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Ass Goblins of Auschwitz

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It's Monty Python meets Nazi exploitation in a surreal nightmare as can only be imagined by Bizarro author Cameron Pierce. In a land where black snow falls in the shape of swastikas, there exists a nightmarish prison camp known as Auschwitz. It is run by a fascist, flatulent race of aliens called the Ass Goblins, who travel in apple-shaped spaceships to abduct children fro...more

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Published October 5th 2009 by Eraserhead Press (first published 2009)

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Dec 27, 2010 Caris rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: bizarro, kindle, 2010

When I am sick, I like to lie on the couch and watch horror movies. I like to do this anyway, but I get a lot of time to do it when I’m sick. The last time I had this opportunity, I was suffering from nausea, dizziness, and just general ickiness. It was one of those bad spells that restricted most movements and activities. I felt bad. Really bad. So I popped a movie into the DVD player and deposited myself on the couch for some relaxation.

What the fuck is the point of this, you ask?

Wrong questio...more When I am sick, I like to lie on the couch and watch horror movies. I like to do this anyway, but I get a lot of time to do it when I’m sick. The last time I had this opportunity, I was suffering from nausea, dizziness, and just general ickiness. It was one of those bad spells that restricted most movements and activities. I felt bad. Really bad. So I popped a movie into the DVD player and deposited myself on the couch for some relaxation.

What the fuck is the point of this, you ask?

Wrong question. Ask me what movie it was.

What movie was it, you ask?

It was called Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead . It is not the movie to watch when you’re sick. I am no stranger to gross out horror films and I should have known better. It’s a fucking Troma movie, for crying out loud.

So that was my fault. What I went through yesterday is Cameron Pierce’s fault.

Ass Goblins of Auschwitz is the literary equivalent of a Troma film. It features all sorts of disgusting situations, from toads that crawl into asses to find sustenance to children being forced to eat the skin of their peers. Pierce takes the crude and nauseating and crafts it into something beautiful and profound. It’s like a painting that takes your breath away, but upon closer inspection, you see that it hasn’t been done in oil as you had suspected, but, rather, in human feces.

There is a heartbreaking message lurking in this slim volume. Pierce puts kids in a horrible atmosphere where, at best, they’ll eventually turn into ass goblins themselves. Ass goblins, I think, are a metaphor for adulthood, a time when fun and imagination is leached from life. This thing we hate so much ourselves at times is what we thrust our kids toward. It isn’t difficult to see the parallels between living with an authoritarian parent and living in a nightmare-cartoon version of a concentration camp. The ending speaks of redemption and the ability for all of us to discard the hand we’re dealt and start anew with an entirely different game.

This book is fucked up, gross, and brilliant. Bizarro at its finest.
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Jul 25, 2011 Marvin rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: kindle, horror

I am dreading the next book club meeting. We'll be discussing This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War and preparing to read The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary. John will be reading some high brow's autobiography and Fred just can't wait for James Lee Burke's new book. Michelle will be pining for another novel by Christopher Moore. Then they'll turn to me and say, "Marvin, what did you read this week?" And...more

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Oct 21, 2012 Rob Harris rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: bizarro-fiction, paperback

You obviously expect weird, twisted, demonic, savage, abusive, and disgusting things to occur in a book titled ASS GOBLINS OF AUSCHWITZ, and they do. Perhaps you expect some poignancy, some deep sentimentality and hope, well, there's that too. Perhaps you expect crappy writing? Well, there's none of that. There is the token mad nazi doctor, but he is an assgoblin, so perhaps it's not so bad.

So what else has the book got to offer?

Children forced into a labour camp to make toys for the goblins. P...more

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May 14, 2012 Ruby Tombstone rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: we-re-all-going-straight-to-hell, dystopia-utopia-anytopia-will-do, so-wrong-its-right

I really wanted this to be awesome. I'm a big fan of weird. I'm a big fan of gross. I'm also a big fan of writing, and that's where the book lost me.

I don't mind being made sick to my stomach, and if a book can make me actually clench my sphincter, so much the better, but I CANNOT abide poor writing.

