This Other Eden - Ben Elton

...detracts. This Other Eden is set in the future where the air is unbreathable in big cities and the ozone layer has disintegrated to the point that people go and have their pores blocked in able to walk the streets, the big cities all operate at night to save their inhabitants and the world has gone mad. Television programmes are now the interludes interrupting adverts, and advertising is the new global superpower. The book operates on several levels, ...
...the reader becomes involved in this crazy world, and at the back of the mind there is this nagging thought - is this the future? No far-fetched laser guns or aliens, just humans hell-bent on making money, well some of them. With anti-earth death action groups, a norse God-like figure, a murder, the FBI, and spray on condoms, what more could you ask for on a quiet night? Ben Elton at his best before commercialism swallowed him whole and he lost the ...

CaraBee 23.03.2004 · Read full review
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This other eden is one of Ben Elton's older novels, and it was written , in my opinion when he was at his best. It was compelling and thought provoking, with Elton tackling th etopic of the World and how to save it in his own unique way. His tallent for writing chronic page turners is found here more than ever, so dont expect to get much done after you pick this book up. It is a very good book for these long winter nights!! Also worth bearing in ...

mattcooper 04.12.2000 · Read full review
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This book is a must read for fans of Ben Elton's writing. From the hollywood star to the scandanavian adonis this book is full of strong characters and intreguing twists. Elton's characteristic ecological view of the world is present in its entirity but is not forced upon you and does not distract you from the books humour. Having read all but one of Elton's novels (Stark being the odd one out) I can safely say that in my mind this is the best. I ...

Davie123 21.09.2000 · Read full review
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...what do you get from this Ben Elton novel? Like every other there is political correctness, stand-up observational humour splattered throughout liberally (sic), and this time a pretty decent plot too. Okay so it’s not earth shattering or going to win the Nobel Prize for Plot Complexity but it’s way better than Gridlock and adds to the enjoyment. Nathan is a British writer and has written what he wants to be a blockbuster movie. Only problem is someone ...
...to stay alive to make it. The earth in on the brink of environmental disaster and for the Eco-terrorists, Mother Earth, it is their opportunity to blow up things and say how awful things are, whilst for Jurgen Thor it is the opportunity to sell Claustrospheres (a survival chamber for those rich enough to afford it when the Earth finally dies). Gone is the huge print of Gridlock to pad out the book and back is the small print of Stark, required to ...

steve_frazer 05.07.2000 · Read full review
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