The Amazing Snox Box - Hardcover

Brian Gage; Tom Ellsworth; Robert Park

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1887128573 ISBN 13: 9781887128575

Publisher: Soft Skull Press, 2003

Synopsis

"To subjugate slaves, convince them they’re free," says Sammy Sopkins, the Intergalactic Salesman, in THE AMAZING SNOX BOX, which tells the story of King Locks who rules over the diamond-rich moon of Zanic. King Locks has enslaved the entire population to mine his diamonds but, as conditions grow ever more intolerable, the slaves plan a revolt. As they prepare to storm the Bastille, enter Sammy with the panacea for the autocrat’s ills: the amazing Snox Box. King Locks, Sammy explains, should free all the slaves and give them Snox Boxes. The Box will show lifestyles so tempting they'll work even harder, without any need for coercion. Sammy send King Locks into what he assures the King will be only a temporary exile and Sammy dispenses free Snox Boxes to the newly emancipated slave, who gaily return to work.
Once all are in thrall to the Box, Sammy shows them a news story announcing that their former tyrant was actually their misunderstood savior. King Locks is welcomed back with open arms. Once the goat, he’s now a hero. Then the bill for the free Snox Boxes falls due, and the King seems disinclined to pay

About this title

About the Author

Brian Gage is a satirist and Web designer living in Los Angeles, California. He attended The Ohio State University and received a bachelor’s degree in business administration. Since then he’s been very busy making fun of Corporate America and Consumer Culture.

Tom Ellsworth was born in San Luis Obispo, California. He moved to San Francisco in 1994 to go to the Academy of Art College and graduated in 1998. A freelance illustrator, his clients include Hewlett-Packard, Performance Computing magazine, and 3Djoe.com.

Review

""Snox is sweet enough kids will love it, and subversive enough adults will too! (I laughed, I cried, then I went back to watching teevee.)"

Edition details

• Publisher: Soft Skull Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1887128573
• ISBN 13: 9781887128575
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 44