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| Original Title: | The Postmortal |
| ISBN: | 0143119826 (ISBN13: 9780143119821) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | Arthur C. Clarke Award Nominee for Best Novel (2012), Philip K. Dick Award Nominee (2012) |
Drew Magary
Paperback | Pages: 369 pages Rating: 3.79 | 10249 Users | 1270 Reviews
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John Farrell is about to get "The Cure."Old age can never kill him now.
The only problem is, everything else still can...
Imagine a near future where a cure for aging is discovered and-after much political and moral debate-made available to people worldwide. Immortality, however, comes with its own unique problems-including evil green people, government euthanasia programs, a disturbing new religious cult, and other horrors.
Witty, eerie, and full of humanity, The Postmortal is an unforgettable thriller that envisions a pre-apocalyptic world so real that it is completely terrifying.
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| Title | : | The Postmortal |
| Author | : | Drew Magary |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 369 pages |
| Published | : | August 30th 2011 by Penguin Group USA |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Science Fiction. Dystopia. Fantasy |
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Ratings: 3.79 From 10249 Users | 1270 ReviewsEvaluate Based On Books The Postmortal
It's hard, with some books, to figure out what point on the five star scale to land on. This could have been a 2,3 or 4, so I've copped out a little and ended with a 3. The problem with the Postmortal, or the End Specialist as it is more appropriately named in the UK, is quite well illustrated by its two different titles. It's not quite able to be what it wants to be, which is the Postmortal - a fascinating, pragmatic and restrained deconstruction of a future where no one needs to get old and
I'm out of book reviewing shape (among other kinds of shape), and it's hard to get back into the swing of things (if there ever was a swing). I always have a number of false starts when trying to write reviews. I usually start off with an idea for a review only to grow frustrated and switch into adjectival blabber. So after three false starts let's see if I can get this thing reviewed. What would happen to our world when the cure for aging, and thus dying of old age, is commonly available? Would
I can't even finish this. It's told in short excerpts in the form of brief first person narratives, interviews, and little bullet point news articles. It's all watered down, in an internet styled format. This book is a great example of how much the internet has ruined things. I'm sure that this style appeals to lots of people, probably people who don't frequently read novels. Just not for me.
I was so excited to read this book, I guess it was almost inevitable that it would let me down. It was an amazingly quick read. I read it as an ebook so I don't really have an idea of how thick it is in print; I'm guessing rather thin. The book is written in the form of blog entries discovered long after the death of their author, and that central conceit is both instantly dated and gives the story no space. Because the idea of a blog is short pointed commentary, there's no room for
First of all, I have to say the choice of writing the book in the format of John's blog is just brilliant. It's an odd choice, stylistically, but it's incredibly effective here, giving a touch of realism we'd lose if Magary had gone with a more traditional first-person narrative.A lot of The Postmortal is bleak. This book doesn't think much of mankind (or anything else, really) and is more than willing to push that viewpoint at us. Given that Drew Magary has made a name for himself as a
Q:Death is the only thing keeping us in line. (c)Horrible and thought-provoking and horrible. Dreary world, filled to the brim with hordes of postmortal humans doing everything (like is usual for us) to make in inhabitable. Gawwwd! Will we ever build the freaking long-range spaceships to fling ourselves from this ovvercrowded earth?? I need me a good space tale to get the horrible visions from this book out of my head.Q:You can not hide from the world. It will find you. It always does. And now
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