Elizabeth Must Die [Paperback]

Jeremy Needle (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 11, 2003

In a mix of computer lingo, group therapy, and two parallel stories revolving around a disk labeled Elizabeth Must Die, this debt novel of hacker-noir follows the narrator through the underbelly of LA, where all paranoid conspiracies. In the seeming inconsistencies and incoherencies that develop, we come to question the nature of artificial intelligence, identity, and memory itself.

Editorial Reviews

Review

A hard slap in the face of reality ... conjures up feelings one encounters reading William Christopher Baer or Chuck Palahniuk -- Sherry, Lady Twilight, November 27, 2002

I have to wonder where he gets his inspiration ... [it] leads into dark tunnels ... feelings of horror and fascination. -- Monos, GetUnderground.com, November 11, 2002

You will not see the end coming. No way in hell. I had to read it over and over again. -- Tammy, GetUnderground.com, November 25, 2002

Product Details

• Paperback: 148 pages
• Publisher: Six Gallery Press (February 11, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0972630120
• ISBN-13: 978-0972630122
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,437,096 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars He writes like Proust on Methodone, February 26, 2003

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Mandrake (Geneva, OH United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Elizabeth Must Die (Paperback)

or maybe Joyce on speed. Damn. Buy it, or I'll feed you to my computer.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fans of Palahniuk or Baer, you MUST read., February 3, 2003

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"ladytwilight" (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Elizabeth Must Die (Paperback)

Elizabeth Must Die takes it's reader into a sequential and systematic descent into the mind of darkness itself. Using the machinations of the Internet as a vehicle to weave in and out of time and reality, one is presented with an endless source of various amusements and riddles to sort through in order to validate the title. Elizabeth Must Die is a hard slap in the face of reality, and conjures up the feelings one encounters reading William Christopher Baer or Chuck Palahniuk. Kafka himself would
blush! It's truly an avant-garde work of art, not for the squeamish or faint of heart.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars From Gothic Beauty #11, January 26, 2004

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This review is from: Elizabeth Must Die (Paperback)

Imagine if Jim Morrison had been born in 1980, listened to electronic music, and became a computer hacker by his late teens. Imagine the effect this would have on his words and music. Now imagine him releasing a novel in conjunction with his music, and you start to get a picture of the multimedia package recently released by Jeremy NeeDLE and Six Gallery Press. The book, Elizabeth Must Die, is a "mix of computer lingo and group therapy." I blew through this book in about 2 days; and while listening to the music of NeeDLE, I found myself in a bizarre underworld where words and music melt into a psychedelic paranoid haze of sex, drugs, and... hardcore electronics. Kinda like Trainspotting on designer drugs in Los Angeles...For the book, go to www.sixgallerypress.com [or order here on Amazon.com ISBN 0972630120]. Tell them the Lizard King and Sick Boy sent you. (Sonya Brown)