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Free Radicals
A Novel of Utopia and Dystopia
by Zeke Teflon
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Pub Date
May 01 2012
| Archive Date
Mar 08 2022
Description
Set in a dystopian society in the not-too-distant future, this darkly humorous sci-fi novel follows the misadventures of a bar musician and army vet who's set up on terrorism charges and deported to a single-continent prison planet. After a fight in which he nearly kills a neo-Nazi, he flees to the other end of the continent with a prisoner he knew from Earth—a Mexican anarchist and fellow musician—on a Gulliver's Travels–type journey through a number of political and religious cult compounds. With comical and acidic depictions of the various cults they encounter on the way, Free Radicals insightfully explores the often-failed attempts at utopia and the day-to-day lives of two traveling musicians.
Set in a dystopian society in the not-too-distant future, this darkly humorous sci-fi novel follows the misadventures of a bar musician and army vet who's set up on terrorism charges and deported to...
Description
Set in a dystopian society in the not-too-distant future, this darkly humorous sci-fi novel follows the misadventures of a bar musician and army vet who's set up on terrorism charges and deported to a single-continent prison planet. After a fight in which he nearly kills a neo-Nazi, he flees to the other end of the continent with a prisoner he knew from Earth—a Mexican anarchist and fellow musician—on a Gulliver's Travels–type journey through a number of political and religious cult compounds. With comical and acidic depictions of the various cults they encounter on the way, Free Radicals insightfully explores the often-failed attempts at utopia and the day-to-day lives of two traveling musicians.
Advance Praise
"Solidly entertaining . . . reminiscent of early Mick Farren." --Publishers Weekly
"The plot holds the reader's interest and should appeal to a fairly wide audience." --Booklist
"[Free Radicals] is among the best future-shock reads in years. . . . Teflon wields a dark sense of humor . . . and is a terrific depicter of violence. . . . [Free Radicals] is the only sci-fi novel I've read that captures the gritty existence of a futuristic bar musician . . . [and that] makes great use of border Spanish; indeed, Free Radicals includes a glossary of terms. If we lived in the '60s and '70s when audience-rattling paperbacks like Naked Lunch were cheap, plentiful and available on pharmacy spinner-racks, critics would hail Free Radicals as a masterpiece." --Tucson Weekly
"Solidly entertaining . . . reminiscent of early Mick Farren." --Publishers Weekly
"The plot holds the reader's interest and should appeal to a fairly wide audience." --Booklist
"[Free Radicals] is...
Advance Praise
"Solidly entertaining . . . reminiscent of early Mick Farren." --Publishers Weekly
"The plot holds the reader's interest and should appeal to a fairly wide audience." --Booklist
"[Free Radicals] is among the best future-shock reads in years. . . . Teflon wields a dark sense of humor . . . and is a terrific depicter of violence. . . . [Free Radicals] is the only sci-fi novel I've read that captures the gritty existence of a futuristic bar musician . . . [and that] makes great use of border Spanish; indeed, Free Radicals includes a glossary of terms. If we lived in the '60s and '70s when audience-rattling paperbacks like Naked Lunch were cheap, plentiful and available on pharmacy spinner-racks, critics would hail Free Radicals as a masterpiece." --Tucson Weekly
Available Editions
| EDITION |
Paperback |
| ISBN |
9781937276058 |
| PRICE |
$12.95 (USD)
|
| PAGES |
300
|
Additional Information
Available Editions
| EDITION |
Paperback |
| ISBN |
9781937276058 |
| PRICE |
$12.95 (USD)
|
| PAGES |
300
|
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