The Four Bubbas of the Apocalypse: Flatulence, Halitosis, Incest, and... Ned [Paperback]

Selina Rosen (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1, 2003

It's the End of the World... Again That's right grab yer BBQ sauce, hunker down, and enjoy the latest in the Bubbas of the Apocalypse universe. Let's face it, when good ole boys and gals are left to their own vices... er I mean devices to fight the Yumbie horde in the time after the great Yuppie 25 Plague, certain niceties, rules of conduct, and laws are going to be tossed aside. Folks will bathe and brush their teeth when and if they feel like it. No one's going to care if someone's sleeping with their cousin, and your stupid friend Ned is going to own the keys to the world.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"The concept eludes me." -- Glenn Cook, author of the BLACK COMPANY novels

About the Author

With Stories By: Bill Allen, M.H. Bonham, Robert D. Brown, James K. Burk, James S. Dorr, Linda J. Dunn, Melanie Fletcher, Bennie Grezlik, Matt Howl, Julia Blackshear Kosatka, Gary Jonas, Andrew Zimmerman Jones, John M. Lance, Lee W. Lindsay, Jr., Lee Martindale, Tracy S. Morris, Gloria Oliver, Garrett Peck, Robert Pickering, Selina Rosen, Mark Shepherd, Bradley H. Sinor, Glenn R. Sixbury, Mark W. Tiedemann, Jeff Turner, Laura J. Underwood, Billy Vincent, and poetry by Ajax.

Product Details

• Paperback: 300 pages
• Publisher: Yard Dog Press (December 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1893687457
• ISBN-13: 978-1893687455
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,892,430 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ned Helped Write This Review, January 13, 2004

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James K. Burk (Wichita, Kansas United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Four Bubbas of the Apocalypse: Flatulence, Halitosis, Incest, and... Ned (Paperback)

To be completely upfront about it, I have a story in this collection. Any writer worth his keyboard is going to tell you that his is the best story in the collection. I can't honestly say that -- the quality of the stories is remarkably high. Even more amazing is that there isn't a single total dog in the whole collection, an event rarer than a solar eclipse.
This is not for those who sip their tea with dainty pinky extended, this is for somebody who finds humor in someone putting away a six-pack and belching the first stanza of a country-western song.

I was afraid, with the guidelines, that the stories might seem redundant, and several elements were used more than once -- the lethality of stomach gas and halitosis, for instance -- but the treatments were different enough that I didn't get the feeling "here we go again."

There were so many bizarre and inventive stories that to choose one is difficult, but perhaps the story of the really lonely guy who built himself a woman out of Spam was one of the best, and pretty illustrative of the sort of outrageous humor that makes this book a pleasure to read. Some shyer types may want to take the cover off John Grisham novel to hide the fact that they're not among the brain-washed, but for the rest of us, the cover was part of the fun.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What's not to like?, August 4, 2004

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Bill D. Allen "Wild Bill" (Oklahoma) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Four Bubbas of the Apocalypse: Flatulence, Halitosis, Incest, and... Ned (Paperback)

If you don't like this book you have no sense of humor, whatsoever. This book is completely outrageous and an unashamed good time.

Go with it and have fun!

5.0 out of 5 stars Makes you laugh until you pass gas!, December 11, 2007

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Ethan Nahte "Nahteboy" (Dallas, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Four Bubbas of the Apocalypse: Flatulence, Halitosis, Incest, and... Ned (Paperback)

The sequel to the 1st BOTA book is hilarious. New stories by a ton of authors (or maybe 2 tons - I didn't ask their weights). But more rip-roaring fun as the Bubbas meet up with their own Trojan Horse, a cure for the yombie virus and the discovery that not everyone you're related to is exactly what you think they are. Pass the BBQ sauce and pass the gas, cause here come the Bubbas.