- Paperback: 260 pages
- Publisher: Eraserhead Press (October 2004)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0976249804
- ISBN-13: 978-0976249801
- Product Dimensions: 21.3 x 14 x 2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 363 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #726,239 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Fishy-fleshed is an illustrated collection of thought-logs from a child-like man living in the cartoonish future world of Ocean City, so technologically advanced that everyone possesses the ability to walk on water, cure diseases, clone food, and raise the dead . . . an entire civilization of Messiahs. When a team of researchers travel back in time to the days of the Real Messiah, they discover the past is a lot different than they imagined. It is an illogical flatland lacking in dimension and color, a sick-scape of crispy squid people wandering the desert for no apparent reason. Part science-fiction parody, part nightmarish absurdism, Fishy-fleshed is likely to leave a green-gray taste in your mouth. This volume includes both the English translation and the original Ywellish language text.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Time Travel Bizarro Novel,
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This review is from: Fishy-Fleshed (Paperback)
Fishy Fleshed is my favorite Mellick novel so far. A man with ADD travels back in time with a group of scientists and his wife to try to find Jesus. The people in the future society already have Messiah-like qualities: they can walk on water and perform "miracles." They want to see how he had these qualities back then. When the time machine lands, he is stranded there alone and makes a home in the Biblical times. A long time later, his wife returns and tells him he had been the only human and the rest of the ships had been clones. He and his wife live together, and he doesn't know if she is a clone or not but they get along better than they ever have before.They find Jesus, who turns out to be an experiment from the far distant future. They also solve a lot of the mysteries of Biblical times and discover how life back then really was. They make a copy of Jesus and bring him back to study. The showdown at the end is classic, and the illustrations heighten the story. Also included is the original Ywellish language text, an exercise in experimental fiction that you can't miss. This is a very funny and well done satire of time travel and religion. Mellick stayed up for three days and wrote this one to simulate the ADD atmosphere.
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4.3 out of 5 stars (18 customer reviews) 6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Mellick is Cooler than Jesus,
By Jiggly Pseudosomething - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Fishy-Fleshed (Paperback)
Fishy-fleshed is not like other novels. But then, none of CM3's novels are like other novels. They are more like bizarre cult films, only you can't put them into VCRs or DVD players and watch them. You have to read them, because they are books.
If the words "book" or "reading" make you want to punch someone, don't worry. Fishy-fleshed is fast paced and entertaining. You can read the whole thing in an hour or two. Nearly all of Mellick's books are like this; short and sweet. But don't be fooled. He's able to pack more into a thin novella than most authors could in a bulky tome. You can read his books over and over and find something new every time. And did I mention the pictures? Most of Carlton's books are illustrated. The images in Fishy-fleshed are not like anything I've seen before. They are the thoughts of the narrator, plucked from his head and presented visually. I really can't tell you how strange they are. You'll have to see them yourself. Get this book, and every other Mellick book, and you'll never be bored again. 3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Who knew science fiction could be this much fun?,
By R. Duffy "literature junkie" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Fishy-Fleshed (Paperback)
What happens when you mix together schlocky 50's science fiction movies, otherworldly future landscapes, a mischievous sense of humor, religious satire, fluffernutter, and a generous dose of time travel? I have no idea, but I really like this book, "Fishy Fleshed", by Carlton Mellick. It's kind of like the mixture mentioned above, except much better, and without the fluffernutter. Mellick, a young author with an evergrowing and well-deserved cult following has written another irreverent story in his own genre of bizarro literature. It neither takes itself to seriously nor gets lost in childish meanderings. Mellick strikes a balance that is only possible through natural ability, and his stories continue to show that he has that ability. If you would like to enjoy something that is different without even trying to be, kind of like fluffernutter, then purchase this book now.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Dirty Ones.,
By card - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Fishy-Fleshed (Paperback)
FishyFleshed is a beautiful glamorous and excellent performance on words of Carlton Mellick III's ability to write a 244 page "novel" and have the font so big that you can only fit around 5 lines of text per page and you will still be able to understand the character and relate to him. this book was written in 3 days with very little sleep and cocain-stregth-caffine pills to replicate an author with a.d.d.. the book is written in thought logs about a man in the future named cocoan who lives in a ocean world where people can walk on water, clone people, clone food, and revive people from the dead. in a world cured of all a.d.d. and all diseases cocoan chooses too keep his a.d.d. because he doesn't want the fishy ones to get their stench and fishiness on him. he thinks the world is better with his a.d.d. and he doesn't need to be cured. cocoan and his wife whyrie travel back in time to find the messiah to see if he was real and to bring him back to the future to question him, but things start to go wrong and twist and turn out of control in this half parody half science fiction and half nonsense book. one o the greatest books I have ever read.
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