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Go-Go Girls of the Apocalypse: A Novel | 
| Author: Victor Gischler
Publisher: Touchstone
Category: Book
List Price: $14.00
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Rating:  24 reviews
Sales Rank: 86160
Media: Paperback
Pages: 336
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.2 x 0.8
ISBN: 1416552251
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9781416552253
ASIN: 1416552251
Publication Date: July 8, 2008
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Product Description
Mortimer Tate was a recently divorced insurance salesman when he holed up in a cave on top of a mountain in Tennessee and rode out the end of the world. Go-Go Girls of the Apocalypse begins nine years later, when he emerges into a bizarre landscape filled with hollow reminders of an America that no longer exists. The highways are lined with abandoned automobiles; electricity is generated by indentured servants pedaling stationary bicycles. What little civilization remains revolves around Joey Armageddon's Sassy A-Go-Go strip clubs, where the beer is cold, the lap dancers are hot, and the bouncers are armed with M16s.Accompanied by his cowboy sidekick Buffalo Bill, the gorgeous stripper Sheila, and the mountain man Ted, Mortimer journeys to the lost city of Atlanta -- and a showdown that might determine the fate of humanity.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 19 more reviews...
 Wonderful Surprise! December 30, 2008
Felicia Tiller (Washington, D.C.)
I found this book QUITE by accident, and in fact, thought it was a zombie book - my passion. It is not a zombie book, but it is one of the most exciting books I have read all year. I am a new Gischler fan and will read anything he writes. Reminds me of Carl Hiaasen, in a way, with a wonderful tongue-in-cheek style of writing that is very refreshing. By all means, make time for this one.
Loved it December 18, 2008
Phil Leitch (minnesota)
Great book. I didn't want it to end. If there was anything wrong with it, it was that it ended too soon. I'd like to have seen more of the ragged crew having encounters along the way.
Life in a Post-Apocalyptic World with a Platinum Card from a Strip Club December 4, 2008
Gregg Eldred (Avon Lake, OH USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
One of the best reasons for visiting your local library is that they have all of their new books in one area (at least in my library). It makes it extremely easy to peruse all of the recent additions to their collection without having to walk all around looking at individual sections. Because of this, you can find books in genres that you may not normally read; in this case, the book was labeled "science fiction." Also, having a title like "Go-Go Girls of the Apocalypse" and including a picture of mushroom cloud and a woman holding an automatic weapon on the cover doesn't hurt the book's chances of being picked up, either.
Go-Go Girls of the Apocalypse, by Victor Gischler, opens with the introduction of Mortimer Tate. Mortimer left his suburban life, for a remote cabin in the Tennessee woods, nine years earlier, to escape divorce proceedings. In those nine years, the world has radically changed due to natural and man made events. It no longer resembles the world that he remembers; no cars or electricity, many people are scavengers, there are bands of cannibals, groups of roving para-military types, and more. What passes for civilization, in this post-apocalyptic world, can be found wherever there is a Joey Armageddon's Sassy-A-Go-Go strip club. These establishments, in addition to being a traditional strip club, also sell food, clothes, weapons, and ammunition. They also have hotels, where you can have a soft bed and a shower; Very important in a world where most people are sleeping on the ground and have no running water. Mortimer, having a very difficult time adjusting to the new world order, almost immediately gets into trouble. Events unfold such that he, his new found friend "Buffalo Bill," and Sheila, a stripper, must travel to Atlanta, the headquarters of the Red Czar, enemy of Joey Armageddon, to kill him.
Humor, terror, horror, suspense, extremely well drawn characters and excellent dialog, solid plot, and a wicked twist at the end; this book has it all. It is one of the most satisfying books of 2008. Gischler's Mortimer Tate is an excellent hero-resourceful, smart, and human, in a very inhuman world. His partners, "Buffalo Bill" and Sheila, are survivors in this world and add more than just support to Tate's character. They are not simple, throw away characters, but well defined, adding substance to the story. "Brilliant" is all I can think to say about civilization cropping up around a strip club, when most communities in this day loathe having them within their city limits. The owners of these establishments are at the pinnacle of local politics and law enforcement. Finally, don't think that Gischler doesn't make any subtle comments about current consumer tastes, needs and wants. He peppers the book with references to things that we currently value that, in a post-apocalyptic world, have no value other than sentiment.
This book is on my "Top Ten List" of 2008.
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