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Raptured: The Final Daze of the Late, Great Planet Earth
A parody of the fundamentalist Left Behind series, this humorous treatment of religion and politics criticizes the hypocrisy and greed of leaders of the American government and major political, educational, and religious organizations. Beneath the raucous humor lies a sophisticated examination of magical thinking and the End Times, creating a serious exposé of fundamentalist religious leaders from a secular, freethinking, humanist viewpoint.
192 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 2007
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About the author
Earl Lee
20 books21 followersEarl Lee was born in Illinois (near Chicago) in 1955 and is currently a librarian at Pittsburg State University. He was recently promoted to the honorary rank of University Professor.
Earl Lee was an editor on the SciFi novel: The Hour of Lead.
He wrote the foreword to The Jungle: The Uncensored Original Edition (See Sharp Press).
He has also written several popular parodies, including "The Screwletter Tapes", and the novel Raptured: The Final Daze of the Late, Great Planet Earth (a parody of Tim LaHaye's evangelical End-of-the-World novel, Left Behind). His work includes fiction, drama and poetry. Samples can be found at Goodreads and on his blogg "Kiss My Left Behind"
He has lived in Arkansas (Little Rock, Jacksonville, Fayetteville, Strawberry, Calamine); Tennessee (Memphis); Wisconsin (Appleton, Ashwaubenon, De Pere, Madison, Rice Lake); Oklahoma (Enid), and Kansas.
Lee has attended Lyon College in Batesville, Arkansas (B.A. in Literature); the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville (M.A. in English); Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin (teaching certification); and the University of Wisconsin--Madison (M.A.L.I.S).
His articles have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies, including bestselling anthology You Are Being Lied To.
Currently he is working on a political satire and a non-fiction work on the history of religion. His horror fiction is often graphic and always literate.
Earl Lee was an editor on the SciFi novel: The Hour of Lead.
He wrote the foreword to The Jungle: The Uncensored Original Edition (See Sharp Press).
He has also written several popular parodies, including "The Screwletter Tapes", and the novel Raptured: The Final Daze of the Late, Great Planet Earth (a parody of Tim LaHaye's evangelical End-of-the-World novel, Left Behind). His work includes fiction, drama and poetry. Samples can be found at Goodreads and on his blogg "Kiss My Left Behind"
He has lived in Arkansas (Little Rock, Jacksonville, Fayetteville, Strawberry, Calamine); Tennessee (Memphis); Wisconsin (Appleton, Ashwaubenon, De Pere, Madison, Rice Lake); Oklahoma (Enid), and Kansas.
Lee has attended Lyon College in Batesville, Arkansas (B.A. in Literature); the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville (M.A. in English); Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin (teaching certification); and the University of Wisconsin--Madison (M.A.L.I.S).
His articles have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies, including bestselling anthology You Are Being Lied To.
Currently he is working on a political satire and a non-fiction work on the history of religion. His horror fiction is often graphic and always literate.
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