FantasticLand A Novel
FantasticLand A Novel by Mike Bockoven, published by Skyhorse on November 20, 2018, is a reprint edition featuring 304 pages in English. This narrative presents a modern interpretation of classic themes, exploring the dark consequences of a social civilization built online. Set in a theme park that promises fun, the story unfolds after a hurricane isolates the park, leading to a horrifying transformation among its employees, primarily teenagers. As they struggle for survival, the authorities discover a scene of unimaginable brutality when they finally reach the park weeks later.
Readers will find that FantasticLand is structured as a fact-finding investigation interspersed with first-person interviews, piecing together the chilling events that transpired. The narrative delves into the dynamics of rival tribes formed by the isolated employees, who compete for resources and power in a grim new reality. Themes of identity and social constructs are examined as the characters navigate their new existence without their electronic devices, leading to a breakdown of their curated online personas. This book engages with elements of horror, mystery, and suspense, making it a thought-provoking exploration of survival and societal collapse.
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A modern take on Lord of the Flies meets Battle Royale that probes the consequences of a social civilization built online.
Since the 1970s, FantasticLand has been the theme park where “Fun is Guaranteed!” But when a hurricane ravages the Florida coast and isolates the park, the employees find it anything but fun. Five weeks later, the authorities who rescue the survivors encounter a scene of horror. Photos soon emerge online of heads on spikes outside of rides and viscera and human bones littering the gift shops, breaking records for hits, views, likes, clicks, and shares. How could a group of survivors, mostly teenagers, commit such terrible acts?
Presented as a fact-finding investigation and a series of first-person interviews, FantasticLand pieces together the grisly series of events. Park policy was that the mostly college-aged employees surrender their electronic devices to preserve the authenticity of the FantasticLand experience. Cut off from the world and left on their own, the teenagers soon form rival tribes who viciously compete for food, medicine, social dominance, and even human flesh. This new social network divides the ravaged dreamland into territories ruled by the Pirates, the ShopGirls, the Freaks, and the Mole People. If meticulously curated online personas can replace private identities, what takes over when those constructs are lost?
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