Valley of Day-Glo
John W. Campbell Memorial Award 2009 Finalist Broadway Danny Rose is on the move! In this brightly satiric, postapocalyptic novel of the far future, a young Indian brave named Broadway Danny Rose embarks upon a quest across the desolate planet Earth to find the mysterious Valley of Day-Glo,...
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John W. Campbell Memorial Award 2009 Finalist Broadway Danny Rose is on the move! In this brightly satiric, postapocalyptic novel of the far future, a young Indian brave named Broadway Danny Rose embarks upon a quest across the desolate planet Earth to find the mysterious Valley of Day-Glo, where plants and animals and large bodies of water are rumoured to still exist, and where, according to legend, "death becomes life." Valley of Day-Glo is a brilliant blend of Douglas Adams' farcical humour and Kurt Vonnegut's droll absurdity. Hugo Award-nominee Nick DiChario delivers a witty and poignant story that deals with the power of myth, the search for truth, and the meaning of life and death.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780889954151 (0889954151)
Publish date: May 1st 2008
Publisher: Robert J Sawyer Books
Pages no: 221
Edition language: English
New Review! August's Book-A-Day meme is on my blog. Today's prompt is a book that has a memorable first line: http://tinyurl.com/kbdv9h5 Post-Apocalyptic New Weird Bizarro-ness.
Valley of Day-Glo is the story of Broadway Danny Rose, a member of a confused Iroquois nation that has forgone traditional names for names ripped off IMBD. Except, they’re not getting them off IMDB, because that doesn’t exist anymore, you know, with the bizarre ecological apocalypse that has destroy...