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Endtyme: My Apocalypse and Me
Conner was in the middle of the roughest of rough patches. A year after he lost his job, his wife walked out. This was followed by the loss of his car, apartment, hairline, personal hygiene, and dignity. He couldn’t even muster up enough funds to indulge in a reasonable mid-life crisis. One day he answers a mysterious “help wanted” ad and finds himself swept up in a world of prophecy, madness, dreams, regrets, and people with decidedly odd tastes in fashion. Can Conner save the world? Can he get the girl? Can he conquer his demons? Will he buy a new television? What’s with the sweatpants? At the end of days, all things are known.
213 pages, Paperback
First published May 1, 2013
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About the author
Matthew V. Lippart
3 books19 followersMatthew Lippart is an international educator, raconteur, one-move-dancer, and connoisseur of reasonably priced local beers. He has spent the last twelve years of life on this rather strange planet teaching Math, Literature, and Generalized Mischievousness in various sweaty places.
His thirst for adventure has taken him to New Mexico, Myanmar, and Taiwan. Matthew currently resides in Congo where he spends most of his time writing stories and dodging spider attacks. He holds the dubious honor of being the only person in the world to have released a death metal song as a cylindrical phonograph (at www.vulcanrecords.com).
He has previously published a book, The Learning Curve, and keeps an almost entirely true record of his adventures at his 85% scandal free blog, All the World’s a Rage (at www.alltheworldsarage.blogspot.com).
Currently he has various short stories and two novels for sale, the newest being Endtyme: My Apocalypse and Me. Check this page for frequent updates- every purchase entitles the buyer to a free beer at some nebulously defined point in space and time.
His thirst for adventure has taken him to New Mexico, Myanmar, and Taiwan. Matthew currently resides in Congo where he spends most of his time writing stories and dodging spider attacks. He holds the dubious honor of being the only person in the world to have released a death metal song as a cylindrical phonograph (at www.vulcanrecords.com).
He has previously published a book, The Learning Curve, and keeps an almost entirely true record of his adventures at his 85% scandal free blog, All the World’s a Rage (at www.alltheworldsarage.blogspot.com).
Currently he has various short stories and two novels for sale, the newest being Endtyme: My Apocalypse and Me. Check this page for frequent updates- every purchase entitles the buyer to a free beer at some nebulously defined point in space and time.
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July 7, 2013
Got this from a give away on Goodreads and thought that it was amazing.
It wasn't the type of story I thought it was going to be.
It was quite entertaining and fun to read.
It made me laugh and brightened my day.
The characters where amazing.
The plot was fantastic.
I enjoyed the writing style.
It was similar to James Patterson who I absolutely adore.
The chapters are one to four pages long when I first encountered this I didn't know how I felt about this but I actually don't mind it.
This book is definitely going on my favorites list of 13 books of 2013.
This book is a must read.
It wasn't the type of story I thought it was going to be.
It was quite entertaining and fun to read.
It made me laugh and brightened my day.
The characters where amazing.
The plot was fantastic.
I enjoyed the writing style.
It was similar to James Patterson who I absolutely adore.
The chapters are one to four pages long when I first encountered this I didn't know how I felt about this but I actually don't mind it.
This book is definitely going on my favorites list of 13 books of 2013.
This book is a must read.
June 24, 2013
Disclosure: I received this book free from bidding at Goodreads.
This was not what I expected; from the title I thought this would
be a parody of some kind on religion. It isn't.
What it is is a fantasy, and it deals with time, which is one of
my favorite themes of fantasy. The hero develops an ability to
see into the future and also to return to the past. This ability
develops as the story proceeds.
There is comic character, which adds some lightness to the book.
But in general the novel is rather serious. The descriptions of
the (alcoholic) hero and his drab apartment are good. The depiction
of his relationship with his ex-wife is quite poignant. The fantasy
dilemmas are well-stated: if one can see into the future, can you
change it? If you can change it, is it ethical to do so?
Eventually, the dilemmas become related to creation and world
dustruction. (Well, this is fantasy!)
This is a short novel - about 300 large-font pages with many
blank or partially blank pages at ends of frequent chapters.
The good part of this is there is not a lot of filler that
doesn't contribute to the plot.
As a college English major, I appreciate the author whose
vocabulary is bigger than mine. But I didn't like the multiple
typos - the kind that spellcheck doesn't catch. I would
gladly volunteer to edit the author's next book in order to
avoid these annoyances.
This was not what I expected; from the title I thought this would
be a parody of some kind on religion. It isn't.
What it is is a fantasy, and it deals with time, which is one of
my favorite themes of fantasy. The hero develops an ability to
see into the future and also to return to the past. This ability
develops as the story proceeds.
There is comic character, which adds some lightness to the book.
But in general the novel is rather serious. The descriptions of
the (alcoholic) hero and his drab apartment are good. The depiction
of his relationship with his ex-wife is quite poignant. The fantasy
dilemmas are well-stated: if one can see into the future, can you
change it? If you can change it, is it ethical to do so?
Eventually, the dilemmas become related to creation and world
dustruction. (Well, this is fantasy!)
This is a short novel - about 300 large-font pages with many
blank or partially blank pages at ends of frequent chapters.
The good part of this is there is not a lot of filler that
doesn't contribute to the plot.
As a college English major, I appreciate the author whose
vocabulary is bigger than mine. But I didn't like the multiple
typos - the kind that spellcheck doesn't catch. I would
gladly volunteer to edit the author's next book in order to
avoid these annoyances.
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