Animal Planet: revised edition with a new afterword by the author, by Scott Bradfield
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A novel about the implausible possibility that animals would turn their own world into a garbage dump, and their own lives into a series of awful jobs and burned out political and economic philosophies. This is a new, revised edition of the 1995 novel, featuring a new afterword by the author. "A viciously dark and engaging satire... A passionate, daring book reminiscent of Orwell's ANIMAL FARM and Vonnegut's PLAYER PIANO." Kirkus Reviews "An inventive satire... Scott Bradfield writes beautifully." Francine Prose, The New York Times Book Review. "A narrative riot... Bradfield takes a swipe at all the icons of modern life–hollow politicians, media manipulators, fifteen-minutes-of-famers, and, behind them all, the ruthless, blood-sucking hegemony of multinational corporations... A delirious, cynically witty take on modern life." Jennifer Howard, The Washington Post Book World. "ANIMAL PLANET is a major milestone in the cause of full equality and comfortable clothes for all our fellow vertebrates–birds, beasts and Eskimos. It's also a milestone of blackest satire by comparison to which George Orwell's ANIMAL FARM comes off as a long PC snooze." Thomas M. Disch "A comic inferno... ANIMAL PLANET demonstrates Scott Bradfield's ferocious humour, his passionate freshness of language." Times Literary Supplement. “Animal Planet is full of set-pieces of satirical brilliance, strung onto a thread of high-quality, hyper-alert writing that never lets up for a moment.” The (London) Independent “In this brilliant satire, propelled by a furious comic inventiveness somewhere between Carl Hiassen and John Kennedy Toole, the spotlight is on contemporary society and the obstacles facing collective desires for freedom... A born novelist in the way Orwell never set out to be... Bradfield has done a remarkable thing in writing a deliriously funny book... a book to be relished.” The (London) Observer “Imagine Animal Farm on speed. The inmates have broken out of London Zoo and all hell has been set loose. Into the furry, feathery storm comes Charlie the Crow, a sassy honcho who knows how to get the media eating out of his claw. Aided by a wisecracking penguin called Buster . . A beautiful, brilliant satire on our postmodern world in all its trashy silliness.” Maxim “Astonishingly funny... A crucially sophisticated and timely rewriting of the nature of allegory... a hugely accomplished text. This is going to be a famous book.” John Clute “Immensely enjoyable, informative, well-written... Animal Planet deserves to be read.” Edinburgh Review
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From Publishers Weekly Comparisons to Animal Farm may inevitably trail this novel, but this arch fable offers neither the political complexity nor the biting social satire of Orwell's classic. Instead, the narrative wanders uneasily between farce and social criticism, settling comfortably into neither. Here, the instigator of animal revolution is one Charlie the Crow, whose incendiary political commentary rouses the inmates of a London zoo to riot. ("You can't expect the public to continue paying your bills forever," the animals are told.) The disturbance is quelled, but the animals' consciousness has been raised; heeding raucous Charlie's exhortation to "be goddamn articulate," they learn to speak in words, and they venture into the human world, taking jobs and establishing relationships across species boundaries. Charlie flees to Antarctica, where in the company of Buster the Penguin, Rick the Husky and Muk Luk, a sexually aggressive Eskimo, he tries to warn his fellow creatures about the dangers of human politics. Meanwhile, marketing agent Bunny Fairchild sells the rights for Charlie's story for millions; a wildebeest named Scaramangus disseminates anti-Charlie propaganda; and renegade soldiers set out to hunt down Charlie and his friends. Instead of genuinely inventive satire, Bradfield (What's Wrong with America) settles for a series of cheap jokes, launching broadsides at numerous targets but hitting very few. Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal At first glance, Bradfield's novel about a worldwide wildlife uprising seems to be an update of Orwell's Animal Farm. Yet its sharp critique of mass marketing and the "culture industry" puts it closer to 1984?the difference being that it's 1995 and Big Brother isn't watching you; rather?as critic Mark Crispin Miller has put it?"Big Brother is you watching." Charlie, chatty and sardonic for a crow, foments a rebellion at the London Zoo. The animals rise up, but Charlie's credibility is coopted by his involvement in a merchandising deal with media giant Worldco, and his role is usurped by the mysterious Mr. Big, a masked wildebeast who orchestrates the revolution and the wholesale slaughter of humans that follow. Charlie becomes an enemy of the people, hunted both by the newly liberated animals and the remnants of the human government. The supporting cast?Bunny, the human literary agent who represents Charlie; Wanda, a lovelorn gorilla who tries to assimilate into the human population with mixed results; and Buster, a penguin and Charlie's best friend, who tries to learn how to fly?are as much fun as the send-up of modern culture. A fine, on-target satire in the tradition of Swift and Orwell. Recommended for popular fiction collections.?Adam Mazmanian, "Library Journal"Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist In Bradfield's last novel, What's Wrong with America , a Southern California grandma took control over her own life by killing her husband (and others). Here he imagines a wider rebellion: an animal revolt against human oppression. When animal-rights activists open the London Zoo's cages, Charlie the Crow convinces the zoo's puzzled denizens "we are all different . . . yet all somehow the same." The humans respond with tear gas and tranquilizer darts, then auction off welfare-dependent zoo animals as au pairs, field laborers, and corporate symbols. The military chases Charlie to Antarctica, and the crow eludes them with the help of a penguin, a husky, and an Eskimo woman relocated to the icy continent by public housing. By the time the fugitives reach Tierra del Fuego, Worldco Entertainment considers Charlie and the animal liberation movement a High Marketing Concept, and the celebrity machine is in overdrive. It's not Animal Farm, but Bradfield's Animal Planet is a funny, penetrating satire: it's so hard to sustain imagination and solidarity and hope in a media-mad world where "the revolution will be commodified." Mary Carroll
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. A bitter examination of corprate philosophy and revolution. By A Customer "Animal Planet" is a fierce and brilliant work of satire. It's singular aim seems to be the ultimate revelation of absurdity of corporate America. More than this, however, the book examines the true nature of revolution. It tears apart the myths of romance and glory that Americans believe about revolutionaries. The great revolutionaries of this book are not larger than life. They do not lead glorious armies. They resist when it is neccissary and run when it is not. They live underground, scared of shadows and afraid for their lives. Most of their revolution is conducted alone and out of contact as they run across Antarctica. They are heroes by chance. They are icons not because of who they are, but because of what they appear to be. Glory is a lie. They know this to be true. In this their greatness lies.
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