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Having Fun
Trapped in a hall of mirrors, waging a war against the people who sell dreams...
At the theme park, Greg loads people onto the Sheep Dip roller coaster. When the ride is over, he helps them off again. Some of them are laughing. Quite a few of them are wet. All of them are happy.
Greg is not happy, though. He's starting to realize that something is wrong at at the park. And not just here: something nasty is going on high up in the parent firm. There is poison in the theme parks, poison in the films and the TV shows, poison everywhere that the business has its fingerprints.
When Greg discovers the secret, he knows he must take action. But how can a lone theme-park worker hope to bring down a multinational entertainment corporation? And how will it help that his first move is to steal a giant cuddly pig costume with animatronic ears?
Having Fun is a gripping thriller, a fiendish puzzle, and a dark comedy. After reading it, you'll never look at a theme park in quite the same way again...
At the theme park, Greg loads people onto the Sheep Dip roller coaster. When the ride is over, he helps them off again. Some of them are laughing. Quite a few of them are wet. All of them are happy.
Greg is not happy, though. He's starting to realize that something is wrong at at the park. And not just here: something nasty is going on high up in the parent firm. There is poison in the theme parks, poison in the films and the TV shows, poison everywhere that the business has its fingerprints.
When Greg discovers the secret, he knows he must take action. But how can a lone theme-park worker hope to bring down a multinational entertainment corporation? And how will it help that his first move is to steal a giant cuddly pig costume with animatronic ears?
Having Fun is a gripping thriller, a fiendish puzzle, and a dark comedy. After reading it, you'll never look at a theme park in quite the same way again...
293 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 3, 2012
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Simon Kemp
25 books1 followerSimon Kemp is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand. His research interests include economic psychology, history of psychology, memory, and earthquake research.
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July 13, 2020
Fairly amusing story involving the power of big business and the media over children, and one man's attempt to get to the truth.
October 5, 2013
It took me a while to get into this book,but when I did I began to enjoy it.I think the ending let it down though.
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