The Road to Mars

A Post-Modem Novel

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de Eric Idle

Type

Novel

Sujet

Actor > Eric Idle

Mots Clés

Eric Idle, Monty Python, humor

Année d'édition

1999

Editeur

Pantheon

Langue

anglais

Taille du livre

Format

Hardcover • 320 pages
6 ½ x 9 ¾ inches (16.5 x 25 cm)

ISBN-10
ISBN-13

0-375-40340-X
978-0-375-40340-8

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Description de l'ouvrage:
What makes humans bark?
Is the funny bone funny?
What is the algebra of comedy?
Did the sitcom originate with the ape?

Carlton is an android (a 4.5 Bowie Artificial Intelligence Robot) who works 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. His problem is that although as a computer he cannot understand irony, he is attempting to write a thesis about comedy, its place in evolution, and whether it can ever be cured. And he is also 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.

In the meantime, while auditioning for a gig on the Princess Di (a solar cruise ship), his two employers inadvertently offend the fabulous diva Brenda Woolley and become involved in a terrorist plot against Mars, the home of Showbiz.

Can Carlton prevent Alex and Lewis from losing their gigs, help them overcome the love thing, and finally understand the meaning of comedy in the universe? Will a robot ever really be able to do stand-up? As Einstein might have said, nothing in the universe can travel faster than the speed of laughter.

The Road to Mars was named one of the best books of 1999 by the Los Angeles Times.

À propos de l'auteur :
Eric Idle was one of the six original members of Monty Python's Flying Circus. He has appeared in many films. In addition to editing the Monty Python books, he has also written a novel, Hello Sailor; a play, Pass the Butler; and a children's novel, The Quite Remarkable Adventures of the Owl and the Pussycat. He lives in Los Angeles.

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Advance Praise for The Road to Mars

"If you like smart, insightful books by foreigners who take jobs from American writers, you'll love The Road to Mars. Every fan of mine should read it--and so should you."
-- Garry Shandling

"Part biting satire, part loony vaudeville, part comic dissertation, The Road to Mars will make you bark."
-- Robin Williams

"I laughed, I cried, and then I read the book."
-- Steve Martin

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