Austin Popper
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Maybe someone here will know this weird little novel, the title and author of which escape me.
Years ago, Mrs. Popper brought home some books from a library sale or something. In the pile was this strange nutball work of fiction that I've been unable to locate. It was a small paperback with an interesting premise but the writing was not great. It seemed like someone was trying to write like Douglas Adams, and didn't even get close. The premise was that Earth was a kind of "reality show" that was broadcast to some other planet for the entertainment of whatever aliens lived there. Things had gotten pretty bad in the Earth series, with the president of Earth or maybe just the US president being some weirdo who had part of his head missing from some calamity or other.
Does this sound familiar? I mean the book, not the silly premise. That seems more familiar by the day. I'm sure it got sent off to the Salvation Army or some other thrift store or something. We moved house a couple of years ago, and got rid of at least a ton of books. The novel obviously owes a lot to things like The Truman Show and Hitchhiker's, and even Futurama, but in light of recent events here in the US, I'd like to look at it again. Maybe even finish reading it. It might be better and more interesting than I had thought.
Thanks.
Years ago, Mrs. Popper brought home some books from a library sale or something. In the pile was this strange nutball work of fiction that I've been unable to locate. It was a small paperback with an interesting premise but the writing was not great. It seemed like someone was trying to write like Douglas Adams, and didn't even get close. The premise was that Earth was a kind of "reality show" that was broadcast to some other planet for the entertainment of whatever aliens lived there. Things had gotten pretty bad in the Earth series, with the president of Earth or maybe just the US president being some weirdo who had part of his head missing from some calamity or other.
Does this sound familiar? I mean the book, not the silly premise. That seems more familiar by the day. I'm sure it got sent off to the Salvation Army or some other thrift store or something. We moved house a couple of years ago, and got rid of at least a ton of books. The novel obviously owes a lot to things like The Truman Show and Hitchhiker's, and even Futurama, but in light of recent events here in the US, I'd like to look at it again. Maybe even finish reading it. It might be better and more interesting than I had thought.
Thanks.