Everyone says that at the end of the world /

Everyone says that at the end of the world /

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Author / Creator:	Egerton, Owen.
Imprint:	Berkeley, CA : Soft Skull Press, [2013]
Description:	360 pages ; 23 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	End of the world -- Fiction. End of the world. Fiction.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9899511

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ISBN:	9781593765187 1593765185
Summary:	Earth is the mental asylum of the universe and humans are the incurable inmates. Now the asylum is being shut down. Everyone Says That at the End of the World traces the adventures of a ghost-haunted slacker couple expecting their first child, an outrageously arrogant television actor seeking redemption and a prophetic hermit crab on a cross-country quest as they struggle to survive the final four days of life on Earth. Inter-dimensional time travelers, Jesus clones, and prosthetic limbs all play a role in the catastrophic events leading to the planet's end.

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Summary:	In this "often riotous, ultimately moving Cat's Cradle for our time," a Texas couple prepares for the apocalypse ( Kirkus Reviews ).<br> <br> In Austin, Milton and Rica are expecting their first child. It's four days and counting. Not for the baby. But for the end of the world. Evidence- Haydon Brock, a godless television star has suddenly traded his Hollywood fame for salvation. A prophetic hermit crab is embarking on an unfathomable cross-country quest. Planes are dropping from the sky. And the president and first lady disappear. No omen is too inexplicable to Milton. He's learned for a fact that our planet is one vast asylum for the incurably insane. And its cosmic guardians are about to close down the whole damn thing.<br> <br> Then Milton receives one more premonition- to seek out Haydon now holed up somewhere in Marfa. To what end Milton hasn't a clue. To find out, Milton, Rica, and their best friend head west across an increasingly cataclysmic landscape of inter-dimensional time travelers, Jesus clones, sleep-deprived monks, ghosts, and angels in an epic and manic quest to outrun the last days on Earth.<br> <br> Combining humor, philosophical inquiry and an unforgettable cast of characters, "this sharp-witted satire" ( Booklist ) "is a future classic, and people will be reading it decades from now. I know I will" (Charles Yu, How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe ).
Physical Description:	360 pages ; 23 cm
ISBN:	9781593765187 1593765185