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The Missing Link
When the Internet collapses, society responds almost immediately…by having a meltdown.
While civilization is steadily destroying itself, IT cubicle-jockey and cyberspace junkie Brent Porter enlists the help of his grumpy office building security guard, Mickey, to find his missing computer gamer girlfriend, Molly. The trouble is, Molly’s fallen down her laundry basket and into a lewd and confusing world of nonsense, in a retelling of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland with a twist: the heroine is dumped into the deepest, darkest bowels of the Internet.
So while Brent and Mickey are searching for Molly in a city that’s gone to complete chaos, and Molly’s fighting off porn freaks, viruses, and scammers, who’s going to save humanity from the Internet (and itself)? Well, that would be the Downriver Boys, a group of homeless people who’ve never had to rely on technology to survive. These vigilant vagabonds, led by a war veteran and a half-brilliant, half-insane madwoman, will have to rely on everything they know about survival so that Brent, Mickey, and Molly will even have something to come back to.
While civilization is steadily destroying itself, IT cubicle-jockey and cyberspace junkie Brent Porter enlists the help of his grumpy office building security guard, Mickey, to find his missing computer gamer girlfriend, Molly. The trouble is, Molly’s fallen down her laundry basket and into a lewd and confusing world of nonsense, in a retelling of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland with a twist: the heroine is dumped into the deepest, darkest bowels of the Internet.
So while Brent and Mickey are searching for Molly in a city that’s gone to complete chaos, and Molly’s fighting off porn freaks, viruses, and scammers, who’s going to save humanity from the Internet (and itself)? Well, that would be the Downriver Boys, a group of homeless people who’ve never had to rely on technology to survive. These vigilant vagabonds, led by a war veteran and a half-brilliant, half-insane madwoman, will have to rely on everything they know about survival so that Brent, Mickey, and Molly will even have something to come back to.
354 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 18, 2011
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About the author
Brandon Meyers
26 books26 followersBrandon Meyers is author of the novel "Lovely Death" and the short story collection "Chasing the Sandman." And when not writing solo, he and his best friend, Bryan Pedas, co-authored the novels "The Sensationally Absurd Life and Times of Slim Dyson," "The Missing Link," "The Graveyard Shift," and "Dead and Moaning in Las Vegas," as well as the humor blog/web-comic A Beer for the Shower. Someday he will grow up and get a real job. Brandon can be reached at brandonleemeyers@gmail.com .
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September 24, 2019
Strange but amusing book
April 7, 2012
Insane, crude, rude and bloody disgusting...Yet it was totally entertaining, riveting and had me glues to my seat. This weird book a mash up of Alice in Wonderland's tale was never lacking surprises. I never saw any of it coming never.
Let's see if I can even begin to give you an idea..It is a mix of three groups..
Molly, falls through her laundry hamper and into this place, another realm ? No, not quit, it's the internet. Brent her on-line boyfriend an IT guy travel through the internet and the world to save her with his violent security ex-cop side kick, Micky. They realm travel with a giant iguana. Sally and the Chicago misfits are fighting Goblins while trying to save themselves from being eaten. They all kill, kill and kill goblins. Brains, excrement and other juices are everywhere. (the author really has a thing for the juicy bits) There is a queen, some knights, some spammers, and lets not forget porn.( all the thing in the internet) All come to life.
It's very confusing, there is no way to pin this tale down. it took a genius mind to tie this together. I don't know if I liked it or not. I just couldn't stop myself. LOL
if you like crazy unpredictable wild tales of adventure and modern technology twists- read this
Let's see if I can even begin to give you an idea..It is a mix of three groups..
Molly, falls through her laundry hamper and into this place, another realm ? No, not quit, it's the internet. Brent her on-line boyfriend an IT guy travel through the internet and the world to save her with his violent security ex-cop side kick, Micky. They realm travel with a giant iguana. Sally and the Chicago misfits are fighting Goblins while trying to save themselves from being eaten. They all kill, kill and kill goblins. Brains, excrement and other juices are everywhere. (the author really has a thing for the juicy bits) There is a queen, some knights, some spammers, and lets not forget porn.( all the thing in the internet) All come to life.
