"<i>Sunshine Patriots</i> quickly reaches critical mass, and shines with a furious, distinctive, and compelling energy all its own!" <p><br /></p><p>-- <i>Tony Daniel, author of Metaplanetary</i></p>

"[Campbell's writing] is at once inventive, funny, and poetic. There is a brilliant future in his imagined worlds".<p><br /></p><p>-- <i>Darius James, author of Negrophobia and That's Blaxploitation: Roots of the Baadasssss 'Tude!!!</i></p>

<p>"As these are historic times, many
works of literature are bound to be inspired. Campbell's  <b><i>Sunshine
Patriots</i></b> deserves attention as such a work."—<b>Kim
Thorpe, <i>Boston's Weekly Dig</i></b></p>
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<p>"A jazzily written, satirically
tinged story."—<b>Bill O'Driscoll, <i>Pittsburgh City Paper</i></b></p>
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<p>"[Bill Campbell has] founded an
entirely new literary genre."—<b>Pamela Zoslov, <i>Cleveland
Free Times</i></b></p>
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<p>"Sunshine Patriots is outrageous
and brilliant. Its characters will intrigue and enrage you; its story
is as familiar as an old shirt and as wondrous as a soothsayer's
vision. Few authors have both the skill and the chutzpah to push the
frontiers of science fiction this far, and this well."—<b>Kavita
Philip</b>, author of <b><i>Civilizing Natures</i></b></p>
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<p>"A real page-turner, and very
thought provoking besides. I didn't want to put this one down. Every
scene played out before me like a movie. This was a very good book.
The characters were well developed and three dimensional. I got into
them right off. The setting was also very well developed. I could
almost smell the alien colony while I was reading. Good work. Bill
Campbell is a name to watch. I predict more good books from him in
the future."—<b>Dan L. Hollifield, <i>Aphelion Review</i></b></p>
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<p>"In his debut novel,  Sunshine
Patriots , author Bill Campbell presents an oppressive
techno-corporate political machine presiding over a Unified Earth,
unified primarily in its abject poverty and desolation. The book ...
portrays an Earth as global slum, from which forced enlistment in the
armed services constitutes the only "escape" for the
brutalized classes. Rife with dystopian themes, Sunshine Patriots
also reveals a wry and literate sense of humor (a lead character, the
Jamaican war hero Aaron Edmund Barber, known as "the Berber,"
nominally evokes two of Shakespeare's most compelling villains), a
sure ear for slang and the expressive richness of subculture, and an
intriguing sociopolitical motivation. In other words, unlike in the
bulk of the sci-fi canon, it isn't always the Anglo/Asian who saves
the day, and it isn't always the black guy who gets it in the
neck."—<b>John Rodat, <i>Metroland</i></b><i> </i>(Albany, New York)</p>
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Rebellion erupts on the "paradise" planet of Elysia, plunging the colony into chaos. In response, the all-powerful United Earth dispatches its elite corps of cyborg soldiers, led by Aaron "the Berber" Barber. After more than a decade of killing hideous aliens across the galaxy, Barber questions his celebrated role in United Earth's military/industrial/entertainment complex when he finally has to face his fellow humans.
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ISBN
9780989141116
Publisert
2013-12-19
Utgiver
Vendor
Rosarium Publishing
Vekt
335 gr
Høyde
233 mm
Bredde
154 mm
Dybde
12 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
198

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Bill Campbell is the author the novels Koontown Killing Kaper and My Booty Novel as well as the essay collection, Pop Culture: Politics, Puns, and "Poohbutt" from a Liberal Stay-at-Home Dad. He lives in Washington, DC.