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Deadish #2
Technically Dead
Cooper's dead. But what's a nerd to do when Heaven doesn't believe in technology, and hell's hotter than an overclocked CPU? Panicking and running away back to Earth seems a perfectly logical reaction, especially since his beloved computer hasn't come with him. Of course, what to do then is a bit of a puzzle that only Linda can solve...
This is a very short book - novelette length - around 10 000 words or 40 (print) pages.
DEAD(ish) books can be read as a series, beginning with DEAD(ish), or as stand-alone stories.
Warning: Contains frequent foul language, adult themes, nerd-speak and Aussie insults. Not suitable for children.
This is a very short book - novelette length - around 10 000 words or 40 (print) pages.
DEAD(ish) books can be read as a series, beginning with DEAD(ish), or as stand-alone stories.
Warning: Contains frequent foul language, adult themes, nerd-speak and Aussie insults. Not suitable for children.
51 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 28, 2010
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About the author
Naomi Kramer
32 books91 followersI grew up in a little country town called Walla Walla. A tiny place - about 600 people and a Lutheran church that, ironically, could seat all of them. Walla Walla had one big thing going for it - a lack of FUN trouble to get into. So when I was a kid, I spent most of my leisure time reading. And writing. And imagining weird stuff. I come by that talent naturally, you know - my mother has a nutty imagination and a nuttier sense of humour.
I grew up, moved to the Big Smoke, made a few dumb mistakes, grew up some more, and eventually realised that I'd always wanted to be a writer. So I started writing again. I wrote, and wrote, and eventually DEAD(ish) turned up in my head, almost fully-fledged, and I decided that Linda, Mike and Trent might just make me famous. *snicker*
I live in Brisbane, Queensland. I spend my days freelancing, writing books, and reading other people's books.
I'm a sucker for Katharine Kerr's Deverry series, Anne McCaffrey's Pern books, and Mercedes Lackey's everything. Less book-related - I'm a vegetarian, fierce feminist, and liberal christian. I wear my hair kd-lang-short, but usually brightly coloured.
I grew up, moved to the Big Smoke, made a few dumb mistakes, grew up some more, and eventually realised that I'd always wanted to be a writer. So I started writing again. I wrote, and wrote, and eventually DEAD(ish) turned up in my head, almost fully-fledged, and I decided that Linda, Mike and Trent might just make me famous. *snicker*
I live in Brisbane, Queensland. I spend my days freelancing, writing books, and reading other people's books.
I'm a sucker for Katharine Kerr's Deverry series, Anne McCaffrey's Pern books, and Mercedes Lackey's everything. Less book-related - I'm a vegetarian, fierce feminist, and liberal christian. I wear my hair kd-lang-short, but usually brightly coloured.
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October 30, 2023
Heaven?
This was a truly entertaining short story. I really liked the concept of being dead and yet acting alive. It was a truly excellent read that can be done in just an hour or so. It had all the things you expect from a story along with some mystery and intrigue. The afterlife can be whatever you need it to be. Heaven can be a tricky place. I'm looking forward to checking out some of their other books in the series.
This was a truly entertaining short story. I really liked the concept of being dead and yet acting alive. It was a truly excellent read that can be done in just an hour or so. It had all the things you expect from a story along with some mystery and intrigue. The afterlife can be whatever you need it to be. Heaven can be a tricky place. I'm looking forward to checking out some of their other books in the series.
November 7, 2010
Ok, This book was amazing. Being that I live in a house with 3, two who were addicted to World of Warcraft and the other who thinks the 360 game system is an extension of himself. Imaging Cooper in my head, was very easy. I totally related to this book. Well, I related to Linda, and I wanted to hug her through my ipod when she said those magic words. "Shit, This whole thing has just taken on a whole new level of stupid". This book made me laugh, and makes want to read more about Linda. For she, maybe my new BFF!
October 29, 2012
After reading DEAD(ish) Book 1 I immediately purchased the other two books of the series. I liked the concept of this book but really Cooper was way too whiny for me to be able to deal with. I still enjoyed the dark and crude humor that carried over from the first book but I didn't really care for the overall story or character development for this one. It felt really flat for me and I didn't feel any real emotion at the end of the story. I was just kind of glad I didn't have to read about Cooper anymore, he was just so annoying. My thoughts on Cooper, however, had nothing to do with his love for computers or that his heaven is inside a computer. Heaven is whatever you make it so I understand their "ruling" that Cooper is OK with where he is because at least he's moved on. I love the idea that the author wrote this story about a total nerd who is so into video games. But being a gamer myself and knowing many people who play the types of games that are referenced in this book, I found the stereotype gamer used in this story to be pretty insulting. Linda, however, was awesome and I loved her reactions to the stupidity that was Cooper. Because of that I completely related to her, I seriously just wanted to strangle Cooper through the whole story. Too bad he was already dead.
