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Title: Little Green Men : A Novel by Christopher Buckley, Random House Inc. ISBN: 0-06-095557-0 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 01 March, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.75 (79 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Hysterical romp through conspiracy theories
Comment: The conspiracy theorists are right: the government is hiding something from us. According to Christopher Buckley, the big secret is this: the government is responsible for the reports of alien activity. The super-secret organisation known as MJ-12 flattens fields and abducts lonely housewives.
One night, Nathan gets fed up with his lack of advancement. Drunk, he decides to abduct John Oliver Banion, a successful political talk-show host. After the second abduction, Banion goes public with his experiences, resulting in the loss of his entire life. Banion is approached by other UFO abductees, all of whom he vaguely feels as if they're just lonely people who need some excitement in their lives. However, he can't deny his own experiences, and continues to attempt to force Congress into conducting hearings. Finally, he organises a march on Washington.
Watching the monster he has created, and disgraced from MJ-12, Nathan tries to fix the situation. He and Banion team up and take on the government's only secret.
In this book, Buckley skewers everyone from the government to UFO fanatics. Although his targets are relatively easy to take to task, his deft handling of the story has laugh-out-loud results. I devoured this book overnight. When I was finished, a friend immediately borrowed it after noticing how hard I was laughing. It is a great light-hearted read.
Rating: 5
Summary: Interglactic Howl
Comment: It's been a while since I've read a book so hilarious. Christopher Buckley lets us follow around a snooty television personality John O. Banion. His arrogance angers an employee of MJ-12, a super secret government agency that keeps UFO's in the publics' mind to win support in favor of space exploration's budget. This employee, Nathan Scrubbs, orders his abduction.
Pretty soon John goes public. Those Washington elites he used to rub elbows with now look at him as a loon. Though he finds huge acceptance by those believing in aliens. He also then sees that mass number of people believing in aliens. Soon he's head of an army of supporters. This is the setup the enables Buckley to take all the shots he wants at the U.S. government. I love where he talks about Banion's show sponsor Ample Ampere, the electric company that has created a more power efficient, quiet, and smokeless electric chair. His footnotes are especially amusing. I woke my mom up laughing at his particularly brutal footnote on the CIA where he attacks their ineptness to complete any task that might be considered intelligent. Buckley also expresses his more serious thoughts on government like Banion's speech about how we're like mushrooms, put in the dark and fed crap. If you enjoy a jolly little chortle at Uncle Sam's expense, you won't regret taken this book for a read.
Rating: 3
Summary: Interesting
Comment: To be frank, this book was an impulsive purchase. I saw it at the bookstore some years ago, and bought it after scanning briefly through it. Of course, like most impulsive book purchases, it wound up sitting on my shelf until last week. Buckley makes a strong showing in this book as a political satirist, however his ability to craft a story has something to be desired. He was able to capture my attention for hours at a time with this book, but the I found myself dragging my feet through the last fifty pages or so: I kept asking myself if something was going to happen of any particular significance. While Buckely himself is a mediocre writer, his jokes and usage of intertextuality makes him interesting to read.
The premise of this book is interesting enough, and gives Buckley an excellent jumping-off point to plunge the reader into a hilarious rendition of Alien abductees who finally have their day in the sun. The national issue of UFOs and alien contact is brought to the forefront of US media after a prominant televisoin host, Jack Banion, is abducted twice by a top-secret US Government collective, Majestic 12. It is clear that Buckley did his research; he intertwines this story with many references to various conspiracy theories.
Banion, the protagonist, finds himself falling from grace - he is no longer on Washington DC's A-list. Rather, he becomes the champion of UFO wackos, people who come in throngs claiming to have been abducted. While the story line continues upon a predicatble path, the ending had something to be desired. Additionally, for such an excellent premise, Buckley really fails to do anything phenomenal with it.
That being said, "Little Green Men" is not without its merits. While it was initially difficult to get into, after the first two-dozen pages I found myself smirking and, yes, even laughing aloud to what was said by Buckley. His political commentary falls middle-of-the-road, and while he does dish out a few low-brown sex jokes (probably pandering to the "People" magazine crowd), his humor does have some fine points. His continual parodies of government officials as bumbling fools become tiresome (if not already cliche before opening the book itself), but overall a worthy effort.
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Title: Thank You for Smoking by Christopher Buckley ISBN: 0060976624 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 07 June, 1995 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: God Is My Broker: A Monk-Tycoon Reveals the 7 1/2 Laws of Spiritual and Financial Growth by Christopher Buckley, John Tierney ISBN: 0060977612 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 01 April, 1999 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: The White House Mess by Christopher Buckley ISBN: 0140249281 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: May, 1995 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: No Way to Treat a First Lady : A Novel by CHRISTOPHER BUCKLEY ISBN: 0375758755 Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks Pub. Date: 14 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Wry Martinis by Christopher Buckley ISBN: 0060977426 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 01 April, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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