It's very confusing, there is no way to pin this tale down. it took a genius mind to tie this together. I don't know if I liked it or not. I just couldn't stop myself. LOL
if you like crazy unpredictable wild tales of adventure and modern technology twists- read this
April 2, 2012
This was a pretty funny book that had me laughing out loud a few times. It's no where near you typical apocalyptic book and the satire gets pretty deep. Nor is this a YA book...
This is very much a "today" and I wonder how much it will make sense in 10 years (not that that really matters).
If you enjoy satire, the Internet, good winning over evil and funny takes on Alice in Wonderland, you'll like this book.
One thing is that I think this book has cured my of LOL'ing... :P
This is very much a "today" and I wonder how much it will make sense in 10 years (not that that really matters).
If you enjoy satire, the Internet, good winning over evil and funny takes on Alice in Wonderland, you'll like this book.
One thing is that I think this book has cured my of LOL'ing... :P
December 25, 2012
This story was so much fun. I've been going around recommending and sending links for this book to everyone I know. If you could use a good laugh with some Sci-Fi, Alice tripping through internet Wonderland zaniness, do yourself a favor and read this book.
January 15, 2012
The Missing Link is probably not a book for everyone. Not that any book is a book for everyone (although there are two books I think everyone should read), but this book is even less a book for everyone than most books. Mostly, I just think a lot of people won't "get" it. A good test to see if it might be for you is to follow the above link over to their blog and read a few of their posts. If the humor doesn't grab or turns you off, the book is not for you. However, if you find yourself laughing despite yourself, even if you hate yourself afterwards, you should give the book a chance, because it's full of the same humor and crassness as their blog.
The technicals: The front half of the book is marvellously edited with hardly a misplaced comma. Well, except for that pet peeve of mine with commas following a sentence starting conjunction and an independent clause behind. This seems to be a fairly widespread error in comma usage, and I'll browbeat the boys about it later. Other than that, though, the front half of the book is almost squeaky clean. Definitely "A" work, and there were hardly any red marks on their paper when I got finished with that portion. However, the further through the book you go, the more errors crop up. Missing words or mistyped words, like "than" instead of "that." A few incorrect tenses here and there. Unstable formatting, mostly in that the indentations start wobbling back and forth. It's enough to drop the technical grade down into the high "B" range. Still, everything considered, it's a pretty good job and nothing that should give anyone any real problems. Especially the commas. There aren't a whole lot of other people out there that are likely to notice any problems with them.
As for the book, well... I don't like to actually talk about what the books I'm reviewing are about, because you all are quite capable to read that stuff for yourselves. However, I feel compelled this time. Bryan and Brandon give us a look at the chaos that could result from a technological collapse in society. My feeling is that most people looking at the book will think that their take is a bit extreme, outrageous, and over-the-top. I'm not so sure...
Just within the last couple of weeks, I was reading about some problems at some hotel chain or other (I forget which one, and, honestly, it's not important). At two of their hotels (one of them was in Hawaii, the other somewhere on the main land), they had a computer issue which caused all of the guests to be locked out of their rooms for several hours (6-8 or something like that). The hotel uses key card locks, and the computer locked down all the rooms, and no one could open them (this should be a lesson to have manual back-ups available for the staff). Really, this should just be a minor annoyance. Yes, an annoyance, but nothing worthy of violence. Within the first hour (maybe half hour?), police had to be called in because of brawling in the hallways. Widespread brawling. Not, like, just one fist fight. People freaked out and started beating each other up because they couldn't get into their hotel rooms. What the crap? Seriously. What the crap?
So, when violence breaks out in The Missing Link over the loss of the Internet, I can hardly say that the boys have exaggerated.
