Neighborworld

A bulldada science fiction novel by Lonesome Cowboy Dave DeLuca, the astounding improvisational wizard of The Church of the SubGenius radio show, The Hour of Slack. A little bit A CLOCKWORK ORANGE, a taste of The Firesign Theatre, a dab of Fletcher Brothers cartoons, a dash of Kafka, a splash of Fellini, and a whole fistful of Lonesome Cowboy Dave! It’s about twenty years into the future and the lines between television, the Internet and the real world have not merely blurred, they’ve disappeared. Stan Mozuck is an Advo, part content provider and part detective, with a daunting new assignment: to uncover and report on a mysterious group called the Weirds. These grotesque characters seem to live completely off the grid, yet have extraordinary powers to manipulate and twist not only the social media net but reality itself. Stan’s head is already pretty twisted, but when the Weirds climb into it they steer him into a collision course with himself.

Dave DeLuca is an artist, writer, musician and reporter in Ashtabula, Ohio. With Wes Jenkins he authored a previous novel, Dorkus and the Affairs of Lord Willing. He has sung and played guitar in bands including The Chronics, The Clocks (aka Radio Alarm Clocks), Cooky, Einstein's Secret Orchestra, and The Mondo Retardo Band. He is best known to radio and podcast listeners as Lonesome Cowboy Dave of The SubGenius Radio Ministry Hour of Slack as well as ESO Swamp Radio and Brain Rot Radio Theater, all originating at WCSB-Cleveland. He has been a major contributor to Church of the SubGenius projects since 1992. He has written for numerous magazines, newspapers, and TV specials (including John Lennon Remembered). He is the only person on the planet who can do what he does with words and sentences.