Show Time
Phil Harvey
(Author)
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Description
Future viewing audiences have become totally desensitized to violence and entirely dependent on sensation to escape their boring workaday lives an addiction nurtured by the media with graphic portrayals of war and crime and with so-called reality programming. Now, TV execs in pursuit of the only things they care about higher ratings and bigger paychecks have created the ultimate reality show: Seven people, each bearing the scars of his or her past, are deposited on an island in the middle of Lake Superior. Given some bare necessities and the promise of $400,000 each if they can endure, the three women and four men risk death by starvation or freezing as the Great Lakes winter approaches. Their seven-month ordeal is entirely unscripted, they can't ask for help or they forfeit the prize, and as far as the network is concerned the fewer survivors the better.
Product Details
Price
$15.95
$14.83
Publisher
Lost Coast Press
Publish Date
May 15, 2012
Pages
241
Dimensions
5.4 X 0.7 X 8.4 inches | 0.85 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9781935448112
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Reviews
Phil Harvey has crafted a psychological thriller that takes reality shows, and in fact much of our popular culture, into a realm of true horror. His skill in delving into the psychology of the characters keeps the reader turning the pages...Show Time is a thinking reader's thriller and a thoroughly entertaining read. -- Darrell Delamaide "author of The Grand Mirage, for the Washington Independent Review of Books"
A vision of the future that is laugh-out-loud, until we realize how much it looks like the world we live in now. -- Frank S. Joseph "award-winning author of To Love Mercy"
Phil Harvey elegantly dissects the plummeting values of 21st-century America, while his plot twists seize the reader by the lapels. A great read! -- David Stewart "author of American Emperor: Aaron Burr's Challenge to Jefferson's America"
A thrilling immersion in the emotional, physical, and sexual reality of characters who thought they were playing a game but find they must fight to survive. -- Linda Morefield "The Washington Independent Review of Books"
How far can reality TV go to satisfy the lust for sensation? Show Time delves into our primal instincts. It's an exciting novel, hard to put down, and highly recommended. -- Book Reviewer "The Midwest Book Review"
Show Time is a biting commentary on society. Mr. Harvey writes with pure genius. You'll be riveted until the final page, and will be left thinking about this tale for a long, long time. Warning: Some may feel as if they cannot continue due to the gritty emotional content. Finish it anyway you won't regret it. I'm going to buy everything I can find! -- Debracadabra "LibraryThing"
"A well-written novel with insight into the culture of reality TV as well as the harsh reality of human survival." -- Kirkus Reviews "Kirkus Reviews"
A vision of the future that is laugh-out-loud, until we realize how much it looks like the world we live in now. -- Frank S. Joseph "award-winning author of To Love Mercy"
Phil Harvey elegantly dissects the plummeting values of 21st-century America, while his plot twists seize the reader by the lapels. A great read! -- David Stewart "author of American Emperor: Aaron Burr's Challenge to Jefferson's America"
A thrilling immersion in the emotional, physical, and sexual reality of characters who thought they were playing a game but find they must fight to survive. -- Linda Morefield "The Washington Independent Review of Books"
How far can reality TV go to satisfy the lust for sensation? Show Time delves into our primal instincts. It's an exciting novel, hard to put down, and highly recommended. -- Book Reviewer "The Midwest Book Review"
Show Time is a biting commentary on society. Mr. Harvey writes with pure genius. You'll be riveted until the final page, and will be left thinking about this tale for a long, long time. Warning: Some may feel as if they cannot continue due to the gritty emotional content. Finish it anyway you won't regret it. I'm going to buy everything I can find! -- Debracadabra "LibraryThing"
"A well-written novel with insight into the culture of reality TV as well as the harsh reality of human survival." -- Kirkus Reviews "Kirkus Reviews"
