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FantasticLand

Written by: Mike Bockoven
Narrated by: Angela Dawe, Luke Daniels
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Since the 1970s, FantasticLand has been the theme park where "Fun is Guaranteed!" But when a hurricane ravages the Florida coast and isolates the park, the employees find it anything but fun. Five weeks later, the authorities who rescue the survivors encounter a scene of horror. Photos soon emerge online of heads on spikes outside of rides and viscera and human bones littering the gift shops, breaking records for hits, views, likes, clicks, and shares. How could a group of survivors, mostly teenagers, commit such terrible acts?

Presented as a fact-finding investigation and a series of first-person interviews, FantasticLand pieces together the grisly series of events. Park policy was that the mostly college-aged employees surrender their electronic devices to preserve the authenticity of the FantasticLand experience. Cut off from the world and left on their own, the teenagers soon form rival tribes who viciously compete for food, medicine, social dominance, and even human flesh. This new social network divides the ravaged dreamland into territories ruled by the Pirates, the ShopGirls, the Freaks, and the Mole People. If meticulously curated online personas can replace private identities, what takes over when those constructs are lost?

FantasticLand is a modern take on Lord of the Flies meets Battle Royale that probes the consequences of a social civilization built online.

©2016 Mike Bockoven (P)2017 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

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Great Audiobook.

This book had a very cool concept of having young adults stuck in a horrible situation tuning into a even more terrible situation due to their decisions. The quality of this audio book was fantastic. Having actors use different voices for different characters is what made me like the book more more. There's some parts in this book which I feel they could have changed a bit, but overall it told a compelling story via the interviews. I'd recommend getting this book if you liked World War Z. #Audible1

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Surprisingly good.

It takes a bit to get used to the style, a series of interviews, but it's done well and does pull you in. Worth a listen for sure if you like the premise.

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Fun and Gory

First of all I want to say the narration is top notch.

Secondly, you'll enjoy this book of you don't take it too seriously. Especially the parts that say these early twenty something's turned barbaric because they didn't have their phones and couldn't post to facebook.

It's an interesting plot and the narrative is strung together well as a series of interviews, the only exception being the afterward which seemed out of place, very reductionist, and needlessly guilt...trippy.

Anyway it gets my recommendation

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Loved it

Wow this was definitely something different and I thoroughly enjoyed it. The writing style and interviews were very well done. Definitely recommend

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It's an okay tale.

Well written, well narrated but, really, the whole premise makes no sense because of the timeline. But, I ended up listening because I paid for the book not because it captivated me.

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Well done!

I really enjoyed this story and the narrators were great. In particular, Luke Daniels does a great job. I have heard him narrate The Game is Life as well. I definitely recommend this book.

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Great narrator, good story.

Not my normal genre to read/listen too but I was engrossed throughout. Many times I found myself wondering what would have done had I been there. Maybe a too believable of a story and that's what might haunt one afterwards.

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Very well done all around

Great modern rendition of a lord of the flies style tale. Really enjoyed it, great narration and story.

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A true testament to don’t judge a book by its cover...

I was hesitant after reading about the interview style, but the premise sounded good so I gave it a shot. I loved it! Wished it was longer. The narration was great, the story was great and I’m so glad I gave it a chance!

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Similar style to WW:Z

I enjoy disaster stories so this was decently entertaining. However I felt some of the characters underdeveloped and the authors voice very present throughout. "If I find the person that did X.." or any comment about kids being dependant on their cell phones was pretty much reiterated by each character.

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