Worth every moment...

The following is reprinted from Fangirl Magazine.

"It's the end of the world as we know it!" as the song goes. This novel is a story of the apocalypse with a wonderful spin. In this scenario, instead of going out with a bang - hellfire and brimstone - we go out all smiles and giggles. This novel is about the evolution of humanity.

This story is written from the first person perspective as a history, confessional, or scientific record. The characters you may grow to love are all professors at Tynee University... the largest campus in the United States. Our narrator, Flake Fountain, is an aging, bald molecular biologist. 

Go ahead and laugh. Get started now. That's what this book is all about! 

Flake has aided in turning the Biology Department into a profit center surpassed only by the Football Team, the T.U. Turkeys, in general revenue.

His best friends are Blip Korterly, a professor of sociology, and his merry mate Sophia Carthorse, also of the sociology department within Tynee U. They are decidedly on the hippie side of life.

This collegiate setting does raise the bar on the linguistics. Never fear, the uncommon text explains itself through context. Enjoy the language! It is sheer beauty...

In some ways, our antagonist is a simple group of nucleotides. This is merely a background fact to the story. In truth, the story provides fabulous characters. In addition to those listed above, those that you may grow to love, there are three that you can easily grow to hate. All three characters are on their own private power-trip and consider themselves to be superior to our narrator, Flake.

Tibor Tynee is the president and CEO of the University. He is a short man in every meaning of the word, with a decidedly pinched expression seemingly born on his face. The only thing large about Tibor is his ego. He is the definition of narcissism.

By order of introduction to the reader, General Veechy Kiljoy is the second character of distaste. Pick your least favorite military commander of history and he probably contains all the distasteful traits embodied by your recollections. Add to this his ability to turn on and off the charm like a kitchen faucet, and his habit of playing pocket-pool at all hours, and you have this nausea inducing character.

Miss Mary Loren rounds out our trio of characters to focus our antagonism towards. She is the character that stands to benefit the most, from a financial standpoint, from the planned progression of events. She is a tobacco heiress addicted to her family fortune in every way (must make more money, must have another puff).

Things to keep in mind while reading this book:

1. Extreme views do not necessarily make the basic facts wrong.

2. Without someone to offer alternative views, ALL life would be absolutes and stagnation. Without variety, there can be no change or advancement.

3. Smile... Laugh... Enjoy! Read every line! Grab a dictionary if you must. Language can be beautiful!

4. Set down the book and enjoy life when it intervenes. This story encourages us to enjoy the moments, the NOW... the KNOW!

5. Pick up that book once more as the chance arrives. The read is worth every moment.

There is SO much more I want to tell you about this story... but to do so would spoil all the surprises. Suffice it to say that in Blip's world Karma works, the hippies had much of it right, and Love is in the air my friend!”

Review by Kathryn Devray.