The characters in the book are largely stereotypes, but they're not the kind of stereotypes that happened because the authors didn't know what they were doing. They're there to give the readers something easy to latch onto, "oh! I know what this character is like!" And, as they said in the interview, they are more caricature than cliche. They're magnified examples of people, but, also, they're there to show us that people are capable of going beyond our stereotypes for them. I'd be hard-pressed to choose a favorite. (Although, I have to admit, I have a lot of empathy for Brent and the blank looks he gets any time he tries to explain anything.) Okay, I'm lying, I love Sir McAffery. Not so much his character within the book, but just the concept of his character. It's genius. And I would say more, but I can't do that without ruining elements of the story.
Also, I love the Alice in Wonderland elements of the story. Admittedly, I was bit put off by it right at first. Molly's experience in going down her laundry chute follows Alice's trip beat for beat, but, as you get into the story and see the analogy at work, it does. Work. And it's a great analogy (as they said in the interview). The Internet is a Wonderland, but it's not a Wonderland that's a paradise. It's insane. Even more insane than Lewis Carroll ever could have imagined. The melding of Carroll's work with other familiar pop culture phenomenon like World of Warcraft and The Wizard of Oz is pretty clever, and I really enjoyed it.
So here's the thing: go over and check out their blog. Do that now. If you like it, buy the book. It's only a buck. It'll make you laugh. Yeah, there are some parts that seem a bit absurd, but, you know, like the deal with the hotel I was mentioning? I'm not so sure that they are. Bryan and Brandon have actually offered up a fairly powerful piece of social commentary, and I think people should really stop and take a look at it. How dependent are you on your iGadget? Is your dependency healthy? Maybe think about spending some time away from it. In fact, put it down right now and go download the book. Oh, wait, you need it to download the book? Curse you Internet!
My grade? I give it an "A-." It's clever. Well told. Interesting. The only thing that drags it down a bit is that they do sort of run a few of the gags a bit too hard. And there are a few redundancies toward the end, but it's just a few. Overall, it's a very enjoyable read with an actual message trapped in there. I'm sure they tried to hide to keep their reputations intact.
Twiddledum loves this!
The technicals: The front half of the book is marvellously edited with hardly a misplaced comma. Well, except for that pet peeve of mine with commas following a sentence starting conjunction and an independent clause behind. This seems to be a fairly widespread error in comma usage, and I'll browbeat the boys about it later. Other than that, though, the front half of the book is almost squeaky clean. Definitely "A" work, and there were hardly any red marks on their paper when I got finished with that portion. However, the further through the book you go, the more errors crop up. Missing words or mistyped words, like "than" instead of "that." A few incorrect tenses here and there. Unstable formatting, mostly in that the indentations start wobbling back and forth. It's enough to drop the technical grade down into the high "B" range. Still, everything considered, it's a pretty good job and nothing that should give anyone any real problems. Especially the commas. There aren't a whole lot of other people out there that are likely to notice any problems with them.
As for the book, well... I don't like to actually talk about what the books I'm reviewing are about, because you all are quite capable to read that stuff for yourselves. However, I feel compelled this time. Bryan and Brandon give us a look at the chaos that could result from a technological collapse in society. My feeling is that most people looking at the book will think that their take is a bit extreme, outrageous, and over-the-top. I'm not so sure...
Just within the last couple of weeks, I was reading about some problems at some hotel chain or other (I forget which one, and, honestly, it's not important). At two of their hotels (one of them was in Hawaii, the other somewhere on the main land), they had a computer issue which caused all of the guests to be locked out of their rooms for several hours (6-8 or something like that). The hotel uses key card locks, and the computer locked down all the rooms, and no one could open them (this should be a lesson to have manual back-ups available for the staff). Really, this should just be a minor annoyance. Yes, an annoyance, but nothing worthy of violence. Within the first hour (maybe half hour?), police had to be called in because of brawling in the hallways. Widespread brawling. Not, like, just one fist fight. People freaked out and started beating each other up because they couldn't get into their hotel rooms. What the crap? Seriously. What the crap?
So, when violence breaks out in The Missing Link over the loss of the Internet, I can hardly say that the boys have exaggerated.
