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Future Failure 1: The Gore Lounge
The human race is about to take part in the ultimate reality show. The following show will feature the bloody and graphic genocide of the human race. You are about to watch ‘The Gore Lounge’.
This will surely be a hit with all viewers; we have jeopardy, sex, serial killers, mutants, aliens, and lots of zombies.
So why not sit back and relax and watch the bloody demise of humanity?
Welcome to the future.
Welcome to Paradise
THE GORE LOUNGE is Network 78758/22 biggest hit. Watch the Gore Lounge on your psyvis equipment and join the reality sensation.
Network 78758/22 is a government backed TV network and is therefore absolved from lawsuits, federal investigation and the penal code.
All citizens who die in the making of the Gore Lounge have signed a Level 93/00/1* final testament form and therefore their deaths count as suicide.
All humans harmed in the making of this programme were denied legal status.
This will surely be a hit with all viewers; we have jeopardy, sex, serial killers, mutants, aliens, and lots of zombies.
So why not sit back and relax and watch the bloody demise of humanity?
Welcome to the future.
Welcome to Paradise
THE GORE LOUNGE is Network 78758/22 biggest hit. Watch the Gore Lounge on your psyvis equipment and join the reality sensation.
Network 78758/22 is a government backed TV network and is therefore absolved from lawsuits, federal investigation and the penal code.
All citizens who die in the making of the Gore Lounge have signed a Level 93/00/1* final testament form and therefore their deaths count as suicide.
All humans harmed in the making of this programme were denied legal status.
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264 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 16, 2014
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August 21, 2016
****4 Gory Stars****
Sit Back.....You are about to watch ‘The Gore Lounge’
With jeopardy, sex, serial killers, mutants, aliens, and lots of zombies.......this was not my usual type of read, but hey....I'll try anything once.
I was pleasantly surprised I enjoyed this extremely wacky, darkly humorous, demise of mankind!!
Sit Back.....You are about to watch ‘The Gore Lounge’
With jeopardy, sex, serial killers, mutants, aliens, and lots of zombies.......this was not my usual type of read, but hey....I'll try anything once.
I was pleasantly surprised I enjoyed this extremely wacky, darkly humorous, demise of mankind!!
July 19, 2017
This is definitely a hard book to summarize. LOL Essentially, it is zombies, nuclear radiation, serial killers as Presidents, giant evolved rats, cloning, the multiverse and ultimately the end of the world(s). You rarely know what is coming next on this ride or where you are going. It is also a commentary on our media culture and so many other social and political things. AND it is FUNNY!
April 11, 2017
The gore lounge is not a book that I would normally read. I generally do not read books in this genre because well - I am not quite sure what the genre is. Is it horror? Yes, Is it about the apocalypse? Is it a political commentary? Is it science fiction? Is it speculative fiction? Most likely it is speculative fiction more than anything else.
This book is bizarre but I believe it is written to be that way. A lot of creative thinking and imagination went into the writing of this book. Although it was not a book that I would normally read, it gets points for being creative and strangely engaging. Books that are too far off the beaten path or too bizarre are not really my cup of tea, but I found that although this book was bizarre, I had to keep reading to see where the Author was going with his story. There is definitely an audience for this book. While reading this book, I thought of another Author who writes bizarre, creative and somewhat disturbing books (Wol-vriey). I think fans of his will enjoy this Author's book much more than I did.
The Author has created a world where serial killers are in charge and running things. Where people are voluntarily killed and eaten on a game show by zombies as a form of entertainment. Where a disturbed show producer clones himself and a popular show host finds love, or is it just lust, with a child killer. The book has various parts and I found the first part to be my favorite part.
Strange? Yes! The world is being overtaken by zombies and there are those looking to make a profit on it and use the demise of civilization as a form of entertainment.
I think this book will be best enjoyed by those who enjoy a blending of genres, who like a little humor with their horror, some bizarre and crazy with their fiction.
I received a copy of this book from the Author in exchange for an honest review.
