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Road to Mars (A Post-modem Novel)-Eric Idle

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ISBN
9780330481809
Publication Year
2000
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Book Title
Road to Mars
Item Height
178 mm
Author
Eric Idle
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Topic
Books
Item Weight
160 g
Item Width
111 mm
Number of Pages
320 Pages

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Carlton is an android working for Alex and Lewis, two comedians from the twenty-second century who travel the outer vaudeville circuit of the solar system known ironically as the Road to Mars. Being a computer he can't understand irony, but is nevertheless attempting to write a thesis about comedy, its place in evolution, and whether it can ever be cured. He is studying the comedians of the late twentieth century (including obscure and esoteric comedy acts such as Monty Python's Flying Circus) in his search for the comedy gene. Meanwhile, during an audition for a gig on the Princess Di (a solar cruise ship), his two employers inadvertently become involved in a terriorist plot against Mars, the planet of showbiz. Can Carlton prevent Alex and Lewis from losing their gigs, overcome the love thing and finally understand the meaning of comedy in the universe? From one of the original members of Monty Python's Flying Circus.

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Pan Macmillan
ISBN-13
9780330481809
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Publication Year
2000
Topic
Books
Book Title
Road to Mars
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Language
English
Author
Eric Idle
Format
Paperback

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178 mm
Item Weight
160 g
Item Width
111 mm

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Eric Idle

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    • The Theory of Comedy in the form of a comic nove (2 for the price of 1)

      Enjoyable read, nicely thought out plot and and most of the characters were engaging. The classification of Comics into Red Nose or White Face, and the Theory of Comedy was inspiring. Not a funny as I would have liked and the ending was a bit rushed. (I had to reread the last couple of chapter-ets to understand out what happened). The interruptions by the narrator broke up the flow too much and may be went on too long. but were at least resolved before the big finish. I'd definitely re-read it again and would probably get more out of it. If the Road to Mars was made into a Movie I'd definitely go a couple of times... Come on Eric quit improving Python and write more novels.

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