It's not even really terrible grammar or spelling, just the odd continuity error and sentences that, when you think about it, don't actually have any meaning. For example: "Today seems worse, proba...more

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Oct 16, 2012 Derek rated it 4 of 5 stars

Within the first few pages of Ass Goblins of Auschwitz, our hero, a conjoined twin, is anally prodded by a butt-shaped alien-goblin Nazi.

That pretty much sums up the level of crude insanity in this novella. In the strangest coming-of-age tale that I have ever read, young 999 must overcome eating the skin of dead children, having one of his testicles turned into a bicycle, and watching the love of his life transformed into a disgusting creature that pukes up exploding ass bombs.

While the story i...more

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Oct 29, 2011 Sheldon rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: bizarro, science-fiction

If you've noticed a recent trend in my reviews, I've been reading a lot of what gets classified as “bizarro fiction.” I remember when I first heard about it, about a year ago, and I pictured stories that would be weird, off-the-wall, and probably containing concepts or imagery that would be purely for shock value. What I had read so far was okay in these regards, but I was more surprised at the way these authors had chosen not to push these boundaries as hard as I expected.

Then I read Ass Goblin...more If you've noticed a recent trend in my reviews, I've been reading a lot of what gets classified as “bizarro fiction.” I remember when I first heard about it, about a year ago, and I pictured stories that would be weird, off-the-wall, and probably containing concepts or imagery that would be purely for shock value. What I had read so far was okay in these regards, but I was more surprised at the way these authors had chosen not to push these boundaries as hard as I expected.

Then I read Ass Goblins of Auschwitz by Cameron Pierce, a book whose title alone would immediately push the envelope. This is the kind of book that I pictured bizarro fiction would be like when I first heard about it. It's shocking to the point that, if you're not disturbed or even feel the need to vomit, at least early on in the book, then you probably need psychological help.

The story itself is pretty simple. It's told from the perspective of a boy named 999, a conjoined twin with his brother Otto from Kidland, who are prisoners in the land of Auschwitz, ruled by the cruel ass goblins. The only prisoners are children. Some are sacrificed on a daily basis.

The first half of the book deals with describing life in Auschwitz, while the second half is where the full plot really comes in as 999 and his brother become the subjects of an experiment by a particular ass goblin known as the White Angel.

In terms of describing daily life, I'm not sure if the author was attempting some kind of satire or underlying meaning to everything, whether it's the cruelty of adults to children, the jealousy of childhood innocence, or the injustice of a prostate exam. Most of this gets buried under imagery so disturbing that you don't really care about any underlying meaning.

Are there flaws in the book? Well, honestly, I can't really point to any in particular. While the imagery is disturbing and even over-the-top, I'm pretty sure that was the author's goal, so mission accomplished. I guess there are a few logistical problems in terms of consistent character description or actions, but these tend to get diluted in an otherwise consistent novel. So the novel is definitely very proficient technically

At the same time, while I try to be fairly objective, personal opinion and feelings are going to come into reviews like this, and keeping that in mind, I failed to really like the novel. Based on my previous experience with bizarro fiction, the title, and the somewhat silly cover, I expected something that would be a little more satirical and probably a bit offensive but ultimately funny in its offense. I was not prepared for the mental assault experienced, particularly at the beginning. Come to think of it, that's very much what the opening feels like. It's like you're being assaulted mentally by the disconcerting, and it feels a bit like the author is doing it for the same reason that the ass goblins torture the children: Because he can.

At the same time, it's difficult to fault the novel or the author. He had a goal in mind, and if I read it correctly he achieved his goal, even if I'm not entirely sure what that goal was, but at the end I just felt drained and empty over the usual curiosity or wanting more.

Ass Goblins of Auschwitz is ultimately an okay novel, but the assault to the senses can be a bit much, even for bizarro fiction based on my previous experiences. At the same time, it did leave me somewhat morbidly curious about Cameron Pierce's other works, as the novel is quite good on a technical level. But I would only recommend this novel for those who want something more “extreme” in the genre and have a fairly strong stomach. Which I do, but I think I simply wasn't prepared for what I got, like expecting hot buffalo wings that turn out to be atomic.

