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Reed King s amazingly audacious novel is something of a cross between L Frank Baum s The Wizard of Oz, Douglas Adams s A Hitchhiker s Guide to the Galaxy, Cormac McCarthy s The Road, and Ernie Cline s Ready Player One.In Reed King s wildly imaginative and possibly prescient debut, the United States has dissolved in the wake of environmental disasters and the catastrophic policies of its final president.It is 2085, and Truckee Wallace, a factory worker in Crunchtown 407 formerly Little Rock, Arkansas, before the secessions , has no grand ambitions besides maybe, possibly, losing his virginity someday.But when Truckee is thrust unexpectedly into the spotlight he is tapped by the President for a sensitive political mission to deliver a talking goat across the continent The fate of the world depends upon it.The problem is Truckee s not sure it s worth it.Joined on the road by an android who wants to be human and a former convict lobotomized in Texas, Truckee will navigate an environmentally depleted and lawless continent with devastating and hilarious parallels to our own, dodging body pickers and Elvis worshippers and logo girls, body subbers, and VR addicts.Elvis willing, he may even lose his virginity FKA USA is the epic novel we ve all been waiting for about the American end of times, with its unavoidable sense of being on the wrong end of the roller coaster ride It is a masterwork of ambition, humor, and satire with the power to make us cry, despair, and laugh out loud all at once It is a tour de force unlike anything else you will read this year. New Download [ FKA USA ] Author [ Reed King ] – kino-fada.fr FKA stands for Formerly Known As Sort of like AKA is also known as This novel presents a post dissolution view of North America after wars, famine, etc., split the country up into different entities ranging from the corporate entities like Crunch to the Free State of Texas It s now in the 2070 s a divided country with borders, different currencies, etc Crunch is a corporate run country on former Arkansas land, producing artificial chemical foods by workers living in hopeless shantytowns FKA stands for Formerly Known As Sort of like AKA is also known as This novel presents a post dissolution view of North America after wars, famine, etc., split the country up into different entities ranging from the corporate entities like Crunch to the Free State of Texas It s now in the 2070 s a divided country with borders, different currencies, etc Crunch is a corporate run country on former Arkansas land, producing artificial chemical foods by workers living in hopeless shantytowns and plagued by drug addiction, boredo...I m always up for a dystopia, but had I been aware of this one s voluminous page count, not sure I would have read it Conciseness I m a huge fan of conciseness, precision, succinctness, just a basic ability to tell a story in, say, 300 pages 400 if you must Going close to 500 is seldom justified and often just self indulgent , unless you re Tolstoy or similar But this novel does have a lot to say for all its verbosity In the near future end of 2100s the country Formerly Known As USA is n I m always up for a dystopia, but had I been aware of this one s voluminous page count, not sure I would have read it Conciseness I m a huge fan of conciseness, precision, succinctness, just a basic ability to tell a story in, say, 300 pages 400 if you must Going close to 500 is seldom justified and often just self indulgent , unless you re Tolstoy or similar But this novel does have a lot to say for all its verbosity In the near future end of 2100s the country Formerly Known As USA is noInstead it s a disjointed conglomerate of city states and territories, some wilder than others and most devastated by environmental and political catastrophes And one 16 year old don t worry, he reads older or at least mature enough must travel across this new and hostile land on an important mission that might just save the world But not alone Truckee is joined by sce...Had it not been for the free ARC I received from NetGalley, I would most likely not have finished this book The overall story arc was a typical quest story But the incessant use of lingo from the dystopian future was too much And while the footnotes, which I generally like in a book, were so intrusive in the story, I found that I lost track of the plot while trying to figure out what the background info was There were also many times where the end of one chapter didn t coincide enough with t Had it not been for the free ARC I received from NetGalley, I would most likely not have finished this book The overall story arc was a typical quest story But the incessant use of lingo from the dystopian future was too much And while the footnotes, which I generally like in a book, were so intrusive in the story, I found that I lost track of the plot while trying to figure out what the background info was There were also many times where...I saw this book a number of times before I realized that my friend Audra ouija.doodle.reads was reading it She said it had footnotes and was hilarious and I immediately knew this was one that I needed to read Then I read the synopsis on the inside cover and it said it was a cross between THE HITCHHIKERS GUIDE TO THE GALAXY and THE ROAD At that point I was giddy I couldn t wait to read this book.Something else that really drew me in was that the endpapers have a hand drawn map of what the ar I saw this book a number of times before I realized that my friend Audra ouija.doodle.reads