J. Ishiro Finney

Ridiculum (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

"The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter."
-Mark Twain

Let's face it... doom and gloom is an easy sell. Readers do love their tales of bleak futures and apocalyptic hellscapes. So much so, it seems that publishers have forgotten we readers also like to laugh. And with times being what they are, we're ALL in need of a few good laughs.

Now, what if I told you there was once a time when sci-fi magazines routinely printed comedic tales about absurdist dystopias, twisted robot logic, and time travel shenanigans gone awry? Of aliens behaving badly, and hyper-intelligent mice toppling the national security state? That films like Idiocrasy borrowed heavily from these stories. As did Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure. And Douglas Adams all but owed his career to these golden age galactic romps.

Ridiculum is an anthology that collects some of the best (and unfortunately forgotten) comedic stories from the pulp era, including works by genre legends such as Philip K. Dick, Murray Leinster, Robert Sheckley, Harry Harrison, John D MacDonald, C. L. Moore, Henry Kutter, and more.

Indeed, this anthology is so good, here's what some AI on the internet said about it:
"I never thought I'd see any of these stories again, but I was wrong. Ridiculum is a treasure trove of fun nostalgia!"

How can you argue with that? And this digital edition is only $0.99! So what are you waiting for? Buy this book! Read it cover to cover. Leave a review and let everyone know how swell it is.ng as they are, we're all in need of some light-hearted fun.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: 01Publishing
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Februar 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781945396021
• Artikelnr.: 70915732

Autorenporträt

J. Ishiro Finney is an author of horror, gritty sci-fi, and neo-noir. He is 5'6", weighs 155 lbs on a full bladder, and has black hair that is slowly going silver. If someone was to play J. Ishiro in a movie of his life, it would be a young Brad Dourif, best known as being the voice of Chuckyalthough Ishiro is more akin to Brad's portrayal of the Twisted Mentat Piter De Vries in the film Dune.

If J. Ishiro were a beverage, he'd be a cup of scalding coffee. If J. Ishiro were a celestial body he'd be a planetoid in the Oort Belt. J. Ishiro's best friend is a rodent. He gets his best ideas while in a half-awake state. He eats raw oatmeal. Every day. He listens to music that could be mistaken for a factory collapsing. He's seen ghosts, spontaneous human combustion, and a UFO in broad daylight. One of those prior statements is not true. J. Ishiro does not believe in ghosts. The UFO was a silver disc gliding over an Air Force Base. Spontaneous human combustion is impossible.

If you were to break J. Ishiro down into his key chemical components he'd be at least 3% coffee. The rest would be piss and vinegar. His atomic number is 60: Neodymium. When J. Ishiro throws parties he serves heavy water and yellow cake.

His other works include: Casefile: Arkham, Titanium Rain, Utopiates, and World War Kaiju. He has used the pen name Josh Finney in the past.