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Flidderbugs [Kindle Edition]

Jonathan Gould (Author)
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What an amazing achievement: fiction that provides you with an incredible and fun read but leaves you full of thoughts long after you've finished the final paragraph.
- bookbagsandcatnaps.com

Gould is truly a master in this genre.  While directly applicable to politics, the messages here are also applicable to everyday personal interactions...
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Flidderbugs is a political satire, a fable, or maybe just a funny little story about a bunch of bugs with some very peculiar obsessions.

In this political satire, a follow up to Gould's Doodling, it's easy to insert names and political parties that we see in society today...I really love Jonathan Gould's work. His stories are fun, thought-provoking, and always well written.
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Gould does a wonderful job creating these characters that even children will love, and their parents can dig deeper for satirical layers reminiscent of Dr. Seuss - with less rhymes.
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The BEST thing about this story, for me: I can read it to my children, and they will LOVE it! Young adults and adults can read it, and they will LOVE it too! There is something for everyone to learn and enjoy.
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For more stories that stand out from the crowd, check out these other books by Jonathan Gould
*** Magnus Opum: An epic fantasy that's slightly skewed - Tolkien with a twist.
*** Doodling: The unexpected adventures of a man who fell off the world (because it was moving too fast). Douglas Adams meets Lewis Carroll (with just a dash of Gulliver's Travels).

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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 142 KB
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B005K7HKS8
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #445 Free in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Free in Kindle Store)

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By Beeshon
Format:Kindle Edition
Jonathan is one of the most creative writers I have come across. This is my third (after Doodling and Magnus Opum) encounter with this talented author and he never ceases to amaze me.

Flidderbugs is about two groups of `bugs, the Triplifers and the Quadrigons, who live - divided - in the Krephiloff Tree. If you thought that politics and devious `business' practices were exclusive to humans, be assured that they find their way into the Flidderbugs' world too. A very important and divisive issue separates the two groups - does a leaf have three or four points? It takes the offspring (Kriffle and Fargeeta) of the elders, who have long held council, to bring a refreshing new outlook to proceedings and to make them see the error of the traditionally held beliefs; but they have to act quickly - three points or four on a leaf will make no difference when there is a much more serious and urgent dilemma needing immediate attention.

I loved the characterisation of dotty professors, dogmatic seniors, smarmy dodgy `business' characters and homely, doting (Klummerfly soup-making) mothers. I loved the way the `tree' is the Flidderbugs' `world' which brings a new dimension to the phrase `What in the Tree was I thinking of'. I loved the portrayal of the wheeler-dealer Flidderbug and his shiny, pristine carapace and sleek, trim antennae, and I especially loved the shambolic professor's very logical explanation to the impending disaster, "The vectors of pressure bearing down on the indices of the central support elements in regard to the key structural components have reached a point where the proportion of lateral forces henceways in opposition to the lateral forces forthways have exceeded the most preferred ratio, leading to a situation in which vertiginous damage will shortly be unavoidable, resulting in a catastrophic breakdown in said structural components and raising the potential of a near complete collapse of the entire encompassing environment." It's obvious, really, isn't it?

This is only (sadly) a short, really easy-to-read story, but it's huge on entertainment, charm, likeability, and genius.
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Beetle mania! 5 Dec 2011
Format:Kindle Edition
This well-written, enjoyable book could either be read on the surface as a cute children's story or a cheeky satire for adults. Either a tale of two tribes of beetles who just can't agree or a reflection of modern-day politics and power struggles, complete with some wheeling and dealing. Our hero, Kriffle, lives in the Krephiloff Tree and his father, Proggle, is the leader of the Triplifers. He has high hopes for his son in political debate in the aptly named Fleedenhall. The Triplifers live on one side of the tree. On the other live their long adversaries, the Quadrigons. The beliefs of the two are at loggerheads, poised on the question of how many points have the leaves on the tree. I don't want to spoil the plot so I won't reveal any more, but I really loved this book - and the cover too! The ideas behind the cute surface story are brilliant. It's quirky, fun and interesting, full of cool characterisation and detail. The bug characters are great. I was rooting for Kriffle as he went on his search for the truth, meeting many other bugs along the way, including the daunting Fargeeta of the Quadrigons. At the end I was left wondering what happened next to Kriffle as he was a pretty neat little beetle hero. I'm not sure that I want to try the Klummerfly broth though!
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By D. Brown VINE™ VOICE
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I live in a back to back terraced house. I know that my roof is... well, I'm not actually sure what colour it is and it's raining so I'm not going out to check. But say it was blue. That should mean that my neighbour's roof is also blue, right? But what if they KNOW they their roof is pink?

When I opened Flidderbugs and read the first couple of lines, Orwell's 1984 immediately came to mind, more specifically Minitrue (aka The Ministry of Truth). In truth, my associations weren't too farfetched: there are aspects of Flidderbugs that mimic the absurdity of Minitrue and its slogans WAR IS PEACE, FREEDOM IS SLAVERY and IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH.

Flidderbugs is an interesting tale of what we know versus what we believe. Do we believe something because we know it to be the case? Or do we know something because it fits in with our beliefs? Can politics, like religion, prevent us from approaching situations logically? And is it always in our best interest to listen to the information that is fed to us from those who - allegedly - know better?

Doodling, Gould's first title (and a Goodreads Choice Awards: Best Humor semi finalist), was a fabulously fun read with a heavy smattering of satire. Flidderbugs takes satire to a whole new level. Yet its real genius lies not in that but in the fact that you don't actually realise the strength of the messages until you've completed the book. Flidderbugs simply seems like a good read (saving initial Orwellian thoughts) but it's the period after you've closed the final page or put down your ereader that the heavy thinking kicks in.

What an amazing achievement: fiction that provides you with an incredible and fun read but leaves you full of thoughts long after you've finished the final paragraph. More please, Mr Gould. Much, much more!
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