See more of my reviews at www.openbookpost.com
This book is bizarre but I believe it is written to be that way. A lot of creative thinking and imagination went into the writing of this book. Although it was not a book that I would normally read, it gets points for being creative and strangely engaging. Books that are too far off the beaten path or too bizarre are not really my cup of tea, but I found that although this book was bizarre, I had to keep reading to see where the Author was going with his story. There is definitely an audience for this book. While reading this book, I thought of another Author who writes bizarre, creative and somewhat disturbing books (Wol-vriey). I think fans of his will enjoy this Author's book much more than I did.
The Author has created a world where serial killers are in charge and running things. Where people are voluntarily killed and eaten on a game show by zombies as a form of entertainment. Where a disturbed show producer clones himself and a popular show host finds love, or is it just lust, with a child killer. The book has various parts and I found the first part to be my favorite part.
Strange? Yes! The world is being overtaken by zombies and there are those looking to make a profit on it and use the demise of civilization as a form of entertainment.
I think this book will be best enjoyed by those who enjoy a blending of genres, who like a little humor with their horror, some bizarre and crazy with their fiction.
I received a copy of this book from the Author in exchange for an honest review.
See more of my reviews at www.openbookpost.com
May 23, 2017
I was given this book in exchange for a review!
I enjoyed the most important thing about this novel - there are no good guys. Nothing is black and white and you don't feel yourself hoping that someone wins. Every character has their faults and every character has succumbed to the way society has fallen since the zombie apocalypse.
This means that when no characters have a good ending and it feels good. As a reader, you want them to die because there's a part of you that feels like they deserve it. Therefore it proves that we humans aren't that far from being like the people in this novel.
I liked the serial killers in the novel such as Ted Bundy and Jeffrey Dahmer. Jeffrey Dahmer, especially, was an easy favourite of mine. Society had fallen so much that Dahmer's lifestyle had become the norm and he grew to resent that. He was no longer unique or alone.
The creation of human Gods throughout the novel was also a great aspect. If the world was being destroyed, why not try to become the best of the best? Who wouldn't want to be remembered as a human God?
The Rat King made me laugh. That touch of humour made me grin. It reminded me of The Nutcracker.
Some of the descriptions were simply beautiful. Sometimes I'd find myself re-reading a paragraph because of how well something was described. I love being able to do that when reading.
For the things I didn't like so much - which is the reason why this novel lost two stars - were based on a few basic mistakes that are easy to fix. The story being non-linear was fine, as I love a book that breaks the rules, but it fell into a pattern of having to explain too much as we jumped around. Characters were left to explain what was going on and in every chapter the society was repeatedly described. I want to be shown, not told! I was told so many times that pornography was everywhere, yet never really saw it in many of the scenes! Sexual immorality was apparently on the rise but the worst thing was one of the characters cheating on his wife - but that's not an uncommon thing to happen in the celebrity world nowadays let alone in the future.
Another thing that bothered me was that everything fell into place TOO well. Next was in the exact spot to meet Adam, or Sterily Beryl was doing something that just happened to lead her to another thing. It was too perfect - no accidents.
The amount of sudden deaths also left me reeling. Suddenly someone would have a seizure, or be stabbed, and that would be that of the character. I fell like this could have been more well done that would have left the reader feeling surprised or excited when it really left me feeling apathetic. It meant I couldn't allow myself to grow attached to any of the characters and therefore built no bond with the book which was a shame - because as a reader that's the number one thing you want to do.
I enjoyed the most important thing about this novel - there are no good guys. Nothing is black and white and you don't feel yourself hoping that someone wins. Every character has their faults and every character has succumbed to the way society has fallen since the zombie apocalypse.
This means that when no characters have a good ending and it feels good. As a reader, you want them to die because there's a part of you that feels like they deserve it. Therefore it proves that we humans aren't that far from being like the people in this novel.
