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eBook Review: Year Zero by Rob Reid

Jason Weisberger at 8:10 am Wed, Jul 25, 2012

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Rob Reid's Year Zero is pretty darn funny. Very much in the vein of a Douglas Adams novel, Reid's humor is light-hearted, intelligent and just plain silly!

Nick Carter, a seemingly worthless attorney who shares a name with a Backstreet Boy, is inexplicably drawn into the greatest music licensing snafu ever. Year Zero is very clever and has wonderful fun with themes I think you'll enjoy; a story of how our little recording industry takes over the universe. Patent trolls could be next!

You can also hear Rob discuss his novel on our very own podcast, GWeek (Episode 059)

Rob Reid's Year Zero: a novel

Jason Weisberger is Boing Boing's publisher. He often does what he ought, instead of what he should. On instagram and twitter he is @jlw

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  • scottbp

    Anybody know where one could get a DRM free version? This book does look interesting, I’d love to buy a copy

  • agrovista

    here is the drm free version 
    http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0345534417/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0345534417&linkCode=as2&tag=myphotothestu-20

    • scottbp

      Perhaps I should have been more specific. I meant the ebook version without DRM. I foolishly thought that on a page talking about the ebook that would be taken for granted. I apologise for the misunderstanding.

  • novium

    I really like these ebook reviews- I’m always looking for good stuff to load up on my ereader, but I’d like to bring up a point I made probably half a year ago or more and ask if it’s possible we could have some reviews of ebooks written by women thrown into the mix?

  • dcorbett

    Check out before buying on Amazon.  
    Click on the Look Inside link and you can read the first chapter.  Confirmed it’s not my sort of comedy, buy it might tickle your funny bone…

  • Chris Walsh

    This does look like an interesting book but I refuse to buy anything where the Kindle price is higher than the physical book. Right or wrong that just ticks me off.