“A great pick for readers who enjoy offbeat science fiction with a strong sense of humor.”Amazon.com customer review · United States
Chapters Are Not Playthings — Book One
Chapter Nine
The Universe vs Alan
Absurdist British comedy science fiction by Peter Agambar.
Alan Powndsland has always believed that rules exist for a reason. Unfortunately, the universe has rules too — and somebody has been filling them in incorrectly.
A routine roadside mishap reconnects Alan with Sid, a tow-truck driver with a talent for fixing almost anything. Then a vending machine becomes considerably more ambitious, an interstellar bureaucrat arrives with instructions, and reality begins requiring paperwork.
What follows involves cosmic administration, missing logic, accidental heroism, forms with consequences, and a practical scone recipe included for reasons that become progressively less clear.
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Chapter Nine is the first book in Chapters Are Not Playthings, a comic science-fiction series where bureaucracy operates at cosmic scale and ordinary people discover that reality is far less well managed than advertised.
If you enjoy offbeat science fiction, British absurdist humour, unlikely friendships and the administrative consequences of touching things clearly labelled do not touch, this is where the paperwork begins.
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“Wonderful read well written can’t wait to read the novellas that come after this! Full of character.”Amazon.com customer review · United States
“So creative! I really enjoyed how unexpected this was and the scone recipe!”Amazon.com customer review · United States
“A topsy turvy, peculiar universe, whimsical tale.”Amazon.com customer review · United States
The absurdity starts with Chapter Nine.
Scones at the ready.
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