The characters in the book are largely stereotypes, but they're not the kind of stereotypes that happened because the authors didn't know what they were doing. They're there to give the readers something easy to latch onto, "oh! I know what this character is like!" And, as they said in the interview, they are more caricature than cliche. They're magnified examples of people, but, also, they're there to show us that people are capable of going beyond our stereotypes for them. I'd be hard-pressed to choose a favorite. (Although, I have to admit, I have a lot of empathy for Brent and the blank looks he gets any time he tries to explain anything.) Okay, I'm lying, I love Sir McAffery. Not so much his character within the book, but just the concept of his character. It's genius. And I would say more, but I can't do that without ruining elements of the story.
Also, I love the Alice in Wonderland elements of the story. Admittedly, I was bit put off by it right at first. Molly's experience in going down her laundry chute follows Alice's trip beat for beat, but, as you get into the story and see the analogy at work, it does. Work. And it's a great analogy (as they said in the interview). The Internet is a Wonderland, but it's not a Wonderland that's a paradise. It's insane. Even more insane than Lewis Carroll ever could have imagined. The melding of Carroll's work with other familiar pop culture phenomenon like World of Warcraft and The Wizard of Oz is pretty clever, and I really enjoyed it.
So here's the thing: go over and check out their blog. Do that now. If you like it, buy the book. It's only a buck. It'll make you laugh. Yeah, there are some parts that seem a bit absurd, but, you know, like the deal with the hotel I was mentioning? I'm not so sure that they are. Bryan and Brandon have actually offered up a fairly powerful piece of social commentary, and I think people should really stop and take a look at it. How dependent are you on your iGadget? Is your dependency healthy? Maybe think about spending some time away from it. In fact, put it down right now and go download the book. Oh, wait, you need it to download the book? Curse you Internet!
My grade? I give it an "A-." It's clever. Well told. Interesting. The only thing that drags it down a bit is that they do sort of run a few of the gags a bit too hard. And there are a few redundancies toward the end, but it's just a few. Overall, it's a very enjoyable read with an actual message trapped in there. I'm sure they tried to hide to keep their reputations intact.
Twiddledum loves this!
January 13, 2013
I don't understand how this book got such rave reviews. The writing is TERRIBLE. A few stoned IT dorks got together one night and hammered this thing out while laughing at their own hilarity. I love a good one-liner the same as the next person, but you can't write an entire book of them. At some point you have to step away from the slapstick and give the book some bones. I think all of the sentences in this review are more complex than any in the book. And I'm not some book snob that demands that everything I read be 'high literature.' But seriously, I've read children's picture books with better writing than this. Penis jokes and F-boms are great, but you can't fill an entire novel with those things alone.
I think perhaps they could have pulled this book off if it would have been a quarter the length. Too long for just some running porn/geek/end of days gag reel.
I think perhaps they could have pulled this book off if it would have been a quarter the length. Too long for just some running porn/geek/end of days gag reel.
December 1, 2012
When I started reading this book, I wasn't entirely sure what to expect. I follow the blog that these two write, and expected amusement, which I definitely received.
In the beginning, I was less-than-thrilled. At first, this book felt like an extended post from their blog, without the benefit of the amusing illustrations. Over time, though, I began to enjoy reading the stories of these characters. It's definitely not a masterpiece for the ages, but it's a fun little read that gets better as it goes. Definitely worth the $.99 download, and I'd probably buy whatever book they come out with next, if the premise is appealing.
In the beginning, I was less-than-thrilled. At first, this book felt like an extended post from their blog, without the benefit of the amusing illustrations. Over time, though, I began to enjoy reading the stories of these characters. It's definitely not a masterpiece for the ages, but it's a fun little read that gets better as it goes. Definitely worth the $.99 download, and I'd probably buy whatever book they come out with next, if the premise is appealing.