I liked the serial killers in the novel such as Ted Bundy and Jeffrey Dahmer. Jeffrey Dahmer, especially, was an easy favourite of mine. Society had fallen so much that Dahmer's lifestyle had become the norm and he grew to resent that. He was no longer unique or alone.
The creation of human Gods throughout the novel was also a great aspect. If the world was being destroyed, why not try to become the best of the best? Who wouldn't want to be remembered as a human God?
The Rat King made me laugh. That touch of humour made me grin. It reminded me of The Nutcracker.
Some of the descriptions were simply beautiful. Sometimes I'd find myself re-reading a paragraph because of how well something was described. I love being able to do that when reading.
For the things I didn't like so much - which is the reason why this novel lost two stars - were based on a few basic mistakes that are easy to fix. The story being non-linear was fine, as I love a book that breaks the rules, but it fell into a pattern of having to explain too much as we jumped around. Characters were left to explain what was going on and in every chapter the society was repeatedly described. I want to be shown, not told! I was told so many times that pornography was everywhere, yet never really saw it in many of the scenes! Sexual immorality was apparently on the rise but the worst thing was one of the characters cheating on his wife - but that's not an uncommon thing to happen in the celebrity world nowadays let alone in the future.
Another thing that bothered me was that everything fell into place TOO well. Next was in the exact spot to meet Adam, or Sterily Beryl was doing something that just happened to lead her to another thing. It was too perfect - no accidents.
The amount of sudden deaths also left me reeling. Suddenly someone would have a seizure, or be stabbed, and that would be that of the character. I fell like this could have been more well done that would have left the reader feeling surprised or excited when it really left me feeling apathetic. It meant I couldn't allow myself to grow attached to any of the characters and therefore built no bond with the book which was a shame - because as a reader that's the number one thing you want to do.
November 8, 2016
3.5/5
'The Gore Lounge' is never boring, I'll give it that.
Told in four parts, this bizarro tale explores every circle of despair imaginable with a drunk-out-of-its-mind grin on its face in an increasingly erratic downward spiral into utter insanity. That's both a good thing and a bad thing, kind of.
My favourite part of the four would definitely be the first. Not just because it feels the most focused, but also because I really enjoyed how it was all playing out. Picture the ending of 'Shaun of the Dead', where the last of the zombies are used for entertainment purposes on game shows and reality TV. Now picture that with a harsh 'RoboCop' edge, and you may get a basic idea of how 'Part I' felt to me. Its events were chaotic, but told in a way that was easy to understand. At this point, with the continued popularity of 'The Walking Dead' and other zombie shows, movies, books, comics, shirts, undies, keychains, etcetera--I'm sick to friggin' death of zombies. Despite my growing aversion to the now-overused trope of the flesh-eating undead, 'The Gore Lounge' at least had a unique little spin on it that kept me interested. After all, I used to wonder how a story about zombies being used to entertain the masses would play out thanks to 'Shaun of the Dead', and now I have my answer.
Aside from some editing errors and awkward sentence structuring that took me a bit out of the story a bit, and a few pacing issues here and there, the first part alone is five-star material--there is no question or doubt.
After the first part, however, things get a little scrambled.
Now, I'm not going to give anything away, but I will share my opinion on the last three quarters of the novel, which I enjoyed despite my problems with it.
First, the good: it's a funny coincidence how I read this during the course of the final week of the U.S. Election, since the use of television as a means to manipulate and control the masses with fear and hysteria were coming out in full effect on the 24/7 news. Terrorist attack warnings, racial tensions, and the like all being thrown at us through our televisions. My new co-worker/supervisor, said it perfectly: "Forget the nuke--the television is the greatest weapon in the history of mankind."
The fact that 'The Gore Lounge' just happened to be the book I picked up around this time is a fascinating coincidence, since everything I just described in the previous paragraph is a prevalent theme that is handled quite well within its pages. Obviously, it explores other things--things that are already wrong with today's society, cranked up to 15 in a gloriously exaggerated manner.