Conclusion:
Least favorite out of the three by far but would recommend it if you enjoyed the first one and would like to continue reading about Linda. Reading about her character alone makes up for my lack of interest in Cooper and for $.99 it really is worth it.
Conclusion:
Least favorite out of the three by far but would recommend it if you enjoyed the first one and would like to continue reading about Linda. Reading about her character alone makes up for my lack of interest in Cooper and for $.99 it really is worth it.
January 14, 2012
Cooper is dead, and finds himself at heaven’s gate – what a bore! Low-tech, wooden doors, acoustic instruments (harps, anyone?), and not a computer to be seen. So, back to Earth he goes – only, of course, he can’t interact with his computer, or talk to anyone … eventually he manages to turn on the TV. Good enough. Of course, that’s not OK with heaven – everyone needs an afterlife, even Cooper – so Linda is sent down to take him in hand and find out why he hasn’t left Earth, and Linda brings in Trent. Can Linda help Cooper to move on?
This was a hilarious little story - I loved Krystal, Cooper’s ex – she sounds like my kinda person with her purple hair and piercings! I felt a little bad for Cooper, ‘cause I’ve known more than a few of the geeky persuasion, and often when you get past their shyness they’re pretty nice. Of course, then it turns out that Cooper really wasn’t that nice after all … but you’ll see what I mean. Super-fun little story – check it out!
This was a hilarious little story - I loved Krystal, Cooper’s ex – she sounds like my kinda person with her purple hair and piercings! I felt a little bad for Cooper, ‘cause I’ve known more than a few of the geeky persuasion, and often when you get past their shyness they’re pretty nice. Of course, then it turns out that Cooper really wasn’t that nice after all … but you’ll see what I mean. Super-fun little story – check it out!
July 16, 2021
I originally read the first 3 Dead(ish) books around the time they came out, but I just reread (technically) DEAD, as my edition is stylized, in July 2021. (Forgot that DEAD(ish) is the first.) I remembered it was silly and funny but I had forgotten a lot of details. What a fucking scumbag Cooper is lol. Glad he gets his in the end.
Just a little romp of a read. This is not high-brow. At all. It's something to rip through on a short flight or to read at night when you don't have the energy or the spoons for anything deeper and you're wanting something lighthearted.
MC of most plot-interest is a major misogynist. The two female leads come together to smite his ass in the end. That's cool. Trent is refreshing as a male character who's basically only a plot device (the subversion is nice for a change), and his almost entirely uselessness is mildly comedic. I don't know if I'd have enjoyed this as a new read today; the nostalgia might have furthered my enjoyment in this decade-later rereading.
Just a little romp of a read. This is not high-brow. At all. It's something to rip through on a short flight or to read at night when you don't have the energy or the spoons for anything deeper and you're wanting something lighthearted.
MC of most plot-interest is a major misogynist. The two female leads come together to smite his ass in the end. That's cool. Trent is refreshing as a male character who's basically only a plot device (the subversion is nice for a change), and his almost entirely uselessness is mildly comedic. I don't know if I'd have enjoyed this as a new read today; the nostalgia might have furthered my enjoyment in this decade-later rereading.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 9, 2018
Okay, I really liked book 1 of this series.
Book 2? Not really my thing. I didn't mind the foul-language, but the story? Wha....?
Complete absurd. Comes out like a 'Crazy ex-girlfriend' startup song.
Cheap? But still have regrets buying this book.
Book 2? Not really my thing. I didn't mind the foul-language, but the story? Wha....?
Complete absurd. Comes out like a 'Crazy ex-girlfriend' startup song.
Cheap? But still have regrets buying this book.
March 17, 2018
Only really reading these because it cost $4 to buy the whole series, but they're not the kind of thing I usually read. I found the structure of this one to be... interestingly not good. I only really like Trent as a character, but only because he's the only bareable one in either book so far.
December 16, 2018
Being a nerd myself I enjoyed the revenge aspect of a virus causing nerd hell in the computer.
January 30, 2022
This book was not as funny as the first one. More of a time waster than the amusing break I was looking for.
April 29, 2013
The review is also available on my blog, Bows & Bullets Reviews
Cooper’s dead and is shocked as hell to discover that Heaven is technologically challenged with not a single computer in site. Fuck that, he quickly returns back to Earth to walk around bored and confused until Linda shows up with orders from on high to help his lardass find peace.
