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ISBN:	1595829571 (ISBN13: 9781595829573)
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Jam

Yahtzee Croshaw

Paperback | Pages: 398 pages

Rating: 3.69 | 3693 Users | 373 Reviews

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Title	:	Jam
Author	:	Yahtzee Croshaw
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 398 pages
Published	:	October 23rd 2012 by Dark Horse (first published October 10th 2012)
Categories	:	Science Fiction. Humor. Fiction. Horror. Comedy

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Like most people, I know Yahtzee primarily through his brilliantly scathing video game reviews.

Here's a link for the uninitiated:

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/video...

When I found out that he'd written a book as well, I was curious. But honestly, I didn't have high expectations.

I don't mean this as a dig. It's just that brilliance is not necessarily transferable. Just because Yahtzee can be funny, clever, and witty in a five minute review, doesn't mean that he can write a funny, clever, witty novel. No more than I could jump in and do his job and be good at it.

All that aside, I was pleasantly surprised by the book. It was funny, well-written, and managed one of the most difficult tricks of all, which is to be ridiculous AND realistic.

In my experience, a lot of people who write speculative fiction (Sci-fi, fantasy, etc) tend to make the same mistake. They think that the more weirdness the better. They feel like if their stories only have one piece of speculation in them, they're somehow cheaping out.

It's as if people thing it's not enough to write an alternate history of Earth where, say, the Roman empire never collapsed. No. You have to change it so that everyone is talking Kangaroos with magic powers too.

But this simply isn't true. Most of the time, adding one simple "what if" to the story is more than enough. If I had the chance to teach a class on writing speculative fiction, I'd use this book as an example of how that's true.

The what if in question is, "What if you woke up and found that the world had been covered in two feet of carnivorous strawberry jam?"

Does it sound corny? Yeah.

But the truth is, it's a fucking good book. The best apocalypse stories I've read in ages.

So good on you, Yahtzee. You clever, multifarious bastard you....

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Ratings: 3.69 From 3693 Users | 373 Reviews

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Yahtzee Croshaw, of internet Zero Punctuation fame, has succeeded in crafting a book both witty and poignant, humanizing and satyrical, and one that is damn entertaining to boot. In a generation seemingly obsessed with the end of the world and how it will come about, (now that the Mayans are out, zombies are back in as money favorites), Croshaw poses the question that maybe more of us should be asking: is there really any way to predict how the end of society could occur? What if it were

What a great story. It was a creative ride full of laughs and clever ideas.



Jam / B00A7H2E3WI loved Yahtzee Croshaw's first book, Mogworld, and I went into Jam expecting to love it and I *did*, so at least I'm both consistent and predictable, lol. (And I'm already on tenterhooks hoping that Jam will come out on audiobook soon so that I can listen to it for a second read-through.) But let me also just state upfront that Jam is not going to be for everyone (though nothing ever is), and then I'll get to why. Jam is essentially a zombie apocalypse story with the zombies

For the record, I was predisposed to like this book - I don't like (Jelly, for those of us in the US). Also, I like Yahtzee Croshaw - MogWorld was a lovely, twisted and twisting tale, and his vidoes on YouTube are both thoughtful and utterly hilarious. So when a friend said that this had come out and told me the back blurb, I was already hooked.[...]Ok, I just deleted a block of text about how I approached this book (which is a gamble I rarely take) because...well, there's a lot of reflections

This book was hilarious. I loved all the little nods to Silent Hill and even Mogworld. Another great story by Yahtzee. I hope he makes an audio book version of this one as well.

I suppose I'll start with a preface, because for once, who actually wrote this book is kind of important. For those of you who do not know, I am a huge fan of the ongoing Youtube video-game review series that goes by the name of Zero Punctuation. The host Ben "Yahtzee" Crowshaw, is a fast-talking Australian/Brit, who usually savagely rips apart video-games in a mix of crude and extremely witty humor that is flung at you at the speed of a machine gun. Basically, it's freakin' hilarious if you can