Ass Goblins of Auschwitz earns 2.5 out of 5 stars (three stars on Goodreads for benefit of the doubt and lack of half-star ratings).(less)

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Feb 21, 2011 Daniel rated it 2 of 5 stars

Despite the horrifically offensive title, this book isn't torture porn for Neo Nazis. It's an entry in a school of writing known as 'Bizarro' fiction, in which the authors attempt to lampoon, well, something, anything really, by being as strange and outrageously offensive as possible. Curiously, this has the effect of making the book inoffensive on any level beyond the most cursory of glances as you quickly become inured to the cartoonish extremes the writer takes things to and now and again mes...more

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Dec 10, 2010 Kirsten Alene rated it 4 of 5 stars

In the first four pages of Cameron Pierce's A*s Goblins of Auschwitz, a row of child slaves are molested, one by one, by a giant a*s-shaped N*zi Goblin. But by the time the main character pulls a bicycle made of other children out of his scrotum, this will not seem shocking.

A*s Goblins of Auschwitz was a difficult book to read. It's been 80 years or so, but I think we can all say that the Holocaust still isn't funny.

A*s Goblins could see a lot of heat from "Serious Literary People" for making...more

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Dec 10, 2009 Matthew Revert rated it 4 of 5 stars

The outrageously named, 'Ass Goblins of Auschwitz' is the kind of book that a potential reader can ascertain whether or not they'll enjoy based on their reaction to the title. If the title tickles most of your funny bones, there's a pretty good chance you'll enjoy it. If not, perhaps steer clear. Being an avid fan of Nazi Exploitation films, I responded quite favorably to the title.

Gross out tomfoolery abounds as we are taken to an alternate Auschwitz, ruled by a flatulent race of beings called...more The outrageously named, 'Ass Goblins of Auschwitz' is the kind of book that a potential reader can ascertain whether or not they'll enjoy based on their reaction to the title. If the title tickles most of your funny bones, there's a pretty good chance you'll enjoy it. If not, perhaps steer clear. Being an avid fan of Nazi Exploitation films, I responded quite favorably to the title.

Gross out tomfoolery abounds as we are taken to an alternate Auschwitz, ruled by a flatulent race of beings called the Ass Goblins. They travel to a neighbouring planet and abduct children to work as slaves in their camp and when the mood strikes, they ferment them into cider. These children are subjected to all manner of unpleasantness as they try, seemingly in vain, simply to survive. The story revolves around two slaves, 999 and 1001, who are conjoined twins and their experiences within the camp. Suffice to say, in order to survive, they will have to consume their fellow slaves, construct toys out of their fellow slaves and endure various violations.

Okay, so we have ourself a story bound to appeal to those who like their fiction crazy and dripping in filth. It's a fun read, despite the sense of darkness and hopelessness that permeates throughout. Where this story maybe falls a little flat is in areas concerning character development and genuine emotional connection. These children are subjected to abject horror but as a reader, I felt distanced from it. Character development exists but not in a meaningful way. This prevented it from truly affecting me and instead, I just found it immensely fun. I'm not going to complain about that too much because having a good time while reading isn't a bad thing. And let's face it, if you're buying this book, you're probably doing so because you're attracted to OTT ideas involved.

Those who are fans of Bizarro will like this. It ticks all the boxes we've come to expect from the genre. Those unfamiliar with Bizarro but into Nazi Exploitation cinema should give this a go. These are the kind of Goblins, Ilsa herself would be proud of.(less)

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Nov 15, 2009 J. Osborne rated it 4 of 5 stars

Growing up, I watched a lot of TV. Nickelodeon, mostly. Ah! Real Monsters, Rocko’s Modern Life, Ren & Stimpy. They were light-hearted and funny, sure, but deep-down they were kind of unsettling, and with your eyes glued to the tube, you felt like you were given a glimpse into truly twisted minds, minds that were trying their very best to warn their audience of the darkness of adulthood to come. These cartoons with their drab colors and their focus on offal and snot and lint and gas were just...more

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Jan 26, 2011 Chelsea rated it 5 of 5 stars

