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I spotted this book via goodreads. I really like the recommendations they do here on the basis of what you're reading. I think I was reading 'Sleepless', when this book was recommended. A book which will probably never be in the bookstores in Europe, so got it online, being curious by the story outline I got here. A weird apocalyptic story, cool out-of-the-box story too. How can a writer make something like this up...you wonder It's different from a lot of other books in the same genre, of cours
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Josef Horkai has been awoken from storage after thirty years to aid the community. Only he can safely venture forth into the ruined landscape, and return with an item could mean the future of humanity. Evenson weaves a carefully constructed tale of a dystopian future where trust is a rare commodity and answers are a thing of the past. I was immediately drawn into Evenson's novel, and couldn't wait each day to get back to this book.
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Tidy little post-apocalyptic nightmarish road novel. I was thinking it’s like The Road by McCarthy but it’s actually a horrible Groundhog Day scenario. Worth two hours of my time.
A basic short horror story. I think you could even tell this one around a campfire it's so simple. Some of the dream sequences I skimmed over, especially around the 3/4 mark as they went on and on and the overall post-apocalyptic wasteland setting was sub-par, but I'm kind of a snob about that stuff. It was a quick read and didn't actively offend my sensibilities of storytelling.
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Twitter review: Brian Evenson's Immobility is bleak but compelling, with echoes of Canticle for Leibowitz, I Am Legend, & The Road. (More may come later.)
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