Leather to the Corinthians by Tom Lucas
The Book Blogger Fair is Underway! Guest Post from Tom Lucas
- Give Me My Salvation!
An Apocalyptic War between Fast Food and Free Will Arises!
Synopsis
Gather
round all you tattooed, lost soul wandering, Wi-Fi/Lo-Fi mutants!
Come! Come
listen
to the hypnotic beat of my drum! Join me on trip to the Village, a
strange and
surreal
place, where an epic battle will determine the fate of the human
race! The
GENERAL
is determined to win this war as the insane clown insurgent wants to
settle
a
score! He’s got a bone to pick with his nemesis the KING, the mad
ruler of the
Village
who only cares about celebrity status and bling! You will meet a
young
SOLDIER,
who fights to survive the melee, as he loses his humanity along the
way!
Leather
to the Corinthians is an absurd postmodern fable that defiantly flips
a middle
finger
at modern American life. Through the perspectives of its multiple
characters, it
explores
the absurdities of organized religion, the military, big business,
fast food,
advertising,
sex, and the media. Witty, with bitter undertones, its story
possesses a
satirical
spirit as it plays with traditional story structure, phrasing and
cultural
references.
Its multiple layers encourage return visits as its characters have
many
more
unique tales to tell.
Learn
more about Tom Lucas by visiting his blog: www.readtomlucas.com
Paperback:
6x9 Pages: 284 ISBN-10: 0988526107 ISBN-13: 978-0988526105
LCCN:
2012919854 Language: English List Price: $12.99
Copyright
2012,Tom Lucas; First Edition BISAC: Fiction/ Science
Fiction/Apocalyptic &
Post-Apocalyptic;
Fiction/Science Fiction/Military; Fiction/Dystopian; Fiction/Satire
Release:
December 2012
Excerpts
“The
King untied his cheesy cape and removed his fake beard. Strangely,
suspenseful music began playing through the castle's public
address
system. Stripping down to his fresh underwear, the King then bolted
down the dimly lit hall to the escape pod at its end.
Popping
the pod's stay-fresh seal, the King snuggled into its cockpit. Years
of preparation led him through the launch procedures and
soon
the pod was airborne, flying through the hazy sky.”
“With
the high holiday of Yeaster quickly approaching, Father Everhard
contacted his publicist in order to promote his latest production
of
The Passion Play of the Red J. As the highest ranking local
representative of the faith, it was Everhard's job to create big
attendance
numbers for a stellar performance…. Father Everhard stood up in the
green room of the Village's favorite religious squawk
shows,
From Nuts to God. Each week several handfuls of viewers tuned in for
redemption and other valuable prizes.”
“ConPollo
held a meeting with his new team. As he sat before his troops, he
pondered the mission that they were about to
undertake…The
screaming throng of actors who, of course, really wanted to direct,
stormed off towards their target. ConPollo sprinted
after
them to keep up. It was all he could do to follow his highly
energized method actor army.”
“The
Soldier was now truly sentient...His brain was flooded with sensory
information. His eyes viewed an H.U.D. that provided him
with
layer upon layer of information….His mind seemed to move more
quickly, its ability to analyze stimulus was far beyond its normal
scope.
In what would have taken minutes to sort out before, occurred in
milliseconds for him now.”
“The
Sixth and final Seal is the big doozy, the ultimate kick in the
pants: the Take-Me-Away-Born-Again Rapture Fiesta. At this point
nothing
matters— steal a TV…return your movies late…eat fatty foods…act
like Scott Baio in the morning… the President will
announce
full disclosure…there is a freaking meteor about to hit Earth and
life expectancy has gone from 74.5 years to roughly ten
minutes
or so.”
Praise
for “Leather to the Corinthians”
"
A perceptual Pandora's Box cracks open as one gets a sense of being
transported into a surreal, video game-like, sci-fi
world
where consumption and confusion rule...A cerebral roller coaster ride
that keeps readers on their temporal toes!" -
Between
the Lines
"Hunter
S. Thompson meets Monty Python meets the Marx Brothers meets Naked
Lunch...A punning pastiche of the
verbal
kitsch of late twentieth/early twenty-first century America" –
IndieReader
"Leather
to the Corinthians is a relentless and sprawling metalingual allegory
reminding us to step back and examine our
fast-food
culture, and insta-grab reflexes." - Z. Massad
"Leather
to the Corinthians" is like a slightly more coherent and tightly
structured Naked Lunch, infused with the same
kind
of surreal satire and black comedy that William Burroughs so
brilliantly employed.” -M. Seminara
"Leather
is an all-purpose tome for the jaded, overworked, underpaid, and
exhausted members of society…. An
interesting
mix of sci-fi and satire makes this a book that could become the next
cult classic!” -V Janik
About
the Author
“Leather
to the Corinthians is my response to an insane world. I was not born
into an influential family. I am not a
member
of the Star Chamber. I don't have many opportunities to directly
create change. I do have my voice, and that is
what
I have chosen to use. If you are fed up with the ridiculousness of
big business, politics, mass media, fast food,
organized
religion, et al...if you enjoy underhanded satire, science fiction,
fantasy, the surreal, comic books, video
games,
and a good laugh -- you'll dig my book.” -Tom Lucas
Official
Websites:
Blog:
www.readtomlucas.com
Twitter:
@readtomlucas
Facebook:
Tom
Lucas (author)
Fan-Demonium:
www.churchofthebigredj.com
Videos
& Multimedia:
Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/user/Room1331
Soundcloud:
https://soundcloud.com/readtomlucas
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