Rabbletown: Life in These United Christian States of Holy America really connects with many people. It's a dystopia work set in 2084
when the Religious Right has been in the control for decades and the Pastor
President and Pastor Governors rule with a Bible in each fist and the computer
in your hovel. I worked on it for a long time, ever since Pat Robertson got
involved in influencing elections. But I had written myself into a corner, and it just
sat there until one day I revisited it and realized I had to let Bobby, the son
of a stone mason, do his thing.
Katy Sozaeva is a top 500 Amazon reviewer, which means this
woman reads A LOT OF BOOKS. She wrote her longest review for Rabbletown, and she
has said it is the best book she HAS EVER READ. I think the caps are justified.
I'll include the video she let me do about that review here, but just in is
another review from a reader who really connected with the work. This kind of
response is extraordinarily gratifying for a writer. And I really liked the
last two sentences.
WOW! I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. This book
touched my heart in such a way that I can't explain in words. Growing up in a
fundamentalist church, understanding, later in life, the damage it did to me,
makes this book terrifying in one way but so outrageously funny in another.
This book takes place in the future. Everyone has nuked each other and there's
not much left in the United States. The United States has turned into
dictatorship run by the descendants of Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson. There
are many parallels from the Bible, for example, a savior comes in the form of a
boy named Bobby, a stone mason's son (instead of a carpenter's son, like
Jesus). I don't want to give away too much of the plot without ruining it for
you. But you have to read this. It's different from anything you've ever read.
What a mind this author has. It makes me wonder about his background.
The review is here:
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