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Hollywood on the edge of forever [Kindle Edition]

Stavrogin (Author)
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'Fade in:

Alternate Hollywood. Directed by a madman, produced by Captain Insane.

Cut to:

Why is Tom Cruise wandering around the deserted basement of a movie studio?

What is Christian Slater doing in the sewers with a fake shotgun?

Why is Nick Nolte killing Russians?

What is this movie called 'Statham's Brain'?

And the big one...

Did Jack Nicholson really survive 'The Shining'?

'Hollywood on the edge of forever'. An uncountable number of satirical stories, whipping a vaguely familiar Hollywood to within an inch of its life.'

Fade out.

[NOTE: Some of these stories have previously been published in satirical zine 'Gupter Puncher' and on the Year Zero Writers site.]

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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 241 KB
  • Publisher: Zizek Press; 1 edition (9 April 2011)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B004VYR1LW
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #283,335 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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3 of 6 people found the following review helpful
The pace of this book was breathtaking - so breathtaking that I went back to read it a second time so I could savour the literary treats it offered and surreal images it conjured up without being hampered by the need to find out what happened at the end of each story. I don't think any other book has ever had quite this effect on me - this was a first.

Stavrogin's ability to capture the reader and carry him/her along with his narrative is impressive. Yes, the book is pure satire and has no factual basis at all in the actual characters it pretends to portray, but it makes you look at things in a very different way. I wonder how many people have actually put themselves in a celebrity's shoes and imagined what it must be like to be that person in everyday life, day in, day out, warts and all? Very few I suspect. This book attempts to do just this and succeeds because we all recognise the personality traits portrayed from our own experience and can empathise with the feelings and frailties the writer gives his 'celebrities'.

The only downside for me was that, not being a film geek, some of the jokes/links I suspect might've been lost on me. Though a shame, this didn't impede my enjoyment of the book however. In addition to this, if you're not a film geek or celebrity follower I think the book would appeal to a younger readership rather than a more mature one as it's written in a very 'in your face' style.
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4 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Celebrities are all image, show, symbol, fakery. That's generally agreed. But then we leave it at that, generally, and don't think what it is like to be a human turned into an image. Or what these symbol people do to us.
This is a very, very funny book that satirizes celebrities like Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson etc. but with (at times) an almost painful level of human empathy. It's a fantastic balancing act that Stavrogin pulls off with a unique style.
No one is even trying to write like this: bitter, funny, sad, trivial and tragic all mixed up in the same story.
If you love Hollywood: read this book.
If you hate Hollywood: read this book
If you couldn't care less about Hollywood because all you like is human life and great writing, well then you should read this book too.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
The fictions behind the Hollywood fictions 10 April 2011
By Marc Horne - Published on Amazon.com
Celebrities are all image, show, symbol, fakery. That's generally agreed. But then we leave it at that, generally, and don't think what it is like to be a human turned into an image. Or what these symbol people do to us.
This is a very, very funny book that satirizes celebrities like Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson etc. but with (at times) an almost painful level of human empathy. It's a fantastic balancing act that Stavrogin pulls off with a unique style.
No one is even trying to write like this: bitter, funny, sad, trivial and tragic all mixed up in the same story.
If you love Hollywood: read this book.
If you hate Hollywood: read this book
If you couldn't care less about Hollywood because all you like is human life and great writing, well then you should read this book too.
Hollywood as you've never imagined it before 13 April 2011
By Jane Collins-Campbell - Published on Amazon.com
The pace of this book was breathtaking - so breathtaking that I went back to read it a second time so I could savour the literary treats it offered and surreal images it conjured up without being hampered by the need to find out what happened at the end of each story. I don't think any other book has ever had quite this effect on me - this was a first.

Stavrogin's ability to capture the reader and carry him/her along with his narrative is impressive. Yes, the book is pure satire and has no factual basis at all in the actual characters it pretends to portray, but it makes you look at things in a very different way. I wonder how many people have actually put themselves in a celebrity's shoes and imagined what it must be like to be that person in everyday life, day in, day out, warts and all? Very few I suspect. This book attempts to do just this and succeeds because we all recognise the personality traits portrayed from our own experience and can empathise with the feelings and frailties the writer gives his 'celebrities'.

The only downside for me was that, not being a film geek, some of the jokes/links I suspect might've been lost on me. Though a shame, this didn't impede my enjoyment of the book however. In addition to this, if you're not a film geek or celebrity follower I think the book would appeal to a younger readership rather than a more mature one as it's written in a very 'in your face' style.
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