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Super Fetus

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This novella is based on a short story written for a Gross Out Competition. The author had taken the original story and expanded it, and the novella is as demented and twisted as the short story it is based.

Because the plot involves a fetus who refuses to leave his mother's womb no matter what she tries to do to stop him, so you know this is going to be a sick read. The characters are all bizarre, with odd defects, disorders, missing body parts; everyone is a scumbag; there is a lot of twisted sex, and an amazing ending. I'd love to see an illustrated version of this book.

highly enjoyable, I tore through it in two sittings.

This book was gross, disturbing, and funny. All the things that I love in my books! If you wanna pass a few hours with a fetus that just won't die I cannot recommend this book enough. Adam Pepper does a fantastic job of sucking you in and not letting you go until the last page!

You have to know what type of book you're getting into when you see a title like SUPER FETUS. To be surprised that it will be shocking, or not fulfilling on some kind of human level, is a level of naivety that I hope few people still possess. That said, the book is so off the wall that I personally couldn't take offense at any of its assaults-- I just had to read in estranged awe as the tale unfolded. It's a fun read. I don't imagine someone could put it down for lack of interest (maybe for religious or psychological reasons but not from boredom (hell no)). I saw another review here that criticizes the ending. Well, I take exception with that. I felt a little jarred at the end, but considering everything that had happened so far and the heights of depravity that Super Fetus reaches, isn't this the absolute correct ending? I'll let you be the judge. If you're not too squeamish or easily rattled and aren't particularly looking for anything but a dark, twisted thrill, I highly recommend this book to you!

So... a really long time ago, I remember this story from its early beginnings as a 2-minute live-reading World Horror Convention performance gross-out story.

But this stubborn fetus has grown up and spawned a much longer literary (?) protest. Heck... it spawned a book... while refusing itself to spawn. Or... at least... while refusing to be born.

This is a funny, gross, disturbing -- ok, disturbingly funny and gross -- story about a fetus who refuses to be dismissed. But for all the amusement of SuperFetus' segments, honestly, it's the "football" scene that I found the most disturbing.

Read and enjoy. When nobody is looking over your shoulder.

It's like the story of the gingerbread man except with a fetus refusing to be aborted or leave the womb.

This fetus can hear what's going on in the world around it and it doesn't like what it hears, mommy is trying to get rid of it. She has too many kids and doesn't want another. So what does the fetus do? What is the solution? To get ripped and thwart any and all attempts to take the fetus out.

I, like a friend of mine, agree that while the story is good there isn't enough of the main character. I would liked to have seen more of the fetus, the fetus and the abortions were great and funny and there was a lot that could have been done there, but it was a bit rushed or short of a novella. There was more of a focus on the mom and her relationships, or lack thereof, that led to each of her children. I thought the ending was a bit abrupt as well. All in all I look forward to more bizarro from Adam Pepper, this was a good introduction to his writing.

After reading the first few pages with Mr. Pepper's semi-disclosure, I was expecting to be filled with controversial emotion, but that wasn't the case. I mean, maybe I'm just overly desensitized to unsanitary things, but I wasn't offended at all.

The story itself was entertaining, bouncing back and forth between the baby's world, and his mother's desire to rid herself of him. I was expecting all out bloodshed and massacre from the concept of this book, but that isn't the case. It's pretty tame overall, but still an entertaining read and worthy of being in the collection. I'll definitely look into more Mr. Pepper's work and see what else he has to offer.

Do NOT try to abort this fetus! He fights back!

You can try to read meaning into it if you want, but it's just a bizarre story about a baby that refuses to be aborted. As well as a real airhead of a mother who gets knocked up by the weirdest quartet of men I've ever read about. Totally off the wall and offensive in so many ways.

There is a lot more story potential here than what's written. I think it goes by too quick, and the whole idea of how a baby fights back against multiple abortion attempts is actually underplayed, while the back story of the men in this woman's life is overplayed. I wish the story were longer to give more focus on the title character, but even so, it's memorable.

With a title like SUPER FETUS, the biggest challenge Adam Pepper has is creating a narrative that lives up to it. The previous reviewers have done a fine job of summarizing the plot. Given the combination of the title, the cover and the comments of the reviewers, you should know by now what you're getting into if you purchase this book. So, the question remains...is it good?

No, it's not good--it's great. In lesser hands this could've been a rapidly-tiring, one-joke affair, or--worse yet--a ham-handed "allegory" to espouse a certain viewpoint. Instead, I am happy to report that SUPER FETUS is a non-stop gas, a little jewel of dark hilarity from the first line to the shocking conclusion. "Over the top" doesn't begin to do Pepper's book justice--and I mean that in the best possible way. I laughed out loud, and then laughed some more (which gets one some funny looks from folks who see one giggling helplessly while reading a book entitled SUPER FETUS).

If you've read this far after clicking on a book titled SUPER FETUS, and read the description and now the reviews, you owe it to yourself to buy the book. You'll enjoy the hell out of it. (Plus, the people sitting next to you on the bus/train/airplane will surely leave you be). Buy this book.

Bill B.

With every flip of the page, I had to keep reminding myself that Super Fetus is, at its core, a comedy. Sure, it's a demented, revolting, dirty-down-south-hey-y'all-gross out, but therein lies its subversive charm. Like author Adam Pepper says, it's just "good wholesome American fun", if you happen to live with Leatherface and family. Pepper has an innate ability to make the absurd enjoyable (fans should find a copy of his earlier book, Memoria, to get my drift). There aren't many authors out there that can make me cringe and laugh at the same time.

Super Fetus is just that, an ornery fetus jacked up on rage and in-utero roids, determined to thwart his redneck mother's attempt to end his doomed life before it has a chance to begin. Finally, a book that tells a story from the point of view of a fetus! Who said everything's been done before? The characters in Super Fetus have zero redeeming qualities and the message here is....well, there is no message to speak of. For that, I thank you, Adam Pepper. All hail Super Fetus!

When I was halfway through this novella, I was so disgustedly engrossed in the story that it felt like I needed a shower. And I was commuting on the train at the time.

There's something familiar about the voice, the cadence of the dialogue ...something "Troma"-esque about the conceit of the Superfetus - you can't help but think about the rubber and foam replica that would ultimately be... the Super Fetus! The 4 hairs and all ripped up from the push-ups "in utero". This is a hero we need to see.

The sheer absurdity of the scenes dares you to gloss over them, relegating them as over the top, but the absurdity only half-masks the dirt,squalor and despair that is the undercurrent of the story. These are people with real circumstances, and for better or worse, are forced to think harder and deeper than they ever wanted.

Bravo Pep. I have to applaud you for following whatever it is lurking in your mind, getting it on paper, and making it work. KEEP IT UP!!! And by keep it up, I don't mean that I want to read Super Toddler...or do I?