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Juggling Balls
Juggling Balls - a science fiction comedy featuring time travel, mind control implants and a future religion that claims an Elvis Presley clone as its saviour.
Oh, and an interplanetary terraced house.
Martin Laws hates mysteries.
So why has someone sent him a bag of juggling balls?
Why has he no memory of buying a new computer?
Why has that new computer decided Martin needs to go shopping?
Why does a hairstylist he's never met before keep saluting him?
Most of all, why are so many Elvis impersonators trying to kill him?
Oh, and an interplanetary terraced house.
Martin Laws hates mysteries.
So why has someone sent him a bag of juggling balls?
Why has he no memory of buying a new computer?
Why has that new computer decided Martin needs to go shopping?
Why does a hairstylist he's never met before keep saluting him?
Most of all, why are so many Elvis impersonators trying to kill him?
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First published July 10, 2014
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David Hadley
24 books20 followersA bloke who writes stuff.
David Hadley was born in 1959. He is married with three children and lives in the Black Country, UK.
David Hadley was born in 1959. He is married with three children and lives in the Black Country, UK.
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Displaying 1 - 5 of 5 reviews
June 13, 2014
Martin lives in a shared house and begins to realise the other inhabitants have memories that he should share but he doesn't. He has to rely on the others who inform him he's their leader. Someone is trying to take over the world but in a benign way. He doesn't want power or riches, but to make people cooperate and to end wars. He's known as the Colonel. Would you want peace at the price of a chip in your brain which takes away your free will? And this chip is going to be activated by... Elvis! This is really off-the-wall stuff and a quirky mix of fantasy, sci-fi and humour.
I enjoyed this story and found the characters very individual and distinct which isn't easy with a big cast. The story is funny bordering on silly but I loved some of the detail. The Colonel's guards are called the Hound Dogs, for example. This book as has a high enjoyability quotient and is a light, fun read.
I enjoyed this story and found the characters very individual and distinct which isn't easy with a big cast. The story is funny bordering on silly but I loved some of the detail. The Colonel's guards are called the Hound Dogs, for example. This book as has a high enjoyability quotient and is a light, fun read.
May 13, 2015
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This is the first book that I have read by this author and it was absolutely nuts... but I loved that about it! I spent the whole time that I was reading thinking 'is this really happening?' and it was great. The world that Hadley has created is utterly surreal, yet at the same time, insanely intriguing. At times I had to keep putting this book down because it was a little too surreal, but I did enjoy it. The characters were well developed and unique and the plot was very clever - every aspect was well thought out, plausible in this world that Hadley has created (though still completely crazy!) and linked together beautifully. Definitely recommended!
This is the first book that I have read by this author and it was absolutely nuts... but I loved that about it! I spent the whole time that I was reading thinking 'is this really happening?' and it was great. The world that Hadley has created is utterly surreal, yet at the same time, insanely intriguing. At times I had to keep putting this book down because it was a little too surreal, but I did enjoy it. The characters were well developed and unique and the plot was very clever - every aspect was well thought out, plausible in this world that Hadley has created (though still completely crazy!) and linked together beautifully. Definitely recommended!
May 27, 2016
Oh, this was fun! The plot was mad, with the Church of Elvis trying to take over the world from the future and a pleasantly harmless Elvis clone like a kind of NPC in the background, and Boris Johnston as the saviour of the U.K. backed by a group of flatmates from a terraced house who turn out to be a team of crack programmers from the future. Excellent stuff - and do we want to be controlled into peace or do we want to be free to be as nuts as we want to be?
February 4, 2016
Wonderfully absurd. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
April 12, 2016
This is a sci-fi book with a difference. The rocket ship is an end of terraced house and the captain's memory refuses to come back and he's the only one who knows what the mission is.
With the Church of Elvis wanting to take over the world's brains, and just a small team trying to save them, this is a roller coaster ride of sometimes silliness, but with the plot always going forwards, even if they don't know what direction it is.
I picked this up on a recommendation without knowing what it was about and it was a fine story to read.
With the Church of Elvis wanting to take over the world's brains, and just a small team trying to save them, this is a roller coaster ride of sometimes silliness, but with the plot always going forwards, even if they don't know what direction it is.
I picked this up on a recommendation without knowing what it was about and it was a fine story to read.
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