move.
Mysterious, smooth-talking power players who lurk behind the scenes.
A young woman from the trailer park.
And her very smelly cat.
Together, they will decide the future of mankind.
Get ready for a world in which anyone can have the powers of a god or the fame of a pop star, in which human achievement soars to new heights while its depravity plunges to the blackest depths. A world in which at least one cat smells like a seafood shop's dumpster on a hot summer day.
This is the world in which Zoey Ashe finds herself, navigating a futuristic city in which one can find elements of the fantastic, nightmarish and ridiculous on any street corner. Her only trusted advisor is the aforementioned cat, but even in the future, cats cannot give advice. At least not any that you'd want to follow.
Will Zoey figure it all out in time? Or maybe the better question is, will you? After all, the future is coming sooner than you think.
Reviews
Fun read
5By jr62691It’s an entertaining read. It’d make a funny movie. Enjoyed it over a few days. Instantly bought the second book. Excited for it. Would definitely recommend anyone looking for a relaxed read to pick it up.Amazingly fun and addictive read!
5By AttamgitsHighly recommend this book. I love the writing style and off the wall moments.Great book!!!
5By wakereaderI think this author is hilarious!! I’ve read the classics (Hitchhiker’s Guide) and this rates up there tooLove this $h*t!
5By WadelSinAwesome!More
5By adesmondDavid Wong. I’ve been reading his books for years and they provide the perfect escape- hilarious and far fetched but relatable and wonderful. I’ll read everything he ever writes. So much love and appreciation.A Tale of the Trials of Testoterone
4By GamergaidenXDavid Wong is an amazing writer with a way of drawing you deeper and deeper into the imaginative and terrifying worlds he creates. This book opens up a new universe for him to play around in, one in the not-so-distant-but-maybe-we'll-have-to-stop-for-gas-and-Taco-Bell away future where everyone and everything is a camera and what people are willing to do to bask in the limelight of their adoring followers. Through the use of his perfect combination of absurd humor and psychological horror, he makes jabs at things like social network culture, superhero fantasies, and men's rights activists with a villain that is just so real and terrifying that you really can't do anything else but root for the not-so-good guys Zoey hangs out with. I couldn't put it down, read it in two days and plan on going back to it for a more leisurely stroll a second a probably third time, like I did with John Dies at the End and This Book is Full of Spiders. Please do yourself a favor and pick this up, unless you hate fun, then by all means go back to knitting your second pair of your own underwear for today.Entertaining
4By marcseatacIs anything more formulaic than girl with grit overcomes all odds? Saves experts and professionals? But it works so I liked it.A must read for fans of humor and sci-fi
5By ubstudent415I should have reviewed this book a while ago. Months after finishing it, I still burst out laughing when certain lines or scene descriptions come to mind. I'm admittedly a bit biased because I love David Wong's essays on Cracked and his previous two books, but I tried to be objective reading this book and I really enjoyed it. I don't want to give anything away at all, these sorts of books are best read blind. Just enjoy this wild ride. With every David Wong book, I always end up reading the last 100 pages or so in one sitting. It's one of those books where the more you read, the more of it you want to read. Like heroin. This book is like heroin, go buy it!Fantastic
5By MippyMooI enjoyed the hell out of this book. I had to take my Ipad to work with me just so I could slip in some reading while eating lunch. The characters are interesting, the setting is wild, and there are some very pointed social observations that made me stop and think. Oh, and yeah, being a David Wong book, it has some very funny moments as well. I highly recommend this book to everyone.Excellent
5By rawarnockDavid Wong offers an intriguing and insightful view into a bizarre future.