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Summary: she takes on a new personality and MO
Review: In The Steel Breakfast Era by CM3, we are presented with a gripping novel about the survival of the human race, as flesh is mutated into machines by tiny parasites. Ideas such as self mutilation, art form, society, and creation ethics are all subtle subtexts to this novel, which add depth and character to this bleak outlook on life itself. A very enjoyable novel, fast paced enough to keep you turning the page, but with enough raw emotional energy to make you think. The interesting plot twist at the end will have you wondering about humanity and begging to read more of CM3's works.The Decadent Return of the Hi-Fi Queen takes place in the ruins of society, where gang warfare has taken to the airwaves in hopes of gaining power over the masses. After her first brush with death, the Queen is transformed into a brand new creation by her marketing firm, where she takes on a new personality and MO. An interesting commentary about the state of electronic media and materialism plays a deep undercurrent throughout the text, and the evolution twist at the end of the story makes for a delightfully terrifying, yet tactfully refreshing read. A must read for any fan of the surreal/science fiction genre.
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Summary: Everyone beat me to it, but I've still gotta say it...
Review: The Steel Breakfast Era is awesome! Carlton Mellick's books feel more like movies than books when you read them because everything is so easily visualized in your mind, no matter how bizarre is is. This book reminded me of Frankenhooker, Tetsuo, Aeon Flux, and Dawn of the Dead rolled into a giant pizza called the Gologulator. Do yourself a favor and get a copy.
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Summary: Everyone beat me to it, but I've still gotta say it...
Review: The Steel Breakfast Era is awesome! Carlton Mellick's books feel more like movies than books when you read them because everything is so easily visualized in your mind, no matter how bizarre is is. This book reminded me of Frankenhooker, Tetsuo, Aeon Flux, and Dawn of the Dead rolled into a giant pizza called the Gologulator. Do yourself a favor and get a copy.
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Summary: Conjoined Twins of Terror
Review: This flip book, containing THE STEEL BREAKFAST era by Carlton Mellick III on one side and THE DECADENT RETURN OF THE HI-FI QUEEN AND HER EMBRYONIC REPTILE INFECTION (whew!) by Simon Logan on the other, is a double-barrel shotgun blast of futuristic insanity. Both novellas are a delight, and suck you entirely into their respective unsettling universes. Mellick's is the more surreal, a cross between the mechanized horror of the Japanese film TETSUO (IRONMAN) and the apocalyptic zombie-fest DAWN OF THE DEAD. He makes it work, and his main characters - however weird - are moving and oddly innocent. Simon Logan, the author of the stunning short-story collection I-O, delivers a blackly humorous, campy-fun tale that still takes some very biting swipes at corporate mentality. In his future world, even street gangs need PR agents and fashion consultants, and the ultimate aspiration is to make it into television - in a weirdly literal fashion. One (or two?) of the most enjoyable books I've read in some time! Raw, exciting imagination run wild.
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Summary: The Best In Bizarre Literature
Review: This is quite possibly one of my favorite books of all time. The Steel Breakfast Era is like... Dawn of the Dead meets Naked Lunch meets A Clockwork Orange, it's very funny, interesting, existential, scary, and bizarre at the same time.
Basically, if you enjoy: zombies, torture, sex, violence, post-modernism, true punk culture, good books, anything bizarre or crazy, buy this book. I swear, you will not regret it.
I'm really looking forward to this guy's next book. Five stars.
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