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Summary: The future of the world is--Guam!
Review: This is another boonie dog book review from Wolfie and Kansas. We read "Bunny Modern" by David Bowman from a regional, rather than canine, perspective, because the book appears to be based in part upon a Guamanian riddle. Q: What did the ancient Chamorros (inidgenous inhabitants of Guam) use for light before they had candles? A: Electricty."Bunny Modern" is set in the New York City area in a postelectric future. Bowman's comic science fiction novel is premised upon a worldwide blackout caused by a "Morphic Aberration", rather than the typhoons and lack of maintenance on baseload generators that periodically leave Guam in the dark. Nonetheless, much of the portrayal of postelectric life in "Bunny Modern" rings true. Bowman's portrayal of the reaction when the lights finally came back on was very similar to the reaction of our noncanine animal companions of primate derivation when they recently got power back 32 days after Typhoon Paka. "Bunny Modern" is a book that will entertain readers in Guam, parts of Canada and New England, or any other place that has entered the post-electric age for an extended period of time.
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Summary: Really, really, really bad...
Review: This was just a really, really, really pointless and lousy book. trying so hard to be witty and edgy, but it comes across in a tinny "Reality Bites" vein of winona ryder waxing on the profoundity of a "Big Gulp" in a Gen X kind of way. mr. bowman will trash others' books in salon.com which i find absolutely laughable. this is quite possibly the worst book i have ever read, and i do not utter this phrase lightly. bottom line folks, there is a reason that this book is # 397,459 on the list... "the perfect gift for someone you don't like."
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Summary: Really, really, really bad...
Review: This was just a really, really, really pointless and lousy book. trying so hard to be witty and edgy, but it comes across in a tinny "Reality Bites" vein of winona ryder waxing on the profoundity of a "Big Gulp" in a Gen X kind of way. mr. bowman will trash others' books in salon.com which i find absolutely laughable. this is quite possibly the worst book i have ever read, and i do not utter this phrase lightly. bottom line folks, there is a reason that this book is # 397,459 on the list... "the perfect gift for someone you don't like."
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Summary: Bad news when the synopsis is more interesting than the book
Review: Vengeance, killer nannies, a future with no electricity--a great idea, but a suprisingly unintersting story in all. Bowman tried to be so "weird", the book was pretentious. As short as the book is, if my New Year's Resolution wasn't to finish every book I started, I never would have gotten past the second chapter. If nothing else the design cover is nice.
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Summary: original
Review: Well, this book came from a very strange place. I laughed quite a bit in the first few chapters. The premise is so original, I can see it as a bizarre video game. The writing style was better than average. More inteligent than the usual overly descriptive Sci Fi garble. Wit and unusual references to pop culture kept it interesting. My only problem with the novel was that as the story progressed, it kinda hit what seemed to be a phase of plot block. The environment and characters were so unique that even the author seemed lost as to where to take them. The end seemed contrived and forced. The book is worth sitting through the first half or so though. Like I said, it would make an imaginative and fierce video game. I can even see the nanny action figures and subsequent merchandising.
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Summary: Did I miss something?
Review: While the premise behind this book seemed to have all the makings of an imaginative, Kurt-Vonnegut-esque not-so-distant-future type story, the execution reminded me of a final project submitted for creative writing 101. The dialogue was totally forced, not to mention completely uninteresting. The anticlimax of the denoument was matched only by that of the storyline itself. The plot was shallow, the execution rushed and superficial, the characters completely unengaging and the style of the prose seemed to suggest that Bowman was TRYING to be provocative-- and failing miserably. The nuances of a modern society without electricity were the novels only redeeming qualities-- sort of intersting to think about what today's New York would look like power-less. But I'd rather sit through a blackout for 2 days then read Bunny Modern again.
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