After finding this book hanging around Amazon perusing various Bizarro titles, I decided that this was too strange to pass up. I was intrigued by the title, then the blurb. I downloaded this to my kindle not knowing what to expect. Initially, I was fairly confused while trying to picture the cadre of creatures and digest the grotesque imagery. As I continued to read though, I realized that underneath all the poop, vomit, cannibalism, and other indescribable weirdness lay what I discerned as a fa...more

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Nov 07, 2009 Jordan rated it 4 of 5 stars

Cameron Pierce’s strength lies in his imagination. I personally think an animation company should sign him on to come up with ideas for cartoons, video games, and stuff like that because his work does lend itself to that sort of thing. The book itself is twisted, entertaining, and creative, three traits that I rarely find all in one book.

This is the author’s second book and in many ways it’s better than the first. There is a focus present that wasn’t in the first. Pierce has an extremely strong...more
Cameron Pierce’s strength lies in his imagination. I personally think an animation company should sign him on to come up with ideas for cartoons, video games, and stuff like that because his work does lend itself to that sort of thing. The book itself is twisted, entertaining, and creative, three traits that I rarely find all in one book.

This is the author’s second book and in many ways it’s better than the first. There is a focus present that wasn’t in the first. Pierce has an extremely strong imagination and in Shark Hunting in Paradise Garden (his first book) he let it run so wild that it was sometimes distracting. He seems to have gained some control over it now and so we have his sophomore effort, Ass Goblins of Auschwitz, a bizarro sci-fi horror exploitation novel.

Those looking for an Ilsa, She-Wolf of the SS clone should look elsewhere. Though this book compares itself to a Nazi exploitation film, it’s really not at all like one except for the fact that it does feature Nazi death camp atrocities. It’s so outlandish as to not really be offensive. I mean, yeah, it does have the Ass Goblins getting drunk on cider made from fermented child flesh, but it’s written so wildly that you don’t really get the feeling that it’s real kids being used.

The weakness of this book was also evident in his last book. The imagery and descriptions overshadow the plot. Sometimes it’s almost like we don’t get a full grasp on what’s happening. In some ways this is cool because it overwhelms you with Pierce’s twisted creativity but sometimes it can also be very tiring.

I also found that there is a heavy Carlton Mellick III influence in the way Cameron uses words. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing since I believe CM3 in fact did influence Pierce and every author is bound to show their influences on their sleeve especially in their early works. That being said, this is like CM3 on hallucinogens. It’s like three Mellick books in one.

Overall this is a worthwhile read that will have you laughing at the absurd atrocities of the Ass Goblins. You will be in awe at what such a young writer could cook up.
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Dec 21, 2009 David Barbee rated it 4 of 5 stars

Reading Cameron Pierce’s sophomore bizarro novella is kind of like watching a Monty Python sketch where all the actors are on acid and so are you. It’s weird, it’s fucked up, but somehow it all makes sense. As with Shark Hunting in Paradise Garden, Pierce has molded a surreal world out of the Play-Doh that is his brain, and he’s filled it with grotesque mutants, cartoonish action, and gross-out satire.

The Nazploitation genre was ripe for a bizarro interpretation, and the result is the Ass Gobl...more

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Dec 21, 2009 Steven Rage rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: dark-weird-and-bizarro-faves

I have been digging Bizarro fiction for exactly 13 months, 13 days, 13 hours, 13 minutes...and counting. In that time I've gobbled some incredible stories. As Katt Williams would say: "But this sheet? This sheet right here?" this is pure Bizarro. More than just a weird concept, Ass Goblins of Auschwitz should be the Poster Child of Bizarro. It is weird characters doing weird things in a weird setting. Kind of like Candyland on near-lethal doses of acid. If you ever wanted to quickly explain to a...more

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Feb 01, 2013 Emory rated it 5 of 5 stars

Let me guess? The ass with eyestalks covered in Nazi symbols is totally turning you away from this book. Don't. Go ahead, read it. It's worth it.

