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	Satan Burger Carlton Mellick III Eraserhead Press, 2001 - 236 pages average customer review:based on 69 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

God hates you. All of you. He closed the gates of Heaven and wants you to rot on Earth forever. Not only that, he is repossesing your souls and feeding them to a large vagina-like machine called the Walm - an interdimensional doorway that brings His New Children into the world. He loves these new children, but He doesn't love you. They are more interesting than you. They are beautiful, psychotic, magical, sex-crazed, and deadly. They are turning your cities into apocalyptic chaos, and there's nothing you can do about it ...

Featuring: a narrator who sees his body from a third-person perspective, a man whose flesh is dead but his body parts are alive and running amok, an overweight messiah, the personal life of the Grim Reaper, lots of classy sex and violence, and a motley group of squatter punks that team up with the devil to find their place in a world that doesn't want them anymore.

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Fun and engaging read

This book is set in a future where a personified planet Earth has become bored with human beings, so he begins trading species with other worlds like a little kid would trade action figures with his friends. Earth acquires all manner of otherworldly creatures such as a race of sex-crazed blue skin women, lizard people and a race of midgets that dress like historical American presidents. These creatures have overpopulated the cities, especially Rippington, where this book takes place. But strangely, the reaction of the humans is complete and utter apathy. A mother watches her own child convulse and die, right in her lap, and all she does is stare at her wall and shrug. In fact, it seems that is the only reaction anyone has to anything anymore (staring at the wall and shrugging) according to our narrator named Leaf.

Leaf and his friends are in a punk band. They are the only ones with enough passion for life left in them to do anything meaningful in this apathetic world where no one cares about anything anymore. They meet up with Satan (yes, that Satan) who has just opened up a fast food restaurant where the food is so good you would trade your soul for it.

This book is a beautiful, surreal, picture of a dystopian future. The characters are lovable f'ups that convey a convincing portrait of the passion of youth. The writing style is fun and HIGHLY imaginative. I took my time reading this book because every page was so full of unique ideas and philosophies that sparked my imagination. This is the kind of book that would be fun to read at the same time with a group of friends so you can discuss all of the crazy awesome details after you're done.

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I love this book!

This is the story of punks in a chaotic wasteland of the future. It is the story of God closing the gates of Heaven and turning His back on mankind. It is the story of hell going out of business, forcing Satan to come to Earth with hopes of success in the fast food industry by opening his own chain called Satan Burger. This book is a comedy. It is also a science-fiction horror story. If you like interesting writing, imaginative worlds, weird characters, and pages upon pages of interesting factoids on a universe that doesn't really exist, then Satan Burger is the book for you.

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The book that started it all...

Carlton Mellick penned Satan Burger at age 22 and proved that he was one of the funniest, freshest and most original young authors of the Bizarro genre.
Satan Burger is a great starter book for readers who are unfamiliar with Mellick's twisted prose.
Fans of Franz Kafka will revel in the splatterpunk mayhem that ensues.
Mellick is an author to watch out for.


SMILE! You're working at Satan Burger!

Okay, okay. I've heard enough about the so-called juvenile shock tactics that people accuse this book of having. It's untrue, plain and simple

This is a complex and entertaining book about a really, really screwed-up future. It's punk rock surrealism, baby. It's gonna be weird, it's gonna be off-the-wall. But it's also gonna be fun as hell.

Let's get serious. There is crazy stuff that goes on in this book. If you are a Christian, you probably shouldn't read this. If you like your sci-fi by the book, you probably shouldn't read this. However, if you like your futuristic tales splashed with a healthy dose of bizarro, then by all means, read SATAN BURGER. If you have a warped sense of humor, then by all means, read SATAN BURGER.

Carlton Mellick makes some pretty interesting observations about religion, music "scenes", consumerism, society, and human nature in general. Despite the sometimes gruesome imagery and the sex-death-blasphemy that abounds, the author has a lot to say about religion and life. You'll find yourself being forced to THINK about things while reading this book. It's not just entertainment, really. Well, at least in my experience.

The organization of the book was also pretty interesting. (Act One, etc).

CONS: The book could have probably been shorter. I found that it dragged in parts. Still, that's not enough reason to not read the book. You'll enjoy it if you like your fiction weird and with a sense of humor. If you don't mind an author making fun of religion, this is for you. If you don't mind an author making fun of people in general, this is for you.

There is enough imagination in this book to power a whole series of books. You'll find so much mind-blowing imagery that you can't help but feel that you've ripped off the author by what you paid. You will feel like you owe him quite a bit more. You can practically feel the energy and the passion that the author obviously put into this work.

And so, you should buy and read SATAN BURGER. In fact, buy a few copies and give them out to your friends. They'll thank you for it.

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