FantasticLand: A Novel
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.62 (551 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1510709444 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-01-08 |
| Language | : | English |
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This is worth the ride. UKMelia Mike Bockoven knows how to scare you - but not in the way you think. His brand of scary is the kind that sneaks up on you just before you fall asleep as you think about FantasticLand and the horrors that happened there. So maybe, don't read it before bed.In all seriousness, this is a story I couldn't put down. It's told through a series of interviews from people affected by what happened at FantasticLand, sort of in the st. I have not been so deeply engrossed in a novel I have not been so deeply engrossed in a novel in a very long time. I literally had to force myself to put it down at times. In vivid detail, the author creates a scenario that is horrifying and utterly terrifying because it is absolutely plausible. The story unfolds in a series of interviews, giving the reader a unique view into how and why these very average young people descended so quickly into violence and depravity.. Knockin' Books Blog said Smart scary, not gory scary. Highly recommend!. I haven’t read anything in the horror genre that doesn’t have the name Stephen King on it in years. I’m a romance reviewer. I generally stay in my nice, comfy, and-they-lived-happily-ever-after reading rut, and I like it there. But recently, the Design Dude here at Knockin’ Books challenged me to read some post-apocalypse fiction, and I loved it so much that when this book came along, my mind was ni
Mike Bockoven has made something at once merciless, terrifying, and curiously humane; but you should probably not go there after dark." Zack Handlen, the AV ClubFantasticland is one wild ride! Disaster and isolation ratchet up the tension, and a theme park descends into mayhem that is both engaging and thrilling. "Utterly horrifying and impossible to put downfor a dozen reasons, but most of all, for how plausible the whole thing feels. Do not read this book after eating."Rob Hart, author of the Anthony Award-nominated NEW YORKED "In clear, conversational prose, Fantasticland creates its world--and then carefully, horribly dismantles it. Put your hands up and plunge in!” Scott Seeke, author of Uncle Bush's Live Funeral, writer of the Sony film Get Lowthe juxtaposition of such senseless violence against th
If meticulously curated online personas can replace private identities, what takes over when those constructs are lost?FantasticLand is a modern take on Lord of the Flies meets Battle Royale that probes the consequences of a social civilization built online.Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade, Yucca, and Good Books imprints, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in fictionnovels, novellas, political and medical thrillers, comedy, satire, historical fiction, romance, erotic and love stories, mystery, classic literature, folklore and mythology, literary classics including Shakespeare, Dumas, Wilde, Cather, and much more. How could a group of survivors, mostly teenagers, commit such terrible acts?Presented as a fact-finding investigation and a series of first-person interviews, FantasticLand pieces together the grisly series of events. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.. Cut off from the world and left on their own, the teenagers soon form rival tribes who viciously compete for food, medicine, social dominance, and even human fles