"Ass Goblins of Auschwitz" certainly looks and sounds like something that was written to be offensive for the sake of offending. It is not very long, the cover makes no attempts to mute the meaning of the title. One might think it is screaming to be thrown on the pyre. But don't be so quick to judge. Cameron Pierce always, whether intentional or not, ha...more Let me guess? The ass with eyestalks covered in Nazi symbols is totally turning you away from this book. Don't. Go ahead, read it. It's worth it.

"Ass Goblins of Auschwitz" certainly looks and sounds like something that was written to be offensive for the sake of offending. It is not very long, the cover makes no attempts to mute the meaning of the title. One might think it is screaming to be thrown on the pyre. But don't be so quick to judge. Cameron Pierce always, whether intentional or not, has something to say with the subject matter he uses. He, like other Bizarro authors, does not write juvenile screed. They write things to make you think and entertain.

First, the Nazi imagery is not just empty symbolism. It is carefully chosen to evoke a certain emotional response. Horror, strife, oppression, fear. The Ass Goblins are a vehicle for examining something that has lost its edge because of the frailty of human memory and distance of time and geography. Namely war. I'd wager that every high school student who pays attention to World History hears the phrase "Holocaust" and attaches the "six-million Jews killed" statistic to it. But much like televised war we are numb to it. The horror we are never supposed to forget is being forgotten.

And it's not just World War II, it's any war. The Iraq War, The Cold War, The War on Drugs, The War on Terror, all of these have casualties that we don't often see and no clearly defined battlefields or open-viewed combat. Pierce's use of children as an easily identifiable victim allows this short narrative to cut to your heart, as children are still one of the last things everyone still holds sacred. Even among criminals, child molesters are the lowest of the low.

So by creating a story of alien asses of the most readily recognizable evil enslaving children for industry and experimentation, Pierce is slapping your face to remind you that there is more going on in the world than the new iPhone, or what happened on Idol last night. There are people dying over petty things and for petty men. Sometimes we need that splash of offensiveness to remind us. We need symbols to add the human element to cold logic. "Ass Goblins of Auschwitz" delivers this needed commentary in a deft and surprisingly touching manner.

Cameron Pierce has the gift of writing meaningful, emotionally-charged Bizarro. "Ass Goblins of Auschwitz" is just one more fine example of his ability.(less)

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Sep 30, 2011 David rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: 21st-century, fabulism, gnostic-dementia, fiction, satire, usa, war

Reads like it was written by an intelligent 15 yr old with a serious crack or meth addiction. There was no gravitas,no character development,no mythologizing of the holocaust (beyond the adolescent), no deconstruction of the history, no satire beyond the juvenile.

Not a horrible book, perhaps I might have gone for 3 stars...but I paid money for this yack festival.

And if you are going to introduce pedophilia then you have to add some weight to your psychological analysis and social reading of th...more

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Jul 11, 2012 Scott Emerson rated it 4 of 5 stars

Conjoined twins 999 and 1001 are laborers in the prison camp of Auschwitz, building bicycles from the corpses of kidnapped children under the tyrannical rule of the Ass Goblins--farting, butt-shaped aliens with a penchant for cider made from fermented kiddies. With their captors frequently drunk of child-cider, 999 and 1001 plot their escape, only to find much weirder obsctacles in their path.

Perhaps the most astonishing thing about ASS GOBLINS FROM AUSCHWITZ is that it manages to be shocking an...more

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Feb 08, 2012 Paulo "paper books always" Carvalho rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: aryan, horror, not-worth-the-money, trying-to-trade, novella-short-story

This is the most bizarro book I've ever the (dis)pleasure of reading. I read it because I wanted to try this genre but it was just not good to my liking. Of course this book will appeal to others but to me it didn't.

The plot is quite weird (what?) we’re introduced to Prisoners 999 and 1001, conjoined twins attached at the ribcage. They are prisoners in Auschwitz which is run by race of aliens called Ass Goblins. These aliens abduct children from the neighboring planet of Kidland and throw them i...more

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Oct 04, 2011 Meredith rated it 2 of 5 stars

It was pointed out to me that my previous review did not include the fact that I recommend the book. So here is a new review.

