Scan barcode
hakimbriki's review
5.0
As a fan of the unusual, the weird and the absurd, I absolutely loved every bit of this collection. The sheer brilliance of Matthew Revert's stories blew me away. His storytelling abilities, his humor, his mind-boggling imagination and originality bring a breath of fresh air to the Absurd/Bizarro in particular and literature in general.
My favorite story of the bunch is "The Great Headphone Wank" for its curious and unsettling (in a good way) concepts and setting.
A Million Versions of Right also provided me with some of the best laugh-out-loud moments I've had in recent years, "Meeting Max" being the funniest story in my opinion.
Long live Matthew Revert and his art !! I look forward to reading his other books!
My favorite story of the bunch is "The Great Headphone Wank" for its curious and unsettling (in a good way) concepts and setting.
A Million Versions of Right also provided me with some of the best laugh-out-loud moments I've had in recent years, "Meeting Max" being the funniest story in my opinion.
Long live Matthew Revert and his art !! I look forward to reading his other books!
made_in_dna's review
5.0
Before "if you touch my junk" became an Internet meme, Matthew Revert published this gem about worlds where school authorities lend their junk to students for presentations; tiny, ejaculated builders cover their procreators in layers of tile; scientists try to reverse menstration in women; and earphones play nothing but the sounds of masturbation.
A MILLION VERSIONS OF RIGHT is a collection of "terribly unusual short fiction" that will burn in the reader's mind long after the book has been digested. And while not for the squeamish or the prudish, it is highly recommended for those who love the outlandish.
Witty and well-written, readers will be hard-pressed to find talent like Mr Revert. He sits clearly and proudly with the likes of Carlton Mellick III, D. Harlan Wilson, Gina Ranalli, and the other scions of the bizarro fiction tradition heralded by writers like Franz Kafka.
A MILLION VERSIONS OF RIGHT is a collection of "terribly unusual short fiction" that will burn in the reader's mind long after the book has been digested. And while not for the squeamish or the prudish, it is highly recommended for those who love the outlandish.
Witty and well-written, readers will be hard-pressed to find talent like Mr Revert. He sits clearly and proudly with the likes of Carlton Mellick III, D. Harlan Wilson, Gina Ranalli, and the other scions of the bizarro fiction tradition heralded by writers like Franz Kafka.
audleigh's review
2.0
This is the first book I've ever given two stars. I generally applaud what I read from small press publishers however, this particular book read like literary masturbation with the occasional nonsensical description. While the author seems to aspire to writing in the Bizarro genre, his efforts fall well short of every other Bizarro book I've read.
The book consists of five short stories and here is the break down:
A Million Versions of Right - The tale of a man who ejaculates small mustachioed tile-layers from his cock on several occasions in his life learns from his father that there are "a million versions of right".
The Bricolage Scrotum - A teacher and anti-scrotum advocate plans to pop his sack at a 4th grade school assembly to instill scrotal hatred in children.
The Great Headphone Wank - A couple is driven to the brink of madness by a pair of headphones that only release the sound of unending, orgasm-less masturbation no matter what album is played.
Meeting Max - The Hair District is thrown into chaos when a bald man perpetrates a series of identical vandalism crimes against the local barber shops which leads to the town water supply being spiked with an agent that induces menstruation in men.
Power Blink - A band-aid is carefully and successfully installed on a man with a small cut with the help of his friend's new invention: The Power Blink.
The Bookmark that Wouldn't Work - In a world where people are incapable of keeping track of their place in a book, a new industry provides hope when the bookmark is invented. Its prohibitively expensive price tag causes division between classes and our protagonist buys a bootleg bookmark which fails to keep her place.
I admit, the descriptions of each story are far more interesting than the stories themselves. There seemed to be no real purpose or idea behind any of the tales, with the possible exception of The Bookmark that Wouldn't Work which may have been trying to be allegorical to the rise of the personal computer.
Truly, if you're in the mood for something strange and new, go over to Bizarro Central and check out Mykle Hanson, Carlton Mellick, Kevin L. Donihe, or Gina Ranalli. I promise in any of their works you'll find something far more interesting and well written than A Million Versions of Right. This book feels less like imaginative and pointed strangeness than it does like the ramblings of a man wishing he had the creative prowess of the homeless insane.
The book consists of five short stories and here is the break down:
A Million Versions of Right - The tale of a man who ejaculates small mustachioed tile-layers from his cock on several occasions in his life learns from his father that there are "a million versions of right".
The Bricolage Scrotum - A teacher and anti-scrotum advocate plans to pop his sack at a 4th grade school assembly to instill scrotal hatred in children.
The Great Headphone Wank - A couple is driven to the brink of madness by a pair of headphones that only release the sound of unending, orgasm-less masturbation no matter what album is played.
Meeting Max - The Hair District is thrown into chaos when a bald man perpetrates a series of identical vandalism crimes against the local barber shops which leads to the town water supply being spiked with an agent that induces menstruation in men.
Power Blink - A band-aid is carefully and successfully installed on a man with a small cut with the help of his friend's new invention: The Power Blink.
The Bookmark that Wouldn't Work - In a world where people are incapable of keeping track of their place in a book, a new industry provides hope when the bookmark is invented. Its prohibitively expensive price tag causes division between classes and our protagonist buys a bootleg bookmark which fails to keep her place.
I admit, the descriptions of each story are far more interesting than the stories themselves. There seemed to be no real purpose or idea behind any of the tales, with the possible exception of The Bookmark that Wouldn't Work which may have been trying to be allegorical to the rise of the personal computer.
Truly, if you're in the mood for something strange and new, go over to Bizarro Central and check out Mykle Hanson, Carlton Mellick, Kevin L. Donihe, or Gina Ranalli. I promise in any of their works you'll find something far more interesting and well written than A Million Versions of Right. This book feels less like imaginative and pointed strangeness than it does like the ramblings of a man wishing he had the creative prowess of the homeless insane.
sarahconnor89757's review
5.0
I've never read a book that began with masturbation, let alone such a corse description of one, and so I didn't have any preconceived notions about how this book was going to play out. Despite that clue, the book was still surprisingly sexual.
Very weird, very gross very funny; I don’t usually get grossed out but this book found the sweet spot over and over again so I have to give it props.
Very weird, very gross very funny; I don’t usually get grossed out but this book found the sweet spot over and over again so I have to give it props.
More...