June 26, 2016
A fun irreverent tale, ‘The Missing Link’ is not stop hilarity from start to finish. Not for kids, this is an adult fairy take with takes from ‘Alice in Wonderland’ and the ‘Wizard of Oz’. I couldn’t stop laughing from start to finish! I can’t recommend this enough for folks who like to have fun. This is a well written, unique book that I thoroughly enjoyed.
March 31, 2015
Fine book, a humorous take on Alice in Wonderland, with wonderland being the internet. It didn't really keep me engaged though.
September 5, 2016
As one of the seemingly few people who loves Alice in Wonderland and works that ping off of the Wonderland trippiness, this book sounded like a good pick, especially since I also enjoy satire about technology and the Internets and such.
The book starts out well, establishing the three main groups of characters that the narrative alternates between throughout the book--Brent the IT guy and Mickey the security guard, the Downriver Boys (and Girl)--a diverse, quirky group of homeless characters, and the online gaming addicted Molly.
Long story short, the Internet breaks down and society goes berserk... described very overly so, in the exaggerated satirical style you'd expect in a book like this. Our main characters are all determined to not go batshit crazy like everyone else and get the Internet back. This includes traveling through various odd "rabbit holes" into "Wonderland" masquerading as the Internet. Yes, the Internet is Wonderland.
It's a great premise and the characters are well written and generally likeable/amusing, but at the same time it's incredibly crass and lewd... you know, that ten-year-old sense of humor towards anything that involves any sort of body function, only this is a bit (key words: "a bit") more grown up. Although I tolerated it, it was excessive in parts and it got old really quickly. The first couple of jokes were amusing, but after the umpteenth time talking about horny trolls and the Cheshire Pimp and ogre dung, it was annoying and pointless. I certainly don't mind some crass humor here and there, but this was to the point where it simply just got kinda gross, it was so overdone.
I understood the point--the Internet Wonderland is full of trolls and porn and credit-card stealing sparrow men, just like the real Internet is--there were no redeeming qualities to the Internet Wonderland. It focused solely on the downsides of the Interwebs, and I found the 100% negative Wonderland to be rather unrealistic.
But then again, we ARE talking about an Alice in Wonderland satire/parody here, so unrealistic should be the immediate definition of the story.
Certainly not for everyone, but if you can put up with excessive ten-year-old humor, gore and violence (think zombie massacres), and want a demented-ish parody of a world with no Internet, then you MAY want to pick this up. Not saying you should, though, but if you're curious, give it a shot.
Picked up when it was a Kindle freebie.
The book starts out well, establishing the three main groups of characters that the narrative alternates between throughout the book--Brent the IT guy and Mickey the security guard, the Downriver Boys (and Girl)--a diverse, quirky group of homeless characters, and the online gaming addicted Molly.
Long story short, the Internet breaks down and society goes berserk... described very overly so, in the exaggerated satirical style you'd expect in a book like this. Our main characters are all determined to not go batshit crazy like everyone else and get the Internet back. This includes traveling through various odd "rabbit holes" into "Wonderland" masquerading as the Internet. Yes, the Internet is Wonderland.
It's a great premise and the characters are well written and generally likeable/amusing, but at the same time it's incredibly crass and lewd... you know, that ten-year-old sense of humor towards anything that involves any sort of body function, only this is a bit (key words: "a bit") more grown up. Although I tolerated it, it was excessive in parts and it got old really quickly. The first couple of jokes were amusing, but after the umpteenth time talking about horny trolls and the Cheshire Pimp and ogre dung, it was annoying and pointless. I certainly don't mind some crass humor here and there, but this was to the point where it simply just got kinda gross, it was so overdone.
I understood the point--the Internet Wonderland is full of trolls and porn and credit-card stealing sparrow men, just like the real Internet is--there were no redeeming qualities to the Internet Wonderland. It focused solely on the downsides of the Interwebs, and I found the 100% negative Wonderland to be rather unrealistic.
But then again, we ARE talking about an Alice in Wonderland satire/parody here, so unrealistic should be the immediate definition of the story.