I was dared to read Ass Goblins of Auschwitz by friends. Unable to turn down this dare, I immediately got the e-book and started reading it. This was my introduction to the Bizarro genre, and it was eye-opening. As a WWII history fan, the incorporation of Nazi imagery appealed to me greatly; the incorporation of ass goblins appealed considerably less. But the first half of...more

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Oct 19, 2011 NJMetal rated it 3 of 5 stars

OMG! WTF! ASS GOBLINS OF AUSCHWITZ by Cameron Pierce FTW. What the HELL what that? I though I had read Bizarro before until I read Pierce. ASS GOBLINS could easily define the genre. Part fairy tale, part fable and all whacked out this story pushes the limits of imagination. The story is a tour de force of mind bending,oddball, off beat and down right pondeorus adventure.

Its a story of oppressive monsters (who happen to be shaped like giant grotesque buttocks with a flair for Nazi swag) who take...more

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Dec 19, 2009 Jonathan added it Recommends it for: Bizarro fans with *very* strong constitutions

Chock-full of bile, feces, vomit, torture, cannibalism, and gore--all involving children--this is probably the most repulsive book I've ever read, and I'm no stranger to Bizarro. That's not necessarily a bad thing, of course, and though I can't say I exactly *enjoyed* this, it was an interesting, if thoroughly uncomfortable, read. It's a bit like Ren & Stimpy mixed with Naxi-exploitation, except taken to an extreme. We're talking things entering all the private holes--some sharp, some too bi...more Chock-full of bile, feces, vomit, torture, cannibalism, and gore--all involving children--this is probably the most repulsive book I've ever read, and I'm no stranger to Bizarro. That's not necessarily a bad thing, of course, and though I can't say I exactly *enjoyed* this, it was an interesting, if thoroughly uncomfortable, read. It's a bit like Ren & Stimpy mixed with Naxi-exploitation, except taken to an extreme. We're talking things entering all the private holes--some sharp, some too big to realistically fit. This element makes up a *huge* part of the book; indeed, the sickest bits are probably given the most detail out of anything in the book, which sometimes lacked great visual detail in other ways.

One almost gets the feeling that the shocking grotesqueries are trying to distract you from the book's notewrothy shortcomings. I confess feeling a bit confused in places, though no one sequence comes to mind. I can't say I was terribly impressed with the writing style, which is (intentionally) childlike, and often feels extremely rushed. Scenes just fly by; and given that the book is only 100 pages, it can be read in just a few hours. I'm not sure making this book all that much longer would be a good thing due to its cartoonish nature, but more details that don't have to do with bodily functions, and some more space between the disgusting scenes, would have done a lot to make each new repulsive development have more impact. The twisted images are so pervasive that they start to lose much meaning before too long. Similarly, while you can sympathize with the tortured children, as characters they are completely one dimensional, and so when they get mutilated for the umpteenth time, it's hard to keep caring all that much. The book is basically too short to fully develop its ideas, characters, and images, but too long to keep the reader's full emotional investment. There also just isn't as much depth here as in some other Bizarro books, though to be honest I'm not sure I'd want a lot of depth from a book titled "The Ass Goblins of Auchwitz." xD

But don't be discouraged, for the book is not without its merits. There were several laugh-out-loud funny moments, and it's hard not to be left in awe at the sheer sickness of Pierce's imagination. It's a bit like that feeling you get when watching Peter Jackson's "Meet the Feebles," where it's far too lowbrow and juvinille to be thought of as quality art, but it's just so damn ballsy--so fearless about being as offensive and ridiculous as possible--that you get a skewed kind of respect for it. "Ass Goblins" also gets props for having my favorite book title of the year; I laughed so hard when I first heard of it. So, it's a flawed but interesting ride; just be aware of what you're getting into.(less)

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May 14, 2011 Iamthez rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: bizarro, random

If this book truly is reminiscent of Monty Python, then I was watching the wrong episodes, because holy geez ... nothing in this book could be played on television ... even Troma would hesitate before making this into a movie. It's that bad.

Course, that being said, it's bizarro and a good example of it. There's really nothing else to say about it. It's the perfect book of the most horrific images ever, and maybe the most horrific part is how normal it all seems.

