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Kanye West - Reanimator Paperback – August 18, 2015

by Joshua Chaplinsky (Author), H.P. Lovecraft (Author)

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Of Kanye West, who was my friend in college and after he dropped out, I can speak only with extreme sadness... So begins this epic cautionary tale of ambition and hubris. A bizarre mix of Lovecraft and hip-hop history, Kanye West—Reanimator reimagines the classic story "Herbert West—Reanimator" with everyone's favorite petulant genius cast in the titular role. In it, Kanye West attempts to reanimate a moribund hip-hop scene, only to come to the conclusion that his music is so powerful, it should be used to reanimate the dead. And who better to reanimate than those two legendary titans gone before their time—Biggie and Tupac? Hilarity and carnage ensue.

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About the Author

Joshua Chaplinsky is the Managing Editor of LitReactor.com. He has also written for popular film site TwitchFilm and for ChuckPalahniuk.net, the official website of ‘Fight Club’ author Chuck Palahniuk. His short fiction has/will appear in Zetetic, Motherboard, Dark Moon Digest, L’allure des Mots, Pantheon Magazine, Fabula Argentea, and Crack the Spine. More info at joshuachaplinsky.com.

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Paperback: 78 pages
Publisher: Yolo House Publishers (August 18, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0692516123
ISBN-13: 978-0692516126
Product Dimensions: 5 x 0.2 x 8 inches
Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
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This book was the Kanye Best

ByArt3mison June 13, 2016

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What a unique Journey this was. The book is very thin, so thin they couldn't include info on the spine, but it's just long enough to tell you everything you need to know. The mix of modern Hip-hop Icons and H.P. Lovecraft's classic story works so well it almost feels like Lovecraft stole his idea from this book. At the very least even if you don't read the book it's a great conversation started and has great cover art worth being displayed.

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No One Man Should Have All That Power!!!

ByKevin Kolschon June 4, 2016

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It shouldn't work...

It couldn't work...

It DOES work!!!

This book is so much more than a mere swapping out of Herbert West's name for Kanye's. There is a surprising amount of character development. I never would have thought it, but Re-Animator serves as the perfect framework for telling a story of Kanye West's obsession, narcisissim and self doubts. But don't get me wrong, the book still has plenty of absurd hijinks to go around. With some truly laugh-out-loud bits, this book is a must read for both Lovercraft and Kanye fans with senses of humor. Dark senses of humor.

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The Wild, Wild Kanye West

ByChase Whaleon August 26, 2016

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Kanye West - Reanimator

I love this book -- Joshua is super talented in the oddball literary genre. Get off Tinder and pick up this book to learn about how the West was won and Kanye rises to become the greatest rapper of all time.

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"The Greatest Novel in the English Language of All Time"-Kanye.

BySatisfiedGrandpaon October 14, 2015

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Admit it: You wanna buy this book off of the title alone.
Don't worry. It's so worth it.

A hilarious and at times graphic tribute to both The Greatest Artist of All Time and H.P. Lovecraft, Kanye West: Reanimator is clever and poignant satire with a darkly comedic tone throughout that will leave you laughing and shaking our head at Yeezus' misfortunes with reanimating the dead with the power of his music. A comedy that isn't afraid to pull its punches and knows damn well what it's talking about, Chaplinsky has crafted a lovely ridiculous tale that wouldn't really surprise me if this turned out to be true.
All I can hope is that Biggie will come back another time in peace and not covered with sewage.

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Really interesting and fun book! I'm a really big Kanye fan

ByAmazon Customeron July 11, 2016

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Really interesting and fun book! I'm a really big Kanye fan, and it's so amazing to see how the author changed a few key events in his life to craft such a masterpiece of a book! It's a pretty short read and I'd highly recommend it if you're a fan of Kanye or hip hop in general.

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Quirky yet Entertaining

ByGrant Wamackon October 10, 2015

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Kanye West-Reanimator is the debut novella by Joshua Chaplinksy who is known as the managing editor of Litreactor.

This slim book centers on Kanye West’s come up in the music industry and juxtaposes the story of the Reanimator with West’s widely successful music career. We follow West as he struggles to be recognized for both his production skills as well as his rapping. Somewhere along the way, he becomes obsessed with reanimating the dead via his potent music.

The story is told by a Lovecraftian narrator who poses as West’s friend throughout the book and co-conspirator in West’s efforts to re-animate the dead. The prose may be off-putting to those unfamiliar with Lovecraft’s work, but the rhythm should be easy to get used to.

Kanye stans with an open mind should enjoy the hell out of this book. I can see a few people getting a little mad because a few jabs are taken at Kanye. However, it’s done in good taste and it’s obvious the author knows Kanye’s musical path pretty well.

Kanye West Reanimator is quirky yet entertaining biography of Kanye filtered through a Lovecraftian lens. It’s a testament to Chaplinsky’s skills as a writer that he could take two different worlds (hip-hop and Lovecraft) and seamlessly stitch them together into a helluva entertaining book.

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I haven't finished it yet, but this book probably ...

ByEvan M.on January 12, 2017

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I haven't finished it yet, but this book probably has the most predictable possible plot since it is just a copy of another book mixed with real events from Kanye's life...

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Hip Hop, as told by Lovecraft

ByMaximiliaon February 19, 2016

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Imagine the rapturous joy which spread throughout my chest, into my beating heart--which truth be told, nearly stopped at the wondrous sight I beheld!--when I spied this book upon the electronic pages of Amazon. O! What a book! What an indescribable novel, filled with phantasmagorical phantasms retold in a modern setting which may be familiar with the youth of today. The book, narrated in true Lovecraftian style which may be obtuse to some purviewers of prose, held a ghastly array of delights and horrors both, too much for the mind to handle in one single sitting, lest it break and let loose the tides of insanity which always lurk upon the gloomy horizon. Reanimator, truly one of my most beloved of Lovecraft's prose and one of my most watched movies as well, retold with a new star... instead of Herbert West, our talented and clever author gives us Kanye West instead! Our protagonist--ever determined in his gruesome goals--seeks to reanimate the hip-hop music scene... and woe to our hero indeed. Through his trials and tribulations, this I can truly say for this splendorous story: I have never learned so much about Kanye West in my life, and this knowledge shall truly haunt my nightmares for ever.

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The book is as good as its title.

You hear the title - Kanye West - Reanimator - and you think, "That is a great title, but I don't know if this is a great idea".Read more

Published 8 months ago by Scott Wampler

Re-animated My Love For Kanye

Not just a hilarious book. A super hilarious book. If you like H.P. Lovecraft (you know you do) and Joshua Chaplinsky (you probably don't know you do, but you totally do deep...Read more

Published 8 months ago by Pete

I was nicely surprised by this book's character and wit

I was nicely surprised by this book's character and wit. What seems like a gimmick is more of a social experiment. It's a re-imagining of a classic tale in a modern setting.Read more

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