Certainly not for everyone, but if you can put up with excessive ten-year-old humor, gore and violence (think zombie massacres), and want a demented-ish parody of a world with no Internet, then you MAY want to pick this up. Not saying you should, though, but if you're curious, give it a shot.
Picked up when it was a Kindle freebie.
June 25, 2013
The Missing Link is a fun, quick read, and is probably most amusing to those of us that are becoming increasingly annoyed at the amount of technology in our daily lives. When the internet "breaks" in the first chapter, chaos ensues: people lose their minds when they can't find a cellphone signal, drive in to buildings when GPS stops working, etc.
The story bounces between three points of view - a band of homeless in Chicago (the real heroes of the story), a pair of men from Denver who are searching for a missing girlfriend, who, as discovered in the third storyline, has been sucked into the internet itself (which is like a demented Wonderland-type world). Though seemingly random and, at times, entirely silly, all three story lines do eventually converge into a satisfying ending. But the reader has to first go on quite the twisty adventure to get there.
Overall, an entertaining read, but one not to be taken too seriously.
(Note on rating - I gave this book 3 stars here, meaning "I like it" ... on Amazon 3 stars means "it was okay" so I bumped it up to 4 stars for that site's ratings)
The story bounces between three points of view - a band of homeless in Chicago (the real heroes of the story), a pair of men from Denver who are searching for a missing girlfriend, who, as discovered in the third storyline, has been sucked into the internet itself (which is like a demented Wonderland-type world). Though seemingly random and, at times, entirely silly, all three story lines do eventually converge into a satisfying ending. But the reader has to first go on quite the twisty adventure to get there.
Overall, an entertaining read, but one not to be taken too seriously.
(Note on rating - I gave this book 3 stars here, meaning "I like it" ... on Amazon 3 stars means "it was okay" so I bumped it up to 4 stars for that site's ratings)
February 4, 2013
What would you do if the Internet suddenly vanished?
The world has ended, people are rioting in the streets, nothing works anymore. All because the Internet is gone. To make matters worse strange creatures from another dimension have come to invade the world. It's really more than a lowly IT guy can handle.
This book provides an interesting and funny take on what would happen if our tech-happy world was suddenly thrown into chaos. Losing the Internet is a horror beyond imaging, and the terrifying tongue-in-cheek Wonderland included in this tale just goes to show that in some cases that lose might be for the best.
A hillarious tale for those looking for a quick slice of the insanity that is the Internet; and all in handy book-form.
The world has ended, people are rioting in the streets, nothing works anymore. All because the Internet is gone. To make matters worse strange creatures from another dimension have come to invade the world. It's really more than a lowly IT guy can handle.
This book provides an interesting and funny take on what would happen if our tech-happy world was suddenly thrown into chaos. Losing the Internet is a horror beyond imaging, and the terrifying tongue-in-cheek Wonderland included in this tale just goes to show that in some cases that lose might be for the best.
A hillarious tale for those looking for a quick slice of the insanity that is the Internet; and all in handy book-form.
March 28, 2013
I was happy when I won this book thru a goodreads giveaway. This isn't normally the type of book I would choose to read and that's why I tried to win it. I wanted something out of my comfort zone and book that would expose me to something different. This book did not disappoint! I'll admit to being lost at certain aspects of the book in the beginning but then suddenly, thru the author's writing- it clicked for me and I couldn't put the book down! I have read other books written by two others and the writing seems disjointed. Not so, with this gem. The book clipped along at smooth pace and the story line was believable. I'm glad the author took a chance by sending me this book and I'm so glad I took a chance and read it.
January 6, 2013
I can see why this book might appeal to some people, but I didn't even crack the tiniest smile while reading. It was rude and vulgar, as I had read in some comments, but while many people mentioned its vulgarity and middle school humor, they failed to get across just how bad it was. I still have no idea what the plot was entirely (though I will admit that this could be due to my skipping pages ahead at a time because I just couldn't stand reading it any more.) Possibly the most pointless and disgusting thing I've ever read.
