Satan Burger

by Carlton Mellick

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"Satan Burger explores a new kind of apocalypse. Not an apocalypse caused by diesase or nuclear war, but an apocalypse of boredom. A plague of monotony has spread across the countryside, sucking all the passion and inspiration out of everyone over the age of twenty-five, leaving only the disenfranchised youth to fend for themselves in a world crumbling around them. Featuring a narrator who sees his body from a third-person perspectice, a man whose flesh is dead but his body parts are alive show more and running amok, an overweight messiah, the personal life of the Grim Reaper, a race of women who feed on male orgasms, and a motley group of squatter punks that team up with the dvil to find their place in a world that doesn't want them any more."--publisher's information. show less

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This is definitely one of the oddest things I have read, but very enjoyable. Its plot .. well God hates humanity and is feeding their souls to the Walm, an interdimensional doorway that allows in more exciting races for the world to him to play with. Leaf, a drop out punk loser and his motley crew of friends team up with Satan in order to survive the apocalypse.

I was amused and disturbed in equal measure. Its funny, irreverent, full of gratuitous sex and violence and packed with loads of interesting ideas. I loved the different races (the silence preying on those who make sound) and little asides like the human built Heaven 2 built on horses souls. However I did feel the plot didn't quite bind it together and lost it a bit in the show more middle, also some of the minor characters could of been more interesting. show less
I read this because of two things.
1. An ex-gf recommended it and I'm a sucker for literary dames.
2. Every title this guy has is awesome.

It's not awesome, but it is fun and different. I like things about the end of the world and about religion. I don't like some of the crap philosophy and some of the stilted writing. It gets a little old and many of the diversions in the writing are just distractions from the story.

I won't be a fan of the author, but it was nice to have tried this flavor of ice cream.
This book is absolute fantasy. the story just seems to follow what totally extreme ideas the author thinks of next. I would liken it to a horror/pornographic version of Alice in Wonderland, but not as good. I feel the author is purely aiming for shock value (Hence the picture on the cover!)
Four Stars for strangeness alone

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Canonical title
Satan Burger
Original title
Satan Burger
Alternate titles
Satan Burger (20th Anniversary Edition) (20th Anniversary Edition)
People/Characters
Leaf Cable; Satan
Important places
Rippington, New Canada
Epigraph
"I want God to see me." - Doug Rice, A Good Cuntboy is Hard to Find
Dedication
Dedicated to Food Fortunata, a genius in his own retarded little way.
First words
The world is still new.
Last words
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"I'm trying not to shrug," I tell him.
Blurbers
Vincent Sakowsky

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Genres
Fiction and Literature, Horror, General Fiction, Science Fiction
DDC/MDS
813Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican fiction in English
LCC
PS3613 .E447 .S28Language and LiteratureAmerican literature
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403
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76,717
Reviews
4
Rating
½ (3.36)
Languages
English
Media
Paper
ISBNs
3
ASINs
4