was reading it She said it had footnotes and was hilarious and I immediately knew this was one that I needed to read Then I read the synopsis on the inside cover and it said it was a cross between THE HITCHHIKERS GUIDE TO THE GALAXY and THE ROAD At that point I was giddy I couldn t wait to read this book.Something else that really drew me in was that the endpapers have a hand drawn map of what the area that used to be the USA looks like in the present That present is the year 2085 Horrify and hilarious all at once, it s a bit of a stretch, but it s not impossible to see the country in the future divided into ridiculous and terrifyingly lawless regions One example is that the protagonist lives in Crunchtown 407 one of Crunch United s Colonies, formerly Arkansas The map and the foo...Thank you to Flatiron Books for the ARCHow would you like to save the world, sonFKA USA is a wild ride If you re tired of reading the same old formulaic dystopian novel, this is the book for you There are some tropes, such as the evil government corporations stuff, but it s done in a way that feels fresh In my opinion, this is definitely a unique take on a dystopian sci fi adventure story that involves some odd and fun characters and an odd and funny mission which I ll summarizeThank you to Flatiron Books for the ARCHow would you like to save the world, sonFKA USA is a wild ride If you re tired of reading the same old formulaic dystopian novel, this is the book for you There are some tropes, such as the evil government corporations stuff, but it s done in a way that feels fresh In my opinion, this is definitely a unique take on a dystopian sci fi adventure story that involves some odd and fun characters and an odd and funny mission which I ll summarizewith a quote a little further down We re dropped in the middle of a place Formally Known As the USA in the year 2085 with Truckee, an orphan who is basically a slave to the society he lives in pretty much Hell and a talking goat There are other characters along the way, scientists, politicians, sentient androids, victims of radiation and chemic...Reed King is an amazing writer And though I wonder who this bestselling author is writing under the pseudonym Reed King, I think they did an amazing job This world is immersive and the writing is crazy good Can t wait forfrom this author And who doesn t love a book with a talking goat that s ...This was imaginative, but I couldn t stand the writing style I was not in tune with its language and rhythm and I couldn t get into the whole talking goat thing Most of the time I was just confused by its meandering I made it to the 27% point and conceded defeat I received a free copy of this b...I got an electronic version of this book through NetGalley I was enticed by the publisher s blurb and do, generally, enjoy dystopian novels, sarcasm and intrigue, but I just could not tolerate the premise of the story or the writing I managed to get through about 15 pages and gave up Then, I felt like I should give it a second chance, but sorry no It is rare that I have this kind of reaction This was one of the few times that I ve taken this advice from my mother an English Lit major a I got an electronic version of this book through NetGalley I was enticed by the publisher s blurb and do, generally, enjoy dystopian novels, sarcasm and intrigue, but I just could not tolerate the premise of the story or the writing I managed to get through about 15 pages and gave up Then, I felt like I should give it a second chance, but sorry no It is rare th...There is no doubt Reed King went all out in this novel He has an epic world with crazy characters The writing is good, the humor is sly For me however this book didn t work Too many sci fi cliches dystopian world ran by corporation government hybrids, a mission of travel that hits bumps along the way, etc King shows promise and I would read again, but this one felt like someone who wanted to show everything they got in their debut and ended up throwing in the kitchen sink I received an There is no doubt Reed King went all out in this novel He has an epic world with crazy characters The writing is good, the humor is sly For me however this book didn t work Too many sci fi cliches dystopian world ran by corporation government hybrids, a mission of travel that hits bumps along the way, etc King shows promise and I would...The book reviews that I struggle with the most are for those books that I fall in love with I want to say Trust me, just read it FKA USA by Reed King is one of those books Trust me, just read it.The title FKA USA is for Formerly Known As, though every time I saw it on the cover or the spine, my mind saw Effing A USA Am I wrong When you read this, as you must, you will see there are reasons why it should be that.Imagine The Wizard of Oz in 2085 when the United States has fractured into war The book reviews that I struggle with the most are for those books that I fall in love with I want to say Trust me, just read it FKA USA by Reed King is one of those books Trust me, just read it.The title FKA USA is for Formerly Known As, though every time I saw it on the cover or the spine, my mind saw Effing A USA Am I wrong When you read this, as you must, you will see there are reasons why it should be that.Imagine The Wizard of Oz in 2085 when the United States has fractured into warring regions following the climate change chickens coming home to roost, oraccurately to...

FKA USA
  • 13 March 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 480 pages
  • 1250108896
  • Reed King
  • FKA USA