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4th out of 76 books
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134 voters
Satan Burger
by
Carlton Mellick III (Goodreads Author)
Absurd philosophies, dark surrealism, and the end of the human race . . .
God hates you. All of you. He closed the gates of Heaven and wants you to rot on Earth forever. Not only that, he is repossesing your souls and feeding them to a large vagina-like machine called the Walm - an interdimensional doorway that brings His New Children into the world. He loves these new chi...more
God hates you. All of you. He closed the gates of Heaven and wants you to rot on Earth forever. Not only that, he is repossesing your souls and feeding them to a large vagina-like machine called the Walm - an interdimensional doorway that brings His New Children into the world. He loves these new chi...more
Paperback, 230 pages
Published
November 1st 2001
by Eraserhead Press
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This was a good read. I half expected an extreme book that was bashing the church, but it definitely isn't that. The narrative was different, and due to it being Mellick is was well written and interesting. It flowed nicely, and had a bunch of characters I could really get attached to. Mellick has a way of painting pictures that are almost poetic, at times I could really picture the scene being drawn before me. It is definitely bizarro/avant punk,...more
This was a good read. I half expected an extreme book that was bashing the church, but it definitely isn't that. The narrative was different, and due to it being Mellick is was well written and interesting. It flowed nicely, and had a bunch of characters I could really get attached to. Mellick has a way of painting pictures that are almost poetic, at times I could really picture the scene being drawn before me. It is definitely bizarro/avant punk,...more
Oct 03, 2007
Jade McDonough
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
anyone who would really like david lynch to discover plot
Shelves:
bizarro
This was the first bizarro fiction novel I ever picked up. It pretty much turned me into an instant convert to the subgenre since that moment. It's actually a good book to start with if you've never read any bizarro. The plot is strange and twisty and pretty much involves a town kind of at the end of existence and a Satan that sells the best burgers ever made at the price of your soul. Kind of. There's also a little bit of the walking dead and a lot of drug use. But it's one of those books that...more
Definitely not a book for those with weak stomachs or minds, Mellick makes the grotesque beautiful with horrifying honesty, vivid imagination, living characters, startling originality, and fresh wit, all in a surprisingly simple language which makes Satan Burger a very quick and easy, but satisfying, read. Mellick seems a bit like a more modern, more cogent, and more heterosexual William S. Burroughs, though he certainly possesses his own unique voice and style (and has only a dash of gay).
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A past version of myself wants to rate this book with 5 stars. It wants to make references to it, even though most people won't know what Satan Burger is. If I could have read this book during my formative years, I feel it would have been Very Important to me. I would have thought Carlton Mellick III was a kindred spirit, and that I should gouge out one of my eyes just so he had another hole to f- me in, filling me with what I might, at the time, think of as "GLORY." This book would have been tr...more
The premise of this book is that God hates the human race and has closed Heaven, therefore death as we have known it does not exist. Anyone who "dies" basically becomes a zombie. God has also opened an interdimensional portal, called a walm, on Earth, thus allowing beings of all sorts from anyplace in the universe to come in. And since death has been abolished, the walm is also the only way out of this world.
The story follows the lives of a punk named Leaf and his friends who live in an old ware...more
The story follows the lives of a punk named Leaf and his friends who live in an old ware...more
The front cover of the book proudly claims that it is "AN INTERNATIONAL CULT FAVORITE." Well, having read it, who am I to argue with the illuminati? Carlton Mellick III's "Satan Burger" feels like the kind of book to have a relationship with. The fact that I originally covered the front cover of my copy with a piece of tissue marked "WHOLESOME!" (to prevent awkward stares in public) probably helped in this endearment.
To begin with, the protagonist Leaf feels like a vortex of perspective and insi...more
To begin with, the protagonist Leaf feels like a vortex of perspective and insi...more
3 1/2 star.