Entertaining read.

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Jan 07, 2013 Rich Meyer rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: read-in-2013

I honestly don't know what to say about this book. It's a true nightmare ... and it's one of the best things I've ever read. Imagine David Lynch and Bill Burroughs ground up into a sausage that used H.P. Lovecraft as a casing. That sausage might be able to write this book. Cameron Pierce just catapulted himself to my Top 10 author list.

This is NOT a book for the squeamish. This is not a book for the easily offended. It's definitely a book for me, though. Highest recommendation!

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Jun 14, 2012 Larry Kenney rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: comedy-and-humor, fantasy-novels, horror, ultraviolence

My wife and I bought this book based solely on the name and the tag line in the description. This is one of the most bizarre stories I have ever read, and believe me, I have read a lot of really weird stuff.

Fans of grotesque dark humor, splatter movies and comics, and the plain ridiculous will like this book.

Overall, it was much better than I anticipated, which is still not giving it a lot of credit, LOL.

This book is worth reading, just as a topic of conversation!

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Jul 24, 2012 Natasha rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: bizarro

I admit I got this simply because of the title and I was not disappointed. I thought Ass Goblins Of Auschwitz was hilarious and the most satisfying sort of twisted. I really enjoyed it. So much so, in fact, that I read it straight through in a single sitting (which perhaps isn't the greatest feat for some but I'm not the fastest reader).
I'm giving it 3 stars instead of more because while most of it was coherent I felt some things were shoved in simply for the sake of shoving them. The bit about...more

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Apr 24, 2013 Victor Merling rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: bizarro, read-on-kindle

I imagine that most people who give this book one star, do so because they were offended by the way nazis and concentration camps are used in the story. That is not the case here. I was not in the least offended by what I read.
My problem with the book is that every element added to the story is there just to try to cause a reaction from the reader, whether they make sense or not. Being in the bizarro genre is no excuse for a poor plot and poor characters, but the writer seems to think these two...more

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Aug 18, 2012 Ryan Day rated it 2 of 5 stars

What a stupid book! But at least it gets the point across that life in Auschwitz wasn't fun.

*I noticed a mistake near the end:

Page 83 - Frannie crawls to her side and pins her shoulders to the slush. She looks up at me and says, "Go help Otto." She swallows her sister.

Page 84 - Frannie opens her mouth and her sister hops inside.

Yeah, Frannie swallows her sister but on the next page it's like it never happened.

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Jul 19, 2011 Mike Parker rated it 4 of 5 stars

Put a smile on my ass, and a song in my eye-stalks.

A wonderful story of the bond between two brothers (conjoined twins) and two sisters (conjoined twins + a clone?) fighting through adversity and burdened with unrequited love. A short read, but one that is not to be missed...All at once; touching, heart-breaking, funny, violent, gory, disgusting, shit-filled...

If you don't read it you're automatically in al Qaeda.

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Dec 08, 2012 June rated it 1 of 5 stars

Another day, another book done.

I… can’t really put into words how disappointed I am with this one. The premise (written, I suspect, by an editor) is brilliant, but the writing is so poor that it sucks this book's potential into a proverbial garbage disposal and spits out a childish tale filled with more bad euphemisms than a twelve year old boy on a massive dose of caffeine.

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Jan 01, 2012 Matthew Vaughn rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: bizarro, reviewed

When I first learned of the Bizarro genre I thought it would be some truly weird stuff, I read some descriptions of books and some customer reviews and there seemed to be some strange and twisted books out there. One that I was intrigued by was AGOA, I had already read Abortion Arcade and knew that Cameron Pierce was a go to guy for the truly bizarre work. After having finally got around to purchasing AGOA and reading it I’ve got to say this book here is what Bizarro is all about. From the Gobli...more

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Cameron Pierce lives in Portland, Oregon. He is the author of Ass Goblins of Auschwitz, The Pickled Apocalypse of Pancake Island, Lost in Cat Brain Land, Shark Hunting in Paradise Garden, and Captain Cthulhu (forthcoming).

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