Describe Out Of Books Angel Dust Apocalypse
| Title | : | Angel Dust Apocalypse |
| Author | : | Jeremy Robert Johnson |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 184 pages |
| Published | : | February 10th 2005 by Eraserhead Press |
| Categories | : | Horror. Bizarro Fiction. Short Stories. Fiction. Science Fiction. Fantasy. Splatterpunk |
Jeremy Robert Johnson
Paperback | Pages: 184 pages Rating: 3.98 | 1081 Users | 101 Reviews
Explanation In Favor Of Books Angel Dust Apocalypse
Meth-heads, man-made monsters, and murderous Neo-Nazis. Blissed out club kids dying at the speed of sound. The un-dead and the very soon-to-be-dead. They're all here, trying to claw their way free. From the radioactive streets of a war-scarred future, where the nuclear bombs have become self-aware, to the fallow fields of Nebraska where the kids are mainlining lightning bugs, this is a world both alien and intensely human. This is a place where self-discovery involves scalpels and horse tranquilizers; where the doctors are more doped-up than the patients; where obsessive-compulsive acid-freaks have unlocked the gateway to God and can't close the door. This is not a safe place. You can turn back now, or you can head straight into the heart of. the Angel Dust Apocalypse
Details Books To Angel Dust Apocalypse
| Original Title: | Angel Dust Apocalypse |
| ISBN: | 0976249839 (ISBN13: 9780976249832) |
| Edition Language: | English |
Rating Out Of Books Angel Dust Apocalypse
Ratings: 3.98 From 1081 Users | 101 ReviewsDiscuss Out Of Books Angel Dust Apocalypse
Wow! How can I not be a huge fan of short stories and still give this one 5 stars? Easy. From the first short forward, these tales were crazy good! The stories are very well written with tight prose and some genuinely creepy mother f@cking sh*t going down. Deranged medical experiments, infantilism, body mods, crank heads and a Wolf. What's not to like.Highly Recommended! 5 Stars! I am looking forward to more from JRJ!Just as one of Stephen King's best short story collections encourages the reader to work the "Night Shift," this riveting anthology from Jeremy Robert Johnson encourages the reader to enter the "Angel Dust Apocalypse." Reading this book does indeed have the feel of entering a newfound, blissful end of the world (or, more accurately, of the world as we know it). Johnson's writing clearly pulls influence from not only great horror authors such as King but also great satire authors such as
The synopsis of this book promised me everything I've been wanting to read lately...but the stories didn't deliver. Some of the stories satisfied me, whether because of their jarring imagery or the way the author imagines the culmination of present societal pressures and problems. Mostly, however, these short stories failed to pay off. I like what the author is doing and will definitely be trying his new book, but this one will be divested in my next unhaul.
This collection of short stories is now five years old, and it shows its age. The style and spirit of this book is maybe 15 to 20 years out of fashion. Really, the sensibility of this book is firmly tied into the Cyberpunk and Mirrorshades style that flourished in 80s scifi writing and reemerged in movies of the late 90s and early 00s. This doesn't bother me in the least. I love that stuff.Johnson does not love his characters. That is interesting to me because so many of them go to extremes
I bought this as a gift for a friend and had the opportunity to read it myself before handing it over. I figured he might like some bizarro horror. But I can't tell if this book is a little too weird for his tastes, or a little too normal. The problem is the stories vary so much. It's hard to do a review on the entire book.If all the stories had continued in the same vein as the first one I think I would have REALLY liked this book. The League of Zeroes sets the tone for some kind of cyberpunk
Here is my review of ADA from Verbicide #14 (summer 2005):Regardless of whether short story collections are as popular or as lucrative as novels, they are my favorite literary medium. Fellow Verbicide writer Kris Sevillena recently informed me that Edgar Allen Poe in addition to writing fiction and poetry was also a literary critic who expressly read and wrote about short stories, as he strongly disliked the lost momentum when he wasnt able to finish a novel in a single sitting.Ill agree with
Psychedelic, surreal, inventively insane!
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