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Andrew Biss

11 Nov 2011, 04:36 PM | Post: #1

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The End of the World!

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The audio edition of The End of the World has just been released! You can check it out here.

The End of the World: An odd, yet oddly touching tale of life, death, and the space in-between by award-winning author Andrew Biss.

"Wildly imaginative and breathtakingly surreal, The End of the World from award-winning author Andrew Biss will give you a once-in-a-lifetime read. Coupling majestic themes of mortality and the purpose of life with ample amounts of humor and absurdity, this story of Valentine's foray through a purgatory-like landscape will have you reflecting on your own life and turning the pages to find out what happens next. One-of-a-kind books like this don't come along too often. Grab it now before life passes you by!" --Kindle Fire Department

"Riotously Funny."
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"Like Douglas Adams "Hitchhiker's" only better."
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"Get ready for a zany roller-coaster ride that becomes more bizarre the further you get into this surreal story. Told with great verve and spiced through with wit, this hugely entertaining story will grab you, hold you and won't leave you until the ride is over. Even then, the story will stick in the memory."
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"The End of the World is a brilliant, intelligent tour de 'farce' delivered well-wrapped in a cutting wit so slyly subtle that the reader will return again and again out of sheer appreciation for the dialogue of its exceptional characters."
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Overview:

Are you prepared for what comes next?

Accustomed to a life of cosseted seclusion at home with his parents, Valentine is suddenly faced with making his own way in the world. His new life is quickly upended, however, when he's mugged at gunpoint. Finding shelter at a mysterious inn run by the dour Mrs. Anna, he soon encounters a Bosnian woman with a hole where her stomach used to be, an American entrepreneur with a scheme to implant televisions into people's foreheads, and a Catholic priest who attempts to lure him down inside a kitchen sink. Then things start getting strange...

In this story based loosely around the state of Bardo from The Tibetan Book of the Dead - an intermediate state where the dead arrive prior to rebirth - dying is the easy part. Getting out of Bardo and returning to the land of the living is a far more perilous proposition, and unless you know what you're doing...you might never leave.

An odd, yet oddly touching tale of life, death, and the space in-between.

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03 Mar 2012, 11:38 AM | Post: #2

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Andrew, Sounds like my sort of book... I've put it on my ever-growing to-read list which I'm just starting to think about transferring from written list to goodreads list!

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03 Mar 2012, 11:47 AM | Post: #3

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Yes I agree with Ken. Sounds most bizarre & intriguing! It's on my TBR list, must move it up to the top! Smile

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04 Mar 2012, 07:17 AM | Post: #4

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Andrew, after finally finding this on my kindle to move it up nearer the top, I thought I'd give it a quick look & ended up reading the whole thing!
What a bizarre story! I don't quite know what to say. Did I love it or not? Certainly kept me engrossed!
I have reviewed it as it was worthy & kept me awake when I should have been sleeping! Big Grin

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10 Mar 2012, 07:11 PM | Post: #5

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(04 Mar 2012 07:17 AM)kaska Wrote: Andrew, after finally finding this on my kindle to move it up nearer the top, I thought I'd give it a quick look & ended up reading the whole thing!
What a bizarre story! I don't quite know what to say. Did I love it or not? Certainly kept me engrossed!
I have reviewed it as it was worthy & kept me awake when I should have been sleeping!
Well Done! ( I think )

Ken, thanks so much, I do hope you enjoy it when filters up you TBR list!

Kaska, thanks so much for reading it, and I'm very glad you found it so engrossing. I've seen other people have a similar response to yours, whereas as strange as it gets, they find themselves thinking about it long after they've finished it.

Thanks again for taking the time to both read and review it. Greatly appreciated!

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10 Mar 2012, 09:26 PM | Post: #6

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You're welcome Andrew. You're also right about it staying in your head.

The new cover is perfect by the way. Soooo much better than the last one, & fits very nicely with the story!

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Andrew Biss

10 Mar 2012, 11:39 PM | Post: #7

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(10 Mar 2012 09:26 PM)kaska Wrote: You're welcome Andrew. You're also right about it staying in your head.

The new cover is perfect by the way. Soooo much better than the last one, & fits very nicely with the story!

Thank you, Kaska - I'm so glad you like the new cover! It's from an image used in the book trailer (located here, if interested http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rECcib02NyQ)

Thanks again for the great feedback!

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30 Jun 2012, 04:26 PM | Post: #8

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I like the house on the cover a lot.

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28 Jul 2012, 05:13 PM | Post: #9

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(30 Jun 2012 04:26 PM)Rosen Trevithick Wrote: I like the house on the cover a lot.

Thank you so much, Rosen! I think the house you have on the cover of Pompomberry House is pretty fantastic, too!

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Just downloaded a sample. Looking forward to reading it!

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