Without One

by Hans Ostrom

In the near future, a bizarre new microbial epidemic strikes. Soon there's something wrong with a lot of men: their penises are falling off. WITHOUT ONE recounts the effects of RAPIDS--Rapid Penile Degeneration Syndrome--on society, relationships, politics, media, medicine, and masculinity. Mixing comedy, satire, farce, and pathos, WITHOUT ONE blends elements of Jonathan Swift, Daniel Defoe Michael Crichton, and Chuck Palahniuk. We follow the intertwined stories of early sufferers, researchers, doctors, activists, and conspiracy theorists in a fast-paced tale that leads all the way to the White House. . . . Author Hans Ostrom's previous novels are THREE TO GET READY and HONORING JUANITA.

251 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2012

About the author

Bookworm, indiscriminate reader, poet, scholar, blah, blah. Most recent book is Forgotten African American Firsts: An Encyclopedia of Pioneering History, ABC-CLIO/Bloomsbury Publishers, 2023, which won an award from a division of the American Library Association for encyclopedias appropriate for small and medium sized libraries. Written with J. David Macey. Novels: Three to Get Ready (procedural mystery), Honoring Juanita (contemporary/historical fiction, environmental and ethnic themes), and Without One (bizarre medical thriller/satire). Books of of poetry: The Coast Starlight and Clear a Place for Good. Book about writing: With Katharine Haake and Wendy Bishop, Metro: Journeys in Writing Creatively. Two books about the work of Langston Hughes, and with J. David Macey, The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Literature (5 volumes). I write screenplays and am on IMDB. Working on a memoir about growing up in a micro-town in the High Sierra.

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[Hans Ostrom · Rating 4 out of 5]

from amazon.com: "In the near future, a bizarre new microbial epidemic strikes. Soon there's something wrong with a lot of men: their penises are falling off. WITHOUT ONE recounts the effects of RAPIDS--Rapid Penile Degeneration Syndrome--on society, relationships, politics, media, medicine, and masculinity. Mixing comedy, satire, farce, and pathos, WITHOUT ONE blends elements of Jonathan Swift, Daniel Defoe Michael Crichton, and Chuck Palahniuk. We follow the intertwined stories of early sufferers, researchers, doctors, activists, and conspiracy theorists in a fast-paced tale that leads all the way to the White House. . . . Author Hans Ostrom's previous novels are THREE TO GET READY and HONORING JUANITA. "