The Time Trip
Published on 24. November 2015
269 pages
978-1-5040-2884-4 (ISBN)
Description
In this boisterous time trip of discovery, Rob Swigart trains his inventive wit on love and loss, guilt and redemption, gurus, high technology, multiple orgasms and cryogenics. His fans will revel in his satire and laugh uproariously through his new novel-his most inventive yet.
After his bored and ignored wife, Penny Gamesh, ends it all by sticking her head inside a microwave oven and checking into the afterlife, Barney, discovers he loves her and wants her back. He engineers a daring computer crime, plugging into a network of government computers, and travels back in time to Mesopotamia, 2542 BC, to talk to King Gilgamesh, who tried to unlock the secrets of immortality. There, Barney falls in love with Penny's former incarnation, a temple prostitute. While there, he explores his capacity for love and friendship, and challenges the mystery of death. The results surprise everyone.
After his bored and ignored wife, Penny Gamesh, ends it all by sticking her head inside a microwave oven and checking into the afterlife, Barney, discovers he loves her and wants her back. He engineers a daring computer crime, plugging into a network of government computers, and travels back in time to Mesopotamia, 2542 BC, to talk to King Gilgamesh, who tried to unlock the secrets of immortality. There, Barney falls in love with Penny's former incarnation, a temple prostitute. While there, he explores his capacity for love and friendship, and challenges the mystery of death. The results surprise everyone.
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Person
Rob Swigart is the author of 12 novels including
Little America;
A.K.A./A Cosmic Fable;
The Time Trip;
The Book of Revelations;
The White Pig;
Portal (a science fiction story originally published as an interactive computer novel); three books in the "Thrillers in Paradise," series:
Vector,
Toxin, and
Venom, The Delphi Agenda, a thriller; and two archaeology text/novels,
Xibalba Gate: A Novel of the Classic Maya, and
Stone Mirror: A Novel of the Neolithic. He has published poetry in
Atlantic Monthly,
Poetry, and other magazines, as well as written scripts for feature films and episodic television. He has lectured around the world and, with Robert Johansen, co-authored
Upsizing the Individual in the Downsized Organization, a book about the changing role of the individual in the new global business climate. He is currently at work on an authorized biography of mankind.
Content
- Intro
- Novels by Rob Swigart
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- PRELIMINARY REPORT
- PART I Today
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- FIRST INTERIM REPORT
- PART II Yesterday
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- 13
- 14
- SECOND INTERIM REPORT
- PART III Tomorrow
- 15
- 16
- 17
- 18
- 19
- 20
- THIRD INTERIM REPORT
- 21
- FINAL REPORT
- Copyright Page
