FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 4, 2008
Press Contact: Clay Lord
CVL Communications
cvlcomm@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
PUBLICATION OF THE BIG GOD NETWORK
J.C. McGowan is pleased to announce the release of his science fiction
novel The Big God Network, available through Amazon.com,
BarnesandNoble.com and other leading booksellers. (Trade paperback,
304 pages, $22.99; hardcover, $32.99)
The Big God Network takes America's culture wars into cyberspace and
embeds multiculture in the multiverse, with scenes set in Bali, Tokyo,
California, and several virtual worlds. This work of satirical
speculative fiction blends the wry humor of Kurt Vonnegut with the
cosmic scope of Carl Sagan and the edgy near-future scenarios of
William Gibson.
In McGowan's vision, set in the 2020s, the current growth in the power
of the Christian Right has continued unabated, resulting in some less-
than-desirable changes in the American political landscape. The United
States has been carved up into a handful of politically themed new
countries, including liberal Pacifica (the West Coast) and the
country's theocratic heartland, known as New America (run by a
president obsessed with the Christian rapture).
Against this contentious political backdrop, Baba Ed, the leader of a
wealthy UFO cult, seeks contact with extraterrestrial civilizations
via the Channel, a breakthrough communications interface with a high
"AIQ" that renders the most secure system vulnerable, and threatens
the new balance of power. McGowan envisions a dystopic New America
ruled by evangelicals who hope to bring Pacifica back into the fold,
and the Channel may offer the means to subdue the "secular" region. Or
to protect it, if the book's Pacifican-Brazilian hero Franz Sampaio is
successful in his quest.
The Big God Network will appeal to a wide audience: science fiction
and cyberpunk fans, participants in Second Life and other virtual
worlds, New Age spiritual seekers, critics of the religious right, and
fiction lovers in search of witty and imaginative storytelling.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
J.C. McGowan (aka Chris McGowan) is a widely read commentator on world
music, politics, digital media, arts and culture; his writings have
appeared in The Huffington Post, The Los Angeles Times, Billboard
magazine, and many other publications.
McGowan's previous books in print have been published by Random House,
Billboard Books, and Temple University Press. With Ricardo Pessanha,
he co-authored The Brazilian Sound, a seminal reference work on
Brazilian popular music, which has been published in four languages
and is slated soon for release of its third U.S. edition.
For more detailed information about The Big God Network and its
author, please visit the promotional websites for the book, online at
http://www.jcmcgowan.net/bgn.htm,
or http://myspace.com/biggodnetwork.
MEDIA INQUIRIES
To arrange an author interview or book signing, or to obtain a review
copy of The Big God Network, please contact Clay Lord, CVL
Communications, by email at cvlcomm@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Big God Network
J.C. McGowan
XLibris Books
$22.99, 304 pages, 6x9 Trade Paperback
Science Fiction/Political Satire/Cultural Satire
ISBN-10: 1425769373
ISBN-13: 978-1425769376
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