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Autumn Rangers (Paperback)

~ Elliot McGucken (Author)
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From artificial intelligence, to classical architecture, to Dante's Inferno, to NASCAR, this thriller thunders across the rugged American landscape in a '69 Stingray Corvette.

Ranger, a US Marine, is on the run from Special Forces agents and Silicon Virtue Inc.'s corporate army. Autumn, a beautiful folk rocker, is on the run from a failed marriage to a hipster metrosexual drummer.

Together they become Autumn Rangers as they blaze a trail from Charleston to Los Angeles, crossing the Great Divide and bursting on through the postmodern fog to glimpse an American renaissance every bit as noble as the United States Constitution. And always just behind, the Dark Riders give chase on their tricked-out Harleys.

Silicon Virtue stole Ranger's MIT Ph.D project APRIL while Ranger was MIA. They are using APRIL--an AI computer--to build WMDs. As Ranger strives to revive APRIL's moral soul, he also finds himself trying to win Autumn's heart.

Filled with plot twists and a surprise ending which in retrospect made sense all along, Autumn Rangers reads faster than a day at the Lowes-Motor Speedway.



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Turn up the Beethoven, Eminem, Tift Merrit, & Kid Rock, and rock out to this Great American Novel. Keep Shakespeare, the Bible, and Dante's Inferno close by for reference. The US Constitution will also help.
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Product Details

  • Paperback: 482 pages
  • Publisher: Classicals & Jollyroger.com LLC (January 1, 2005)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 193015125X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1930151253
  • Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 7.4 x 1.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,532,036 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Misogyny disguised as philosophy, June 21, 2006
The most I felt from this book is disappointment. Disappointment that a potentially talented author used what could have been a compelling story as a means to spew out his twisted misogynistic viewpoint thinly disguised as philosophy. "Barefoot and pregnant" is an attitude that just doesn't cut it anymore.

Normally, I keep just about every book I've read, and even the ones I disliked, I give away. This one, however, went to the trash. I don't want to risk anyone actually reading it.
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9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome, Spellbinding American Epic, January 3, 2005
Autumn Rangers is a spellbinding American epic.

So often when Hollywood wants to portray nobility, heroism, and classical values, they must turn back the clock to pre-WWII, as in Saving Private Ryan, Braveheart, and Titanic.

Well this book has a classical hero--Ranger, and it is set in the contemporary era. He undergoes a Hero's journey to win the heart of Autumn and to save APRIL, his AI research, from being used to build WMDs by Silicon Virtue, and there's a huge twist towards the end which I didn't see coming. However, Ranger is no pacifist--he is a marine fighter pilot who is shot down by weapons made by Silicon Virtue.

I found it interesting that my first instinct was to compare Autumn Rangers to my favorite movies, but that is because it reads more like a movie with its gripping plot and strong character than a contemporary novel.

I love all the old Spaghetti Westerns, and it appears McGucken does too, with plenty of references to Sergio Leone, Clint Eastwood, and Doc Holiday.

Rock on.
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10 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The past is prologue & the classic is contemporary., January 8, 2005
An awesome book which begins in the middle East when Ranger is shot down in his F-22 Raptor while providing air support for grounds troops, and then travels west to Los Angeles where Ranger must rescue APRIL from Doom Mountain. Along the way he meets up with the Jennifer Garner of American lit--Autumn West, and they fight it out as they fall in love in teh contemporary context where manhood and womanhood have been deconstructed. This book speaks on so many levels. On one had, it's the Odyssey--about a hero who returns home only to find the yipyop "yuppy hiphop" hollywooders partying on down, trying to win what is his--the heart and soul of APRIL--AI technology he invented while at MIT which Silicon Virtue Inc. is using to build RoboClones and RoboDrones. But Ranger alone can string the bow, and he's on the warpath to protect and defend APRIL's honor. And along the way, he meets his match in Autumn West, a mysterious folk singer who's mastered the martial arts and drives a midnight blue '69 stingray corvette. Oh there's so much more--I loved it and coudl not put it down, and yes, there's the unifiying twist at the end.
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5.0 out of 5 stars great read!!
i liked the underlying theme about how it's one person who invents and another who exploits and abuses the technology. Read more
Published on June 24, 2006 by Kelly

5.0 out of 5 stars great read
time flew by as i became engrossed in this journey.

i loved how autumn, beatrice, and april were unified in the end! but i will not spoil the plot. Read more
Published on June 4, 2006 by Haver

5.0 out of 5 stars Bringing Back the Romantic Vision: Autumn & Ranger Hath Given Me Hope
At first I hated this book when I started reading it.

Ranger's character, with all his views on women, seemed sexist, outdated, and way too conservative... Read more
Published on July 23, 2005 by Monica

5.0 out of 5 stars Semper Fi from the USMC!!!
God bless!! Loved the partiotic, heroic tone and tenor!! Welcome to the Canon!
Published on July 15, 2005 by usmc

5.0 out of 5 stars Rock on McGucken!!!
Loved it! Couldn't put it down! Finally a novel that kicks *)$#%*#$ and $*)$#*@#)*!!!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Semper Fi!
As a US Marine with a background in computers and AI, I greatly enjoyed this.

It was good to see a contemporary novel with a hero Marine. Read more
Published on April 16, 2005 by David

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