And while its over-the-top extremities and exaggerations are fun, 'The Gore Lounge' often falls into a state of narrative disarray by throwing way too many new things at us at once come 'Part II'. It gets cluttered, overloaded with so many revelations and twists and turns from three or four or even five different party perspectives. It gets to the point where it begins to read less like a story and more like a text book about some alternate history that we should all be glad never happened due to how freaking horrifying it would be. Genocide, mutants, rats, multiverses, and I'm pretty sure a few races go extinct more than once thanks to the aforementioned multiverses. Despite the suddenness and jumbled structure of the last three parts, the book as a whole is nonetheless an enjoyable whirlwind of depraved, ultra-violent, hyper-sexual insanity.
Any author who can write about thehorrific, disgusting things that are described throughout this book while maintaining a sense of humour that's dryer than a dusty corpse definitely deserves a second look.
'The Gore Lounge' is never boring, I'll give it that.
Told in four parts, this bizarro tale explores every circle of despair imaginable with a drunk-out-of-its-mind grin on its face in an increasingly erratic downward spiral into utter insanity. That's both a good thing and a bad thing, kind of.
My favourite part of the four would definitely be the first. Not just because it feels the most focused, but also because I really enjoyed how it was all playing out. Picture the ending of 'Shaun of the Dead', where the last of the zombies are used for entertainment purposes on game shows and reality TV. Now picture that with a harsh 'RoboCop' edge, and you may get a basic idea of how 'Part I' felt to me. Its events were chaotic, but told in a way that was easy to understand. At this point, with the continued popularity of 'The Walking Dead' and other zombie shows, movies, books, comics, shirts, undies, keychains, etcetera--I'm sick to friggin' death of zombies. Despite my growing aversion to the now-overused trope of the flesh-eating undead, 'The Gore Lounge' at least had a unique little spin on it that kept me interested. After all, I used to wonder how a story about zombies being used to entertain the masses would play out thanks to 'Shaun of the Dead', and now I have my answer.
Aside from some editing errors and awkward sentence structuring that took me a bit out of the story a bit, and a few pacing issues here and there, the first part alone is five-star material--there is no question or doubt.
After the first part, however, things get a little scrambled.
Now, I'm not going to give anything away, but I will share my opinion on the last three quarters of the novel, which I enjoyed despite my problems with it.
First, the good: it's a funny coincidence how I read this during the course of the final week of the U.S. Election, since the use of television as a means to manipulate and control the masses with fear and hysteria were coming out in full effect on the 24/7 news. Terrorist attack warnings, racial tensions, and the like all being thrown at us through our televisions. My new co-worker/supervisor, said it perfectly: "Forget the nuke--the television is the greatest weapon in the history of mankind."
The fact that 'The Gore Lounge' just happened to be the book I picked up around this time is a fascinating coincidence, since everything I just described in the previous paragraph is a prevalent theme that is handled quite well within its pages. Obviously, it explores other things--things that are already wrong with today's society, cranked up to 15 in a gloriously exaggerated manner.
And while its over-the-top extremities and exaggerations are fun, 'The Gore Lounge' often falls into a state of narrative disarray by throwing way too many new things at us at once come 'Part II'. It gets cluttered, overloaded with so many revelations and twists and turns from three or four or even five different party perspectives. It gets to the point where it begins to read less like a story and more like a text book about some alternate history that we should all be glad never happened due to how freaking horrifying it would be. Genocide, mutants, rats, multiverses, and I'm pretty sure a few races go extinct more than once thanks to the aforementioned multiverses. Despite the suddenness and jumbled structure of the last three parts, the book as a whole is nonetheless an enjoyable whirlwind of depraved, ultra-violent, hyper-sexual insanity.
Any author who can write about thehorrific, disgusting things that are described throughout this book while maintaining a sense of humour that's dryer than a dusty corpse definitely deserves a second look.
February 6, 2017
What a ride! This book is insane!
Quite enjoyed it.
Quite enjoyed it.
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