Meanwhile [Mass Market Paperback]

Max Handley (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 1985

science fiction

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 314 pages
• Publisher: Warner Books (August 1, 1985)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0445200685
• ISBN-13: 978-0445200685
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,813,023 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Oddity or undiscovered gem?, March 11, 2004

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"ajwilkes" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Meanwhile (Mass Market Paperback)

I was given this book by a friend who told me "you like weird stuff, read this!" So I read "Meanwhile" and thoroughly enjoyed it. The book's premise is that men have been banished to the ocean, where they live in a giant bubble. Procreation is achieved by cloning. Whilst women live on the earth and are born of a giant woman "The Whale" by means of Immaculate Conception. Also on the earth are the Orphachins; a hoard of flesh eating male youths.
With me so far?
As I read the book with no preconceptions, it did not occur to me until I searched fr some information on the Internet that the book was of the Science Fiction genre. That said at times it did remind me of a Kurt Vonnegut/Kilgore Trout novel - which of course is no bad thing! It is truly funny in places. The funniest premise being that the main character, Brother Two has amassed a collection of "Sacred Manuscripts" which are, shall we say, magazines of an adult nature. This leads to him earnestly uttering some of the colourful language written therein in a bid to find "an Angel".
Whilst I doubt that Max Handley's Meanwhile will ever become a classic, I am sure the characters and plot will stay with me for a long time. Which is surely a good measure of an enjoyable, well written book?