I was a huge fan of the first story in this series, Dead(ish) and I couldn’t wait to get my hands on this one. Though I don’t particularly like Cooper, he’s story was quite amusing and you still get plenty of Linda’s bad attitude to help it along. Trent also makes an appearance and that had me over the moon because I loved him in the first one. My only complaint is that this seemed shorter than the first one. But then, I felt like the first one was a bit short as well….and it’s probably only because I just want more of Linda & Trent!
If you liked Dead(ish) or are into comedic stories with tons of foul language, this is definitely for you!
Cooper’s dead and is shocked as hell to discover that Heaven is technologically challenged with not a single computer in site. Fuck that, he quickly returns back to Earth to walk around bored and confused until Linda shows up with orders from on high to help his lardass find peace.
I was a huge fan of the first story in this series, Dead(ish) and I couldn’t wait to get my hands on this one. Though I don’t particularly like Cooper, he’s story was quite amusing and you still get plenty of Linda’s bad attitude to help it along. Trent also makes an appearance and that had me over the moon because I loved him in the first one. My only complaint is that this seemed shorter than the first one. But then, I felt like the first one was a bit short as well….and it’s probably only because I just want more of Linda & Trent!
If you liked Dead(ish) or are into comedic stories with tons of foul language, this is definitely for you!
October 21, 2013
The formatting's not very clean (blocktext paragraphs with no spaces between, rather than indented graphs with no spaces or blocktext with spaces between), but that technical issue aside, Technically Dead (Dead-ish #2) by Naomi Kramer comes from the land down under and it shows in the humor (as well as the non-US spelling and local color of the language), but presents a fun murder mystery of sorts with a sort-of dead-but-angelic detective.
Kramer's take on religion and God and the afterlife has always been unique and (technically) Dead (Dead-ish #2) is no exception as much of the humor arises from the newly dead acclimating to the afterlife.
A fun, quick read at novella length. Not the best of her work, but very good.
Kramer's take on religion and God and the afterlife has always been unique and (technically) Dead (Dead-ish #2) is no exception as much of the humor arises from the newly dead acclimating to the afterlife.
A fun, quick read at novella length. Not the best of her work, but very good.
February 13, 2011
Kramer writes short, quirky stories about the afterlife. In [technically] DEAD, a newly deceased nerd aborts his journey to heaven when he hears the harp music and instead struggles with being a ghost. The 'hot chick' from Dead(ish) is forced to give up her eternal spa with foot massages to go and help him. The nerd then wishes he was dead, only he is.
January 8, 2013
Start to finish, this was fun and sassy! I enjoyed the character development of Trent and Linda from the first book, but I didn't really connect with Cooper or Krystal (though to be fair, that may just be me.) Very much looking forward to reading the next book in this series.
December 3, 2013
Technically Dead by Naomi Kramer is a short but funny read. I really liked the first book of her and have been trying to get the sequel for a long time. After reading it, I'd say it is worth the wait.
August 17, 2016
Waste of my time. I thought that the second book would be better because there are different characters, however still the same, boring and terribly written. I became disinterested from the start, especially when he said the reason why he left.
February 16, 2011
Cute follow-up to Dead[ish]. I think I liked the first better, but I did enjoy finding out what Linda's up to now. I wouldn't mind a hot tub and a hot archangel foot massage...
April 1, 2011
I love these little books!
May 18, 2015
It's a short book that is fun to read, plenty of snark. I found it to be an excellent breather between longer novels.
October 4, 2011
Quirky, humorous novelette about the trials and tribulations of being a ghost searching for an afterlife in the spirit world.
November 16, 2011
I liked this story better than the first. Having a few gamers in my house, I related.
June 18, 2012
funny and entertaining
July 9, 2012
Weird and a little dumb. Not as funny as the first book of this series.
November 2, 2012
cute short story.
January 10, 2013
I thought it was funny but I'll admit I enjoyed book #1 More! I'm currently reading book #3, so i'll let u know when i'm done what I think!!
January 20, 2013
this book was funny. moved a little too slow for me tho.
August 20, 2013
Quick cute fun read. Laughed a bit not great not horrible ... I paid 99 cents so it's all good.
April 6, 2015
Eh, it was a decent quick read. A lot less typos and grammar issues compared to the first, which was a huge improvement!
November 25, 2015
My Rating System:
* couldn't finish, ** wouldn't recommend, *** would recommend, **** would read again, ***** have read again.
* couldn't finish, ** wouldn't recommend, *** would recommend, **** would read again, ***** have read again.
March 16, 2014
Hahahahahahahhahahahahahahahha
February 7, 2012
This one wasn't quite as good as the first one. I'm hoping the third one is as good as the first
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