Media studies professor Bradley crafts an exceptionally polished debut, carefully negotiating the balance between inspiration and story. In the small university town of Slade, Tex., two college friends are inspired by the cryptic messages that various malcontents broadcast via graffiti and the abandoned analog airwaves. Pseudonymous "Hiram" and "Levi" decide to write their own survival manifesto based on The Book, a survival narrative that encourages its readers to spell out a story and set of rules that attempt to justify the actions they take in a society without traditional boundaries, rules, or structures. When the chaos of the unspecified Event hits, Hiram and Levi implement their plan and use skills learned from the Boy Scouts, D&D, and mythology to improve their odds of survival as they collect companions and head for their chosen haven. Falling somewhere between The Lord of the Flies and The Zombie Survival Guide, this dystopian ditty will generate passionate readership and spirited "what would you do?" conversations. (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Review
"An exceptionally polished debut...Falling somewhere between The Lord of the Flies and The Zombie Survival Guide, this dystopian ditty will generate passionate readership and spirited "what would you do?" conversations." –_Publishers Weekly
_"Story edged as a katana, prose tight as the grip that wields it, Noise is keen in its purpose and most ‘incisive.' Shorn of false sentiment and trite cynicism, it paints an all too plausible apocalypse, and paints it in bold fresh terms. This is a great new take on its genre and an exemplary work in its own right." --Hal Duncan, author of _Ink and Vellum
_"Darin Bradley's brainy, slippery, and riveting Noise is Lord of the Flies on serious psychotropics. With narrative tendrils in the "paper" book and online as well, Noise is deliberately speaking to a young, media-soaked audience through various texts and tricks. You watch. _ Noise_ is destined to be a milestone work for Millennial readers." --Barth Anderson, author of The Patron Saint of Plagues
"_Noise_ is not a thick book, so the dense layering and compelling characterizations will surprise you all the more. It’s unexpected. And given Bradley’s dark view and haunting prose, it’s even possible you won’t like Noise. But it is not possible that you will forget it." --_January_ Magazine
“I…read Noise by Darin Bradley and was completely blown away…This book has power.” –Tor.com
“Edgy and disturbing, Noise is a worthy successor to all those post-holocaust books of yesteryear.” –_Analog
_"You want this book...It’s the kind of book that leaves you breathless haunted and in awe. It makes me think of Little Brother meets Lord of the Flies meets Heart of Darkness meets Mad Max and the Road Warrior meets Letham. It’s a ride, fast and sure, and even though it seems like a YA dystopian novel, like another Hunger Games or..._Battle Royale_, he takes it and makes it so unique, so different, so blood curdling awesome. And he does that one thing all real interesting and smart genre writers try to do and fail miserably over and over and over again--he combines literary feats of philosophical inquiry and metafictional prowess with the steady rhythm and accessibility of a powerful fast read of a gut punch of a novel. In other words--you want this book." –Paul Jessup
“Nobody reads books because they know if the heroes live or die or because they know it has a happy or a sad ending. We read books because someone says, in one way or another, 'This is a good book. You should read it.' Noise is a good book. You should read it.” –A Terrible Idea
“What sets this one apart from others of this ilk are (a) its unusual premise and (b) the narrative skill of the author…[a] riveting and jarring debut novel.” –Book Loons
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Media studies professor Bradley crafts an exceptionally polished debut, carefully negotiating the balance between inspiration and story. In the small university town of Slade, Tex., two college friends are inspired by the cryptic messages that various malcontents broadcast via graffiti and the abandoned analog airwaves. Pseudonymous "Hiram" and "Levi" decide to write their own survival manifesto based on The Book, a survival narrative that encourages its readers to spell out a story and set of rules that attempt to justify the actions they take in a society without traditional boundaries, rules, or structures. When the chaos of the unspecified Event hits, Hiram and Levi implement their plan and use skills learned from the Boy Scouts, D&D, and mythology to improve their odds of survival as they collect companions and head for their chosen haven. Falling somewhere between The Lord of the Flies and The Zombie Survival Guide, this dystopian ditty will generate passionate readership and spirited "what would you do?" conversations.
(c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Review
"An exceptionally polished debut...Falling somewhere between The Lord of the Flies and The Zombie Survival Guide, this dystopian ditty will generate passionate readership and spirited "what would you do?" conversations." –_Publishers Weekly
_"Story edged as a katana, prose tight as the grip that wields it, Noise is keen in its purpose and most ‘incisive.' Shorn of false sentiment and trite cynicism, it paints an all too plausible apocalypse, and paints it in bold fresh terms. This is a great new take on its genre and an exemplary work in its own right." --Hal Duncan, author of _Ink and Vellum
_"Darin Bradley's brainy, slippery, and riveting Noise is Lord of the Flies on serious psychotropics. With narrative tendrils in the "paper" book and online as well, Noise is deliberately speaking to a young, media-soaked audience through various texts and tricks. You watch. _ Noise_ is destined to be a milestone work for Millennial readers." --Barth Anderson, author of The Patron Saint of Plagues
"_Noise_ is not a thick book, so the dense layering and compelling characterizations will surprise you all the more. It’s unexpected. And given Bradley’s dark view and haunting prose, it’s even possible you won’t like Noise. But it is not possible that you will forget it." --_January_ Magazine
“I…read Noise by Darin Bradley and was completely blown away…This book has power.” –Tor.com
“Edgy and disturbing, Noise is a worthy successor to all those post-holocaust books of yesteryear.” –_Analog
_"You want this book...It’s the kind of book that leaves you breathless haunted and in awe. It makes me think of Little Brother meets Lord of the Flies meets Heart of Darkness meets Mad Max and the Road Warrior meets Letham. It’s a ride, fast and sure, and even though it seems like a YA dystopian novel, like another Hunger Games or..._Battle Royale_, he takes it and makes it so unique, so different, so blood curdling awesome. And he does that one thing all real interesting and smart genre writers try to do and fail miserably over and over and over again--he combines literary feats of philosophical inquiry and metafictional prowess with the steady rhythm and accessibility of a powerful fast read of a gut punch of a novel. In other words--you want this book." –Paul Jessup
“Nobody reads books because they know if the heroes live or die or because they know it has a happy or a sad ending. We read books because someone says, in one way or another, 'This is a good book. You should read it.' Noise is a good book. You should read it.” –A Terrible Idea
“What sets this one apart from others of this ilk are (a) its unusual premise and (b) the narrative skill of the author…[a] riveting and jarring debut novel.” –Book Loons