Space Bush

by Andrew Armacost

About a year ago, Paul Miller woke up in a space ship. The way it happened was like this. Paul Miller and Fred Reap attempt to seduce a pair of twins but instead they find themselves abducted by aliens and sold into slavery. Their only hope at escape will be the sudden chance to participate in the intergalactic, Reality-TV-inspired SPACE BUSH contest during which Paul and Fred must bait and bed a host of extra-terrestrials for the brain-dead entertainment of an unseen audience. Along the way, Fred falls for a wily "sex-bot" modeled after the pop-star Rihanna. And their goal of winning the SPACE BUSH contest is further threatened when Paul meets Troo, a casual cannibal and remarkable poetess. Now these erstwhile misogynists are faced with a embrace these new possibilities or cling to what is dearest back on Earth? As the SPACE BUSH contest progresses, Paul Miller's narration of the duo's ongoing misadventures forms the basis of The Sex Addict's Guide to the Galaxy, a bizarro story of wretched excess, human folly, and body fluids. It's a tale that will take the reader on a darkly hilarious journey through the galaxy and, possibly, back to where it all a strip-mall in Indiana.

Genres: Science Fiction

218 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2012

About the author

Andrew Armacost studied literature and writing in Scotland at the University of Edinburgh after serving in the U.S. Navy, during which time he worked at sea and overseas, with long-term assignments to both Afghanistan and Singapore. Formerly a Corrections Officer for the State of Indiana, Mr. Armacost has also resided in Illinois, Ohio, Georgia, Florida, Japan and, most recently, California, where he currently lives with his family.

Reviews

[April Tolliver · Rating 3 out of 5]

I received this book for free in a goodreads drawing. for what it's worth, I rather liked this book. very frat boy, silly, and not a lot of development of the characters, but a decent short read. personally, I think if it were fleshed out more, more detail, and someone ran a spell check, this would be an excellent story.

[Glen · Rating 2 out of 5]

I won this book in a goodreads drawing.

I knew we were in trouble when the author goes out of his way to name check Fight Club. That's a sure sign of self conscious hipsterism, and that's what we get.

The plot is about a couple of guys who get abducted by aliens, and after being enslaved and wiping aliens' butts, get on a reality show with the premise of recording the guys getting laid by various species of aliens.

This could be fun, but instead, it was just lame. None of the sex scenes are at all erotic, nor are they humorous. I think the author tries to use some Jonathan Swift type scatalogical humor, but it mostly falls flat. There is also a curiously old fashioned theme to the story, right out of a 50s sleaze novel. Hedonism equals death. It seems odd to see such a message in a book like this.

Not great. To be honest, I'm unsure the author has ever really had sex before.

[Gary Carper · Rating 3 out of 5]

In all honesty. I actually enjoyed the book. As outlandish as it is. However. The book is rife with mispells. There is even a mispelled name on the cover.

The story revolves around 2 friends named Paul and Fred. Who are kidnapped and sole into slavery to a race of aliens. They escape, are enslaved again, and escape. Making their way to a contest where teams of 2 seduce their way across the galaxy.

Some of the planets and beings are quite well described and intriguing. And others are kinda... ick. Hell of an imagination went into writing this. Especially with the politics of all these different worlds.

Overall I give the story a 4. However the mispells and back and forth writing styles brought it back to a 3.