So far (this is my second book), Mellick's MAD & imaginative ideas holds my interest in the bizarro fiction. I enjoy his writings and it kills me, reading that he was on the verge of self-murder at 20 (when he wrote this book). Mellick sure thinks about things a lot and whatever he thinks, I wish for many more books from this man. Here are some of Mellick's talent I highlighted from his book:
Emptiness. It clots in my head and scabs over all of my fluffy bright-colored emotions. Th...more
So far (this is my second book), Mellick's MAD & imaginative ideas holds my interest in the bizarro fiction. I enjoy his writings and it kills me, reading that he was on the verge of self-murder at 20 (when he wrote this book). Mellick sure thinks about things a lot and whatever he thinks, I wish for many more books from this man. Here are some of Mellick's talent I highlighted from his book:
Emptiness. It clots in my head and scabs over all of my fluffy bright-colored emotions. Th...more
Satan Burger was probably the first Bizarro book I had ever heard of. I don’t remember what set me to looking for it on Amazon, but I did, and I read descriptions and reviews on it and many other Bizarro books trying to figure out which one would be my first step into the Bizarro genre. It ended up not being this book, or any CM3 book for that matter. I read quite a few books from the genre before I finally got to a CM3 book, but it still wasn’t Satan Burger. It stayed on my radar though, and a...more
I really hate bizarro fiction. It is easily my least favorite fiction genre. However, the synopsis of the book somewhat intrigued me, and a friend of mine recommended it as well; so I gave this a shot. I'm still not entirely sure how I feel about this entry in to the genre. For the most part I really enjoyed the book, and it was rather 'tame' for a bizarro fiction novel. In addition, what I especially enjoyed about it was that amidst the absurdity there would be 2-4 sentences of amazing concepts...more
SATAN BURGER takes place in a future dystopia where everyone has just given up. People have become void of emotion and hopelessly apathetic. Things get worse when God closes the Pearly Gates and souls start disappearing. What's the best way to keep your soul? Get a job at Satan Burger of course! I hear they pay in souls.
I'll have to be honest and say that this is not Mellick's best book, but perhaps I have become jaded with how great his later works are.
If you're new to bizarro fiction CM3 is an...more
I'll have to be honest and say that this is not Mellick's best book, but perhaps I have become jaded with how great his later works are.
If you're new to bizarro fiction CM3 is an...more
Interim Comment: I reeeeeally liked this book. It gave me a particularly strong and awesomely strange craving for a nice, big, juicy, deep-fried Satan Burger hamburger. Yep, now would be a pretty good time to sink my teeth into one, with EXTRA "special" sauce.
I will post a review soon. I've been busy with this stupid fuck-o (new favorite word! However, I don't think I'm using it correctly, but what the fuck...fuck-o!) work, which is a god awful and I'm pretty sure NOT sponsored by Satan Burger....more
I will post a review soon. I've been busy with this stupid fuck-o (new favorite word! However, I don't think I'm using it correctly, but what the fuck...fuck-o!) work, which is a god awful and I'm pretty sure NOT sponsored by Satan Burger....more
I re-read this recently, and remembered how much I liked it. (view spoiler) Reading this book is like slowly falling asleep to a crazy homeless person whispering disturbing things into your ear. Mellick will entertain and shock you so many times, you won't know where to look. (Don't worry, as long as it's not at...more
Despite the catchy title, Satan Burger is only the second weirdest novel I've read. A severe case of trytooharditis is on display whenever the "plot" moves forward, but any time the narrator goes off on a philosophical tangent--and there are a lot of those--the book is greatly improved. I would not care to read the entirety again but if I could pick up a book just of Leaf riffing on origins of the universe, or sandwiches, or zombies, I would buy two so I could distribute it to all my friends.
Finished reading Satan Burger by Carlton Mellick III. Carlton has one heck of an imagination that’s for sure. The book was full of interesting ideas and characters but it didn’t really click for me. I know he claims this is an anti-novel but I guess it was too anti for me. I think he shows promise but this book just did not deliver for me. I wait for a few more novels before picking up another book of his.
If you think that you've read everything, you haven't. An inter-dimensional gateway opens up in canada where a bunch of futuristic punks search for fast food only to find that Satan prince of darkness owns an establishment that sells deep friend cheese burgers. The only catch is that when you eat one you're actually signing a contract for your mortal soul. Did I mention that Jesus lives in the men's room?
Not what I was hoping for, it was bizarre but I was hoping for something that would challenge the way I read or attempt to comprehend what I was reading but I felt that for the most part it was weird just to be weird or shock-offend. I did not get into the character very much and if it hadn't been for the god characters i.e god, satan, death and jesus this book would have easily been a 1. No plans to read anymore of these books by this particular author and the genre as a whole is now on thin ic...more
I can read anything that is coherent and tells a good story. I am not a person that gets offended by something I read. The author here tries too hard to offend In an attempt to write something completely bizarre and off the wall. The result is an incoherent, unreadable mess.
Perhaps if I was on drugs or in a psychotic break I could have finished this book.
Perhaps if I was on drugs or in a psychotic break I could have finished this book.
Unreadable. i kept going because the author was on the brink of suicide when he wrote it, and that was worth looking into. Also he was 20. i will read one more, just to be sure that the rambling at the beginning and end aren't a pattern. The middle actually seemed like it was going to go somewhere... Nope. It actually kind of pissed me off.
