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Exponential Apocalypse #1-5
The End of Everything Forever
Fallen gods. Cloned queens. Psychokinetic squirrels. Atomic werewolves. Hippie zombies. Jell-O monsters. Butter monsters. Booger monsters. An army of philosophers bent on world domination. A cybernetically-enhanced donut maker. The horned-up ghosts of elderly lady serial killers. The frozen head of Walt Sidney. Earthquakes. Fire tornados. A global volcanic winter. A supermassive extradimensional black hole. Dr. Vanilla Ice II.
And that's literally not even the half of it.
Five books.
Seventeen stories.
More f-bombs than Microsoft Word can count.
Ten years of EXPONENTIAL APOCALYPSE are collected into a single volume, an omnibus that, like a stoner's rug, ties everything together, from the first doomsday to the very last. THE END OF EVERYTHING FOREVER is a fifty-year epic of extinction events, the genre-spanning saga of a planet in perpetual peril, a world that can't seem to stop itself from ending – and all the nihilists and nutcases, the anti-heroes and con artists and mad scientists and slackers, that keep trying to save it. Even if it is only because there’s nothing on TV that day.
With a foreword by Danger Slater.
"If The Avengers was written by Terry Pratchett and directed by Kevin Smith, you might end up in the same dimension as the Exponential Apocalypse series." – Kat Clay, Radiant Attack
And that's literally not even the half of it.
Five books.
Seventeen stories.
More f-bombs than Microsoft Word can count.
Ten years of EXPONENTIAL APOCALYPSE are collected into a single volume, an omnibus that, like a stoner's rug, ties everything together, from the first doomsday to the very last. THE END OF EVERYTHING FOREVER is a fifty-year epic of extinction events, the genre-spanning saga of a planet in perpetual peril, a world that can't seem to stop itself from ending – and all the nihilists and nutcases, the anti-heroes and con artists and mad scientists and slackers, that keep trying to save it. Even if it is only because there’s nothing on TV that day.
With a foreword by Danger Slater.
"If The Avengers was written by Terry Pratchett and directed by Kevin Smith, you might end up in the same dimension as the Exponential Apocalypse series." – Kat Clay, Radiant Attack
1233 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 22, 2020
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About the author
Eirik Gumeny
33 books46 followersEirik Gumeny is the [insert superlatives here] author of BEGGARS WOULD RIDE and the cult-favorite EXPONENTIAL APOCALYPSE series. He's written for Cracked, WIRED, Nerdist, SYFY, a couple of medical textbooks and even the New York Times once.
Born with cystic fibrosis, Eirik still has cystic fibrosis, because that's how genetic diseases work. In 2014, he received a double lung transplant and technically died a little. He got better.
Forged in the suburban sprawl of northeastern New Jersey, Eirik currently lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he regularly has to fight giant atomic ants with a flamethrower. Follow him on Twitter or subscribe to his newsletter for updates.
Born with cystic fibrosis, Eirik still has cystic fibrosis, because that's how genetic diseases work. In 2014, he received a double lung transplant and technically died a little. He got better.
Forged in the suburban sprawl of northeastern New Jersey, Eirik currently lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he regularly has to fight giant atomic ants with a flamethrower. Follow him on Twitter or subscribe to his newsletter for updates.
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Displaying 1 - 4 of 4 reviews
October 22, 2021
This mammoth omnibus consists of five novels and about two dozen short stories - the complete Exponential Apocalypse series, which, in terms of literature, makes this the longest I've ever spent within a shared universe. And yeah, it is certainly rewarding in that regard, setting up plot points and either paying them off or bringing them back to continuously build out this batshit crazy world. And these books probably have the biggest joke-to-word ratio I've probably ever read. Nearly every other line some ridiculous thing is happening, or some sharp-witted exchange between characters is had. This book is a goddamn joy and the Exponential Apocalypse world is one helluva fun one to visit.
(Note: I also got the write the forward to this, how cool is that?)
(Note: I also got the write the forward to this, how cool is that?)
March 11, 2020
I’d already read the original books individually, but there was no way I was going to miss this. The books were like visiting old friends again, and then there were the new stories, the way they tied things together, and getting to see the collective whole end-to-end nonstop. It really is more than just the sum of its parts. I loved every word.
June 24, 2020
An amazingly humorous, yet strangely poignant when it's needed, collection of absurd vignettes that somehow come together Voltron-style into cohesive yet chaotic world-building, endearing yet absolutely bonkers characters, and a finale that's truly the end of everything. Forever.
It's a damn shame this omnibus has only a couple reviews (this one included) so far, after having been released at the start of this (particularly apocalyptical?) 2020. The Kindle edition sells for ten dollars; that's less than 3 bucks per Apocalypse included, people! And that's not even including the final one, it's truly an absolute steal!
Really, go buy it. It's worth it and much more, for any and all fans of a good laugh, riotous plots that weave into and out of having any damn sense at the narrators' whims, epically badass fights, unexpected heartfelt moments, presidential and royal clones, regular humans, not-so-regular cyborgs, a completely irregular psychic squirrel, gods, zombies, mad scientists, dinosaurs, mole people, aliens, and footnotes a-plenty.
It's a damn shame this omnibus has only a couple reviews (this one included) so far, after having been released at the start of this (particularly apocalyptical?) 2020. The Kindle edition sells for ten dollars; that's less than 3 bucks per Apocalypse included, people! And that's not even including the final one, it's truly an absolute steal!
Really, go buy it. It's worth it and much more, for any and all fans of a good laugh, riotous plots that weave into and out of having any damn sense at the narrators' whims, epically badass fights, unexpected heartfelt moments, presidential and royal clones, regular humans, not-so-regular cyborgs, a completely irregular psychic squirrel, gods, zombies, mad scientists, dinosaurs, mole people, aliens, and footnotes a-plenty.
September 13, 2021
Writing my own review here 'cause I'm hopped up on coffee and Goodreads doesn't actually disallow this kind of thing for some reason. Anyway, this book is fucking great and you should fucking read it, and the fact that NO ONE HAS hurts my heart every goddamned day. HEAL MY SHATTERED HEART, GOODREADSERS!
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