Tonguing The Zeitgeist by Lance Olsen Subject: Speculative Fiction / Contemporary Literature Publisher: Permeable Press (USA) Edition Our Price inc. p&p Status first edition trade paperback, 192pp, ISBN 1882633040, 1994 UK: £9.95 Europe: £12.88 USA: £15.09 Elsewhere: £15.09 in stock (out of print with publisher) Clearance Sale first edition trade paperback, 192pp, ISBN 1882633040, 1994 (new, but with slight transit damage to cover and/or spine – ideal reading copy) Half UK Price UK: £9.95 £4.98 Europe: £12.88 £7.91 USA: £15.09 £10.12 Elsewhere: £15.09 £10.12   in stock (out of print with publisher)

...tramples down a host of petty prejudices and preconceptions in the course of compiling the ultimate rock-n-roll novel, reaching a conclusion which is both extraordinarily horrific and very funny. Brian Stableford, Interzone

Olsen's densely packed, kaleidoscopic prose paints a nightmare vision of a near future spawned from our worst contemporary fears, such as rampant global warming, environmental decay, and an increasingly sick and cynical media. Brilliant black comedy. Booklist

So you want to be a rock'n'roll star? In a future that isn't distant enough, you'll have to sell your soul to MTV just to pick up a guitar. And then they start carving you up, making you over in the mega-media image of glitter and bone. Poor Ben Tendo, he just wanted to play music and make love to Jessika...

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