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Strange as this one is, it has the weight behind it that I thought was the only weakness (for me) in "The Baby Jesus Butt Plug." It isn't as playful or quite as fun, but there is a lot more substance. It's just as creative and odd, but the writing has more gravity. Maybe that's just me not being able to take "The Baby Jesus Butt Plug" seriously enough, but this book struck me as some seriously good serious fiction...even if it is really, really weird.
This is the book that got me hooked into the wonderfully bizarre world of Bizarro. The imagination in this book still (in my opinion) has yet to be surpassed. This whole book read like a dream and has effected my subconscious on many levels. Cheers to you CM3!
I really tried. This book is just too bizarre. It reminds me of Naked Lunch, and the author is making up words as he goes like A Clockwork Orange, but there seems to be no cohesiveness or reason for the story. 62 pages was all I could stand...
Jan 04, 2012
Alyssa Oppelt
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
anyone with an open mind
Recommended to Alyssa by:
an acquaintance
I would probably have given this four stars, but it took so long for me to finally get into this book. I pretty much had to force myself to read the first half of the book. The last half, however, was phenomenal. I loved it... The ending was quite abrupt and probably not the typical ending one would read in most books, which would explain why many didn't like how it ends, but I kind of liked it. The author sure has a wonderful imagination, too. In one setting of his I swear I had dreamt of a pla...more
this book is one of my absolute favorites to read. I am reading it for the third time. Carlton Mellick always takes my imagination for the most Bazaar ride its ever been on. Satan Burger is full of off the wall events and is full of adventure.
well, it's not normal. it's not for everyone. it's mostly shock and awe, mostly trippy weirdness. through all of Satan Burger's bizarreness there is actually a point to the story, and actually a very good satire of religion and our place in the world. if you think you can handle it i say give it a try.
A friend has been consumed by the Bizarre Fiction sub-genre, reading every work, especially by Cartlon Mellick III, a supposed progenitor of the movement. I found it tough going for a while. Mellick "shows off" by stoppning the narrative to flash some new take on religion or philosophy. It's a strange mix of surrealism, punk rock, sci-fi and end of days stuff. I dunno. It was an end of the world tale written about a different world - not the one we all live in now. It felt... sort of... Canadian...more
1st to punk land... It was part of a four book series called Brave New World, which also featured Virtual Light by William Gibson, City Come A Walkin by John Shirley, and Tea from an Empty Cup by Pat Cadigan.
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My first Bizarro Fiction read. I really liked it, in its absurd "logic". Makes me excited for the potential of the budding genre. I feel that I've been participating in the genre in my own writing without realizing it.
I like weird books. I like new ways of looking at things. This book is weird, and NOTHING is normal. So-called 'Gothic Punk' is a strange genre. There is a trans-universal vortex somewhere in New Canada that spews strange creatures and Satan is real and runs a hamburger chain (hence 'Satan Burger'). The narrator isn't necessarily anywhere near what he is seeing as his drug-addled brain allows him to use his 'God's Eyes' to travel places without traveling.
I'm not giving anything away as all of th...more
I'm not giving anything away as all of th...more
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I really enjoyed reading this book. Satan Burger is at times hilarious, at times angry, at times depressingly desperate. The story is very much alive not only because it is jam-packed with emotions, but also because it is richly detailed. Each place gives off its own atmosphere. Each species has its own culture, its own unique anatomical features and functions. (You'll see what I mean when you read the book :P)
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I really enjoyed reading this book. Satan Burger is at times hilarious, at times angry, at times depressingly desperate. The story is very much alive not only because it is jam-packed with emotions, but also because it is richly detailed. Each place gives off its own atmosphere. Each species has its own culture, its own unique anatomical features and functions. (You'll see what I mean when you read the book :P)
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Carlton Mellick III (July 2, 1977, Phoenix, Arizona) is an American author currently residing in Portland, Oregon. He calls his style of writing "avant-punk," and is currently one of the leading authors in the recent 'Bizarro' movement in underground literature[citation needed] with Steve Aylett, Chris Genoa and D. Harlan Wilson.
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“Closing your mind to religion is no different than the close-mindedness that
religions can cause.”
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religions can cause.”
“Maybe I’m drunk right now, even though I don’t remember drinking anything.
When I’m drunk, I say things without thinking. Drinking numbs you from your ability to
reason. It makes you forget your own character and become a crazy. Maybe I am a
crazy now; I’m going through so much chaos these days that reality is hard to grasp.”
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When I’m drunk, I say things without thinking. Drinking numbs you from your ability to
reason. It makes you forget your own character and become a crazy. Maybe I am a
crazy now; I’m going through so much chaos these days that reality is hard to grasp.”
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