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Summary: Right Behind: A Parody
Review: There is a fine line between satire and sneering, and Wilson has crossed it. The result is not even particularly funny. He would profit from studying the works of those papists Chesterton and Ronald Knox (or Swift, for that matter).
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Summary: Haha, YES!
Review: This book is absolutely awesome and hilarious! It's nice to actually see someone care about what is correct and not just look at the Scriptures with their viewpoints decided for them. (...)
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Summary: A Chuckle of a Book
Review: This book is good. It pokes a little fun at some of the more laughable characteristics of modern evangelicalism, yet without being annoying. Many of the spoofs of scenes from Left Behind are absolutely rib-splitting -- the satire is truly successful. It wasn't the best-written book ever, but at least it wasn't as bad as LB (and the bad writing in many cases is probably just more satire). If you want a quick read, and a quick laugh, grab this chuckler. It's good.
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Summary: Hilarious & witty
Review: This book is hilarious and witty.It will be most appreciated by those who are irritated by the incredibly simplistic writing, lack of character development, and corny nature of the "Left Behind" series (though they are page-turners). But even those who have not read any of the "Left Behind" books will find some humor in this quick read. Wilson (and Mr. Sock) poke fun at not only the plot of the first (of 12!) "Left Behind" book, but at the practices of writing "bad endtimes" fiction. Some of my favorite bits were the ones that back away from the plot of the novel to examine the silliness of it all, such as when "Buff" argues with his editor about whether it's okay to use the same names that were used in the original novel, or if they'll all get sued for that. I'd recommend this to anybody who isn't so incredibly devoted to the "Left Behind" books that they'd be too put off by the humor of "Right Behind" to appreciate it.
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Summary: Hilarious & witty
Review: This book is hilarious and witty. It will be most appreciated by those who are irritated by the incredibly simplistic writing, lack of character development, and corny nature of the "Left Behind" series (though they are page-turners). But even those who have not read any of the "Left Behind" books will find some humor in this quick read. Wilson (and Mr. Sock) poke fun at not only the plot of the first (of 12!) "Left Behind" book, but at the practices of writing "bad endtimes" fiction. Some of my favorite bits were the ones that back away from the plot of the novel to examine the silliness of it all, such as when "Buff" argues with his editor about whether it's okay to use the same names that were used in the original novel, or if they'll all get sued for that. I'd recommend this to anybody who isn't so incredibly devoted to the "Left Behind" books that they'd be too put off by the humor of "Right Behind" to appreciate it.
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Summary: Raptured with laughter
Review: This book is outright hilarious. Finally someone has written a book that confronts the 'bumper-sticker' consumeristic mentality of mainstream Christianity. Teetering on the edge of cynicism, this book is a re-creation of the apocalyptic fiction of the first book in the Left Behind Series. If you've enjoyed Left Behind but didn't quite agree with everything or the way it's presented (OR you didn't enjoy Left Behind at all and wish you hadn't wasted the time to read it), then this book is for you. If you haven't read Left Behind, it won't make as much sense. If you're easily offended by sarcasm or people with different views, you might not want to read this book either. The message behind the mayhew, however, needs to be heard and embraced!
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Summary: HOGWASH
Review: This book ridicules the very series of books that God has given us to use as a tool to help lead others to Christianity. This book is something that I have found useful in helping to bring a number of friends to Christ. God has planted a seed with the LEFT BEHIND SERIES and that is something that should not be made fun of or overlooked. Overall I felt right behind was a book that makes fun of God and something he has used to bring many people to him.
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Summary: 7 years too late
Review: This book was priceless. True, its a whole 7 years too late in coming (sounds ominous, doesn't it? Isn't something supposed to happen seven years after the rapture spoken about in Left Behind? I guess this series hasn't been released in real time)... but hey, it needed to be written. I'll share some of my favorite passages: Page 19: "We left Buford surprised in the big tube part of the airplane. We join him again now. He walked out of the cockpit in time to suddenly see a woman walking toward him, but more importantly, towards the lav, which is what people in the know call the airline restrooms. She had the kind of look that attracts TV Baptists. Her hair was big, bleached, and beautiful. Her face was tastefully painted, and her outfit was a very classy evening dress. Buford smiled. For a split second he thought neither of Haddie nor his wife. His mind and eyes walked toward him in slow motion. Suddenly she was gone. Her dress was empty and it slid down onto the floor under a pile of blonde wig. Buford stopped. He was surprised. The people on either side of the aisle were surprised, at least those who were still there. Some of them had dissapeared as well." Page 30 and 31: "...there are only two options when writing apocalyptic literature," Buff said. "The first is as follows: When writing dialogue, at the end or in the middle of every line the author must insert the phrase 'he said', 'she said', or someone's name followed by the word 'said.' Of course, real authors of fiction prefer the word 'said' to all the many creative options that an amateur will come up with. But they will lace it through their dialogue, not distracting from what is being said by saying 'said,' but using it so the reader can keep track of the speaker. Only the good apolalyptic writer, or an eigth grader writing for an assignment, will give you the 'said' phrase following every speech. But there is also the other option. The second option is to leave the speaker completely unnamed. This is useful because he is it hip and keeps the reader interested, because he is always trying to discern the speaker. It goes something like this: 'Why?'
'What?'
'Where have you been?'
'Nowhere in particular. How is the Rapture treating you?'
'Well, the traffic is rough.'
'Is your mother still a masseuse?'
'Sure, you need a rubdown?'
'Are you ready for a physical relationship?'
'No.' "In this way the reader is forced to go back and count lines in order to discover the speaker." The humor extends to more serious points, which subtly point out the gross errors in dispensational eschatology and theology. Page 43 points out their neo-gnostic leanings: "She got on her knees and crawled to a window. It wouldn't open. In a last reaction against the evils of the material world, she kicked the glass and crawled out into the sky." Thankfully the author doesn't only parody the two dimensional characters and amateurish dialogues. He also points out the errors of dispensational theology and makes it fun to read about. Finally, since I've been among those who shakes his head when I see so many people reading the "Last Days Goofiness", I really needed to read this book to get a good laugh. The last book that I read that was even remotely funny was "An Objetive, Scholarly History of the Early Church" by Dave Hunt.
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Summary: upright funny
Review: this is a really funny book, i was luaghing non-stop.
great read.
i suggest u read left behind though bc if you don't u won't be "in" on some of the stuff and it'll be upright boring but funny book
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Summary: Finally, a reason to read Left Behind
Review: This is a very funny spoof of a poorly written book. If you want to know what the Good Book says about the end days, find a good church and/or bible study group. The Left Behind books should be just that, left behind at the bookstore. If want a good laugh, then read Right Behind. You'll pretty much know the Left Behind plot in 1/4th the pages. After reading Right Behind I decided to finally read Left Behind. I had seen stacks of them at the bookstore for quite some time. After reading the parody I had to read the original to see if there were any jokes I missed. I think the joke was the Left Behind series.
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