The Never Ending Pigeon Saga [Paperback]

Marc Blizzurd (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 21, 2003

Kara Testers (Pigeon for short) leads a promiscuous, teenage lifestyle. The Pigeon was not much to look at, but to members living in Boringsville, Pennsylvania she was perceived as a sex goddess. Hey, they liked how her body looked, and forgot to balance her many flaws into the equation.Monogamy is not known in the eyes of the Pigeon. Why would it be? She needs to be with as many people as she can. Throughout the sagas Pigeon Kara comes in contact with Boringsville's finest: imbeciles, psychos, jocks, normal guys, stoners, and even rednecks, which presents drama for the Pigeon. Pigeon Kara shows no shame for her promiscuous activity. Dating is brought to a whole new level when Pigeon Kara flies with it. Therefore, that can only lead to one thing sex. At the end of the day the Pigeon wants love. For her, it is a lifelong struggle.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Blizzurd was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He holds a Bachelors of Arts degree in Communications from a Pennsylvania university. It was there he developed the concept for this book. The sagas were originally nothing more than class assignments. Blizzurd spends his free time snowboarding, skiing, golfing, hanging with friends, relaxing, and writing.

Product Details

• Paperback: 180 pages
• Publisher: iUniverse (September 21, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0595288294
• ISBN-13: 978-0595288298
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (67 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,162,398 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

66 of 68 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This Book is the 7th Sign of the Apocalypse, December 1, 2004

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Michigoon "tech geek" (Mid-MI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Never Ending Pigeon Saga (Paperback)

Where to begin? This book is basically the fictional story of Kara (a "woman of low moral fiber"), the people she's had sex with (everyone), and her friends (people she's had sex with), as well as other citizens of the town (people she intends to have sex with).This isn't a book so much as it is just a long and drawn out stereotype. If you want to read this kind of material, seek out any public internet chatroom where teens gather- it's totally free of charge and it's even interactive!

The author claims that he produces this work becase "Kids don't read because it's boring," and apparently considers the solution to be cramming graphic sex and crude language in their faces. I'm a diehard fan of South Park, and this work still scares me (personally, I find more moral fiber in one episode of South Park than I could find in this whole book). Everyone in it is a flat stereotype, and thus there's absolutely no reason to care about any of them. The events of the town are senselessly dry because the only flavor you could possibly find in the book would be if you just have some dire need to read curse words and retarded sexual allusions with zero literary impact due to a lack of surrounding material.

In the end, it's just impossible to understand why the authors put this work into print. If you're 30+, have never read a serious literary work in your life, and your greatest regret in life was being a prude in high school, this book might appeal to you. For the entire rest of the civilized world, the book is a highly overpriced paperweight. Please, prove that there's some hope left for humanity- don't but this book and make sure no one you know does either.

45 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars I'm not sure if even the author can read, December 5, 2004

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Scott - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Never Ending Pigeon Saga (Paperback)

This is less like a book, and more like 200 pages of an AOL pre-teen chatroom. This is honestly quite possibly the worst thing I've ever read, and it seems like it's written for people who are illiterate (that means you can't read). Ever seen the movies "Kidz" and "Thirteen?" Imagine kids like that twice as stupid trying to write, and you have this piece of trash.

28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A literary disgrace., December 1, 2004

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Calvin Toren (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Never Ending Pigeon Saga (Paperback)

If you read the various other reviews written on this novel, you will most likely see a very polarized reaction- the readers of this particular saga seem completely divided between utter loathing and fervent admiration. Many of the exorbitantly positive opinions expressed here state that this particular novel was written for a younger, internet-savvy demographic, one less concerned with literary convention and more with humor and colloquialism. One could indeed make an argument that many of the great novelists were either disliked or unnoticed in their respective times, but I sincerely doubt Mr. Blizzurd lies amongst their ranks. The humor described in many of these customer reviews is that of the lowest common demonminator, forgoing all semblance of wit or irony in favor of an almost shameful crudeness. Another of this novel's virtues, as described by its supportive reviewers, alludes to the idea that this novel is written without typical literary conventions, and in doing so appeals to a broad audience through conversationalism. But to venerate a novel based on its lack of complexity, for its stereotypical and unrealistic characters, abandonment of a cohesive, coherent, or even entertaining plot, its use of simplistic language and its many other faults is simply a testament to how bad modern times have become. Though I acknowledge this is meant to be a satire, a parody of the lifestyle lead by the novel's protagonist (I use this term loosely here), that does not excuse it from being poorly-written and indescribably exploitative; all the humor and mass appeal in the world cannot redeem this shameful profiteering venture. A novel such as this one exemplifies everything wrong with modern literature, and it is a shame that this author has received publication while many other credible, talented writers remain unpublished, unread, and unappreciated. I do agree with many of the positive reviewers who state that reading should be entertaining, yet I certainly hope that the public does not need a book this low, this disgraceful, this terribly written and shallow in order to find reading attractive. This book has only two purposes, both tinly-veiled: as [...] material poorly passed off as literature, and as a perfect example of how the modern American novel has declined so steeply over the years.
This book is an abomination, and to purchase it is to fill the coffers of its untalented, profiteering, shameless author, and to contribute to a lamentable trend in modern American literature. You're all smarter than this; do not sell yourselves short with this novel. If you have the capacity to read this website, you have the capacity to appreciate literature far greater than this, and I fully urge you all to do so.
Thank you.