false 3007704 7 A wildly entertaining debut novel, introducing a bold new voice that combines antic humor (think Joseph Heller and Kurt Vonnegut) with a stunning futuristic vision (ᠬa A Clockwork Orange and 1984, with a little Mad Max thrown in) to give us an electrifyingly original tale of love, friendship, and the apocalypse. There couldn't be a fire along the Jorgmund Pipe. It was the last thing the world needed. But there it was, burning bright on national television. The Pipe was what kept the Livable Zone safe from the bandits, monsters, and nightmares the Go-Away War had left in its wake. The fire was a very big problem. Enter Gonzo Lubitsch and his friends, the Haulage & HazMat Emergency Civil Freebooting Company, a team of master troubleshooters who roll into action when things get particularly hot. They helped build the Pipe. Now they have to preserve it—and save humanity yet again. But this job is not all it seems. It will touch more closely on Gonzo's life—and that of his best friend—than either of them can imagine. And it will decide the fate of the Gone-Away World. Equal parts raucous adventure, comic odyssey, geek nirvana, and ultra-cool epic, The Gone-Away World is a story of—among other things—love, pirates, mimes, greed, and ninjas. But it is also the story of a world, not unlike our own, in desperate need of heroes—however unlikely they may seem. 3038235 5 6 2008 The Gone-Away World total:430|5:190|4:138|3:62|2:30|1:10| 430 1758 1406 182 0 9 false false Sun Sep 28 09:47:44 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 29 07:58:54 -0700 2008
Not since "Catcher in the Rye" have I felt that a book was written specifically for me. Not that much is really shared between them, except they are those rare books that brim with complete and utter awesomeness. They were also that exac...more...]]> 4 13 false false Thu Oct 01 17:24:26 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 10 05:43:37 -0700 2009 you and i are so diametrically opposed in all things literary. i swear i am not rating this on the lower side just to retaliate for your not loving winshaw legacy. if the truth be told, its higher than a three, but i feel like i give out a lot of fours, and i think i may have fail...more...]]> 5 10 false false Mon Sep 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 21 13:33:36 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 30 08:29:59 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 4 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jan 28 06:30:27 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 06:37:00 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 4 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 29 06:40:57 -0700 2008 Sun Dec 07 17:09:53 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 01 00:42:17 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 01 01:26:03 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1 2 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Dec 04 10:15:38 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 04 10:16:39 -0800 2008 1
Harkaway is amusing for a ...more...]]> 4 2 false false Tue Jan 06 12:08:42 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 06 12:44:02 -0800 2009
on the surface, this book is a sci-fi, post-apocalyptic sort of story, but like all really good books, it's much more. the sci-fi is a sort of back drop more t...more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Dec 01 11:42:41 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 18 18:49:22 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Mon Dec 15 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 16 16:31:32 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 16 16:32:14 -0800 2008
The writing is brilliant. Scintillatingly infused with joy. It calls to mind Joseph Heller's Catch-22, if Heller had also loved n...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Mar 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 15 12:00:11 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 15 12:00:46 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 14:39:03 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 14:50:52 -0800 2009 1
Basically, the military invents a new class of WMDs called "Go Away Bombs" -- bombs which destroy the information content of all matter in its blast radi...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 17:37:08 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 17:38:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 20:12:48 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 02 04:55:18 -0700 2009 1
The first chapter is dense and I had a hard time making sense of what was going on. There are hints of a recent war, a gigantic world-spanning pipe, and the corporation that owns ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Aug 01 02:21:43 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 01 02:43:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 2 false false Sun May 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 14 14:00:16 -0700 2009 Sat May 16 23:29:03 -0700 2009 The Gone-Away World sneaks up on you in a loud and bombastic way. Nick Harkaway's writing reminds me two Douglases who are masters of the absurd and apocalyptic: Douglas Coupland and Douglas Adams. Sardonic and observant, Harkaway tosses off scene after scene of unrelenting zany fun....more...]]> 5 3 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 16 11:23:46 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 06 09:55:48 -0700 2008 1 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 02 13:34:59 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 14:44:11 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jul 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 08:13:17 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 08:40:02 -0700 2009
Lots of interesting characters and ideas, many of them spelled out in almost obsessive detail. Certainly Harkaway is the master of the lingering aside, heading into descriptive overtures that were, I...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Nov 06 08:00:27 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 06 08:07:31 -0800 2009 more...]]>