- Paperback: 148 pages
- Publisher: Wildside Press (June 2003)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1930997310
- ISBN-13: 978-1930997318
- Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 14 x 1 cm
- Shipping Weight: 195 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,977,787 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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What if everyone actually was famous for exactly fifteen minutes? What if Joey Ramone could save the world? What if the spiritual enlightenment of saints and sages was a sexually transmitted disease? These are the fictions. Neon signs that predict a city's future. Companies paying people to insult their clients online. Edgar Allan Poe's New York is still alive, but not well. These are the facts. And they say speculative fiction and personal essays don't belong in the same book. Whether in the glossy pages of the men's magazine Razor or the stolen reams of office supplies that make up the zine The Whirligig, the writing of Nick Mamatas is your hitchhiker's guide to the new, and very weird, millennium. Don't know where the world is headed? Nick does and it's 3000 miles per hour in every direction at once.
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1.0 out of 5 stars
Poorly written,
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This review is from: 3000 MPH in Every Direction at Once: Stories and Essays (Paperback)
There were some interesting ideas here, but the stories were written in a very inaccessible manner. The writer seems to be trying too hard to be "hip" and "cool" and at the end of the day, that's just boring. I only read about half of this book before closing it up and shoving it in a corner.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Buffet of Good Lit Eats,
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This review is from: 3000 MPH in Every Direction at Once: Stories and Essays (Paperback)
Nick Mamatas is brilliant. But don't let that prevent you from buying _3000 MPH_. This is a virtual buffet of good literary brain food that manages to remain accessible without weighing you down like a heavy starch diet. He does mainly fantasy/SF/horror stuff, but you don't need to be heavily into the genres to enjoy this.The stories are entertaining, and the best ones captivating, while making you think about something in a way that you had not considered before. They remain brain-bound long after you've put them down. Trope's intro is funny, too.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Outstanding Collection,
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This review is from: 3000 MPH in Every Direction at Once: Stories and Essays (Paperback)
Mamatas is an exceptional fantasist. His stories reminded me of Alfred Bester, Philip K. Dick, Harlan Ellison, and William Browning Spencer. "Joey Ramone Saves the World" is alone worth the cover price. Well written, thought provoking work from a talent to watch.
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