This fierce, punchy novelette is is what we would get if Richard Bachman was still writing today during our social media age. It's reminiscent of his classic work in it's dystopian critique on society today. Hicks paints a picture of a world that's uncomfortably possible, where religious zealots and a rich family essentially take over America persecuting women, minorities, and homosexuals and where the masses morbidly watch poor people kill themselves on national primetime tv. It's passionate and well-written, and I love how it all took place in one room but you still got a sense of society outside. Using the increasing mob violence in the outside world really upped the tension. Good stuff.
GRADE: B+
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ReplyDeleteLike I said before, I love your site. I don't know how you find the time to read all that you do or how the heck you find all the stuff you do.
For what it is worth, I'd like to see you get added to more blogrolls and get more visitors to your blog so you'll stay encouraged to keep posting.
And the damn variety! Keep pluggin......
Eric
Thanks so much Eric! I mostly do this for fun and as a record for me and it's great to know It's great to know that people are reading this stuff and getting something from it!
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