Greed Sloth Arrogance and Shame

by J.I. Greco

Near omnipotent tyrants returned from the dead. Cyborg ennui. Human brains in alien pets. Alien invasions through capitalism. Self-dissection and pleasure nanomachines. Slave-owning robots. Squirrels and pigeons at war. All that and more in nine darkly comic science fiction stories of greed, sloth, arrogance, and shame from J.I.Greco, the author of Take the All-Mart! and its sequel, We're Going to War!

This 48,000-word short story collection contains the stories: Mondo Heetze, American Suicidal, When the Squirrels and Pigeons Had a War, Edgy and the Void, The Creditors, Salona Rex, Second Unit, Dissecting Henries, and Helmet Time.

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First published March 18, 2011

About the author

J.I.Greco—science fictionalist, aspiring reprobate, and gentleman curmudgeon—writes and doodles hunkered deep underground in a psychic-proof bunker while his wife, son, and indentured cats blithely frolic on the surface above in the post-apocalyptic wasteland that is southwestern Ohio. Rumors that he is a Writerbot Model 9000 robot have never been fully disproved.

Reviews

[Brandy Hunt · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a loosely connected set of short stories set in the future. Mostly dystopian, these stories are mostly sci fi with some horror elements scattered in. The author's take on modern culture and how it might be repesented in the future was both hilarious and horrific.

I loved it from beginning to end.