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Xlibris Corporation
November 2007
On Sale: October 28, 2007
304 pages
ISBN: 1425769373
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"Two decades from now, if the growth in the power of the Christian Right continues unabated, the events in "The Big God Network" could come to pass. In the 2020s, the United States has been carved up into a handful of politically themed territories, including liberal Pacifica (the West Coast) and the country's theocratic heartland, known as New America (run by a president obsessed with the Christian rapture). Against this contentious political backdrop, Baba Ed, the leader of a wealthy UFO cult, seeks contact with ETs via the Channel, a breakthrough communications interface that holds the key to the new balance of power. America's culture wars invade cyberspace in this sharp satire by JC McGowan, whose previous publishing credits include nonfiction books about world music and interactive media. McGowan envisions a dystopic post-America in which the neocons and evangelicals have joined forces to bring the country to its knees--in more ways than one--and new technology may offer the only means to stop them. This work of satirical speculative fiction succeeds in blending the wry humor of Kurt Vonnegut with edgy near-future scenarios that suggest William Gibson. "
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