6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Short, sweet, bizarro Christmas tale., August 17, 2007
This review is from: Sausagey Santa (Paperback)
Ah, this one's a keeper.
First, let me address the PROs. The story moves at a breakneck pace. The imagery is both weird and interesting. From the pirate-like Santa.. to the nazi snowmen.. to the giant frankenstein jack-in-the-box and the floating graveyards. And the elves. Oh, the elves!
It's also very funny. Carlton Mellick III really has this down to a science. He's clever as well as entertaining. Without a doubt, I will read this again.. probably around the holidays.
Now for the CONs. I myself have no problem with the book.. but many casual readers will whine about the length. Well, let me address this. Wouldn't you rather read a 100 page book that is jam packed with a good story instead of a 500 page novel that is chock full of scenes that could have been left on the cutting room floor? I would. I like short and sweet. And when people criticize his writing, calling it "juvenile" and whatnot.. That's absurd. Do writers have to use obscure hundred dollar words in order to be considered good? What about writers of children's books? They write simple stories with simple vocabulary and yet they win awards and respect. Just because we are adults does not mean we should lose that sense of fun and simplicity.
But don't get me wrong. There IS depth to Mellick's work. But it's just that he doesn't get bogged down with the whole snooty literature angle like many authors do. Instead, with his work, you get fun and bizarre literature that lampoons our society, religions, etc.
This is an excellent book right down to the cover art. I highly recommend it and I might consider giving copies out at Christmas.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Holy Crap!, November 23, 2007
This review is from: Sausagey Santa (Paperback)
I just got this book and I am going to race out and buy more copies to give as Christmas gifts. This book is a winner!
There has never been a Christmas Book as entertaining and f'd up at Sausagey Santa. Elf s3x! Christmas fetish! Snowmen with axes for limbs! This book is hilarious, poignant, and ultra smashing x-massey goodness.
I am so happy that there's a bizarro christmas book like this. And I love the cover!
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
"I should never have married a woman named Decapitron", May 2, 2007
This review is from: Sausagey Santa (Paperback)
The strangest, sickest, most twisted Christmas story you'll ever read. Definitely not one for the kiddies. Carlton Mellick III's perverse sense of humor and rebellious avant-punk novellas are as entertaining as they are abnormal. His signature writing style of simplistic vs. philosophical statement is one of the best in the new Bizarro field of literature. With sharpened wit and graphic descriptivism, he tells the most eccentric and outlandish stories you'll ever have the privilege of reading.
Matt "Sly Guy" Fry is a nondescript guy who wants to be morbidly obese and die middle aged like his parents. He married a woman who legally changed her name to Decapitron. He has four children, Nora, a daughter with a pulsing growth on the side of her head, Angelica, who wears chain saw blades for angel wings, and twin boys named Matt Jr. and Decapitron Jr.
Decapitron is a housewife by day and a Death Sport Street Fighter by profession. She loves Christmas, and makes an exceptional celebration out of it every year. But this year, Santa is caught coming to the Fry house. Santa is made out of sausages, with a gherkin for a nose, green olives for eyes, and walnuts for teeth. Santa comes under attack from the flying coffee birds, who take over the snowmen in Fry's yard, and along with N@zi Frosty, steal not just Santa's bag of toys, but Fry's daughters.
It's up to Santa and the Fry family to bring Christmas back to the world. The coffee birds steal sky-corpses, via the disease train, and use the bodies to become part of Frosty's zombie army. A huge battle ensues at the South Pole where Frosty's evil workshop is. There's exploding reindeers and a cabbage suit, elves that wear Fry's "Sly Guy" signature haircut, snowmen with axes for arms, Burt Reynolds elves, and elves with [....] $exual intents.
Mellick taps the fun side of horror, the fun side of punk, and the fun side of the bizzaro. His novellas are pure and unadulterated amusement, a distraction from the serious world. 'Sausagey Santa' really tops the list of bizzaro fun. If you love Mellick, or are looking for a curious break from reality, then definitely pick up a copy of this book. It's my new Christmas favorite. Enjoy!
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