On that point, I can completely imagine people enjoying for exactly the reasons I hated it. Read at your own risk.
On that point, I can completely imagine people enjoying for exactly the reasons I hated it. Read at your own risk.
December 26, 2013
I thoroughly enjoyed this book - an interesting apocalyptic concept based on the internet brought to life. The writing and characterization were very well done and I could hardly put the book down for wanting to find out how the groups of 'heroes' would fare against the 'monsters'. The only minor criticism was that on occasions the detail was slightly too graphic and interspersed with unnecessary swear words. Perhaps this was done for effect, but I found it disturbing - I would have given the book 5 stars if not for this.
Overall a very good book, well worth reading.
Overall a very good book, well worth reading.
August 12, 2016
I'm always intrigued by retellings of Alice in Wonderland and couldn't wait to dig into this story.
I wanted to like this book but it's pace kept me from coming back for more very fast. My inner 14 year old grew tired of the jokes wondering how it is that you can get stuck in shit so many times. This was a great concept, , that missed the mark. The crew of homeless characters, particularly Wignut Sally kept me reading on.
I wanted to like this book but it's pace kept me from coming back for more very fast. My inner 14 year old grew tired of the jokes wondering how it is that you can get stuck in shit so many times. This was a great concept, , that missed the mark. The crew of homeless characters, particularly Wignut Sally kept me reading on.
October 11, 2014
This book surpassed my expectations a lot! The premise is twofold: 1) The internet dies, and the world is immediately plunged into (fairly hilarious) chaos, and 2) Some characters are brought into an Alice-style "wonderland," which is actually the internet. Hijinks ensue, etc. Cleverly conceived, well-written, thoroughly fleshed-out characters, occasionally laugh-out-loud funny! Highly recommended.
Vulgarity warning: They do go inside the internet, after all. It's not exactly a squeaky-clean place. No sex, but crass nudity and foul language scattered throughout.
Vulgarity warning: They do go inside the internet, after all. It's not exactly a squeaky-clean place. No sex, but crass nudity and foul language scattered throughout.
May 13, 2012
This book was awesome! As a reader of their web-comic blog, [www.abeerfortheshower.com], I knew what I was in for as far as the writing style and humor. Even still, it was more than I expected. They jump right into the chaos of a world without internet and infuse it with Alice in Wonderland and Wizard of Oz analogies which are very well done. While reading I kept seeing the mental images of the characters and events. This book is perfect for a Syfy movie!
November 10, 2014
This book was really back and forth for me, only managing to hold my attention for short periods. I felt like it was really drawn out, and would have been better as a shorter story. The authors also have a very dark sense of humor, and some of it I wouldn't even call humor as much as being crude. Not a book for those who get offended easily. Over all the book had a good concept but was just not something I could get into.
December 16, 2015
I feel I started to love to hate this book, but it turned around again. I quite enjoyed it. The big, fat analogy of all the inner workings and problems with how we interact online and with each other really appealed to me, so it hooked me to the very end. I have loads of questions in terms of where things ended up, but I believe that's a good thing to keep you wanting more. Especially because it's the authors' first book, they did really well.
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February 19, 2012
I couldn't enjoy all of it-- I definitely skimmed through the crasser and grosser parts. But it was funny and, as good satire should be, slightly disturbing because things could just happen that way... at least sort of.
May 19, 2012
I liked it a lot. It was fun, and not serious, but did have a lot of different things coming together. Still an awesome and funny read, and so much clever dialogue and descriptive writing. If you like silly and funny, with a crazy plot, you'll love this.
May 19, 2012
Absolutely crude, funny, ridiculous, crazy, amazing. loved it!
December 24, 2012
I just couldn't get into this book. Too many pointless sexual references and too much like Alice and wonderland.
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December 21, 2012Kindle freebie, 12/21/12
January 24, 2013
Could not finish it. Got a quarter through it and it was way too stupid to bother reading.
July 13, 2016
A fun and insane look at the Internet breaking and Alice in Wonderland breaking through to the real world.
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