Bunny Modern | 
| Author: David Bowman
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  21 reviews
Sales Rank: 1783869
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 224
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 4.7 x 0.6
ISBN: 0316102024
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780316102025
ASIN: 0316102024
Publication Date: March 1, 1999
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Amazon.com Review
Imagine killer nannies patrolling the streets of New York, their baby carriages bristling with automatic weapons, even as prowling, infertile parent-wannabes make desperate grabs at the carriages' precious cargo.... This is the premise of David Bowman's novel, IBunny Modern/I, an apocalyptic millenarian view of New York in the 21st century. The city is without electricity, a phenomenon some attribute to electrons flying backward in time to that day when Bob Dylan went electric at the 1965 Newport Jazz Festival. This unfortunate reversal in the electrical current also seems to have affected sperm production, which accounts for the plummeting birthrate in New York and, in turn, the gun-toting nannies. Bowman laid claim to this sort of manic, hallucinatory fiction in his first novel, ILet the Dog Drive/I, and IBunny Modern/I takes it to dizzying new heights. Sex, drugs, and appliance worship--dystopia never looked so intriguing.
Product Description
The trade paperback edition of David Bowman's prizewinning first novel, Let the Dog Drive, has developed a cult following. Now Bowman's exuberantly praised second novel -- a hard-boiled comedy about love, abduction, and child care, set in a future where electricity has disappeared and fertility is on the wane, but human passions are as messy as ever -- is also in trade paperback.
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 If you like the bizarre... July 16, 2005
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I loved this book. It's completely irreverant, odd, witty, charming, and says a lot about pitfalls of urban society. Think "Handmaiden's Tale" written by Christopher Moore. It's just that weird. A great read.
One of my all time favorites March 16, 2005
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I picked this book up for 99 cents in a store in Cape May. It ended up being one of my favorite of all time. David Bowman's writing style is highly original along with his ideas. I can see why it may have not been very popular, but once read, it's easy to see why it was so great. If you enjoyed this book, or even if you didn't, I'd still reccomend his other book, Let the Dog Drive. The two are highly different than one another, but both supurb in their own way.
 original June 22, 2002
Well, this book came from a very strange place. I laughed quite a bit in the first few chapters. The premise is so original, I can see it as a bizarre video game. The writing style was better than average. More inteligent than the usual overly descriptive Sci Fi garble. Wit and unusual references to pop culture kept it interesting. My only problem with the novel was that as the story progressed, it kinda hit what seemed to be a phase of plot block. The environment and characters were so unique that even the author seemed lost as to where to take them. The end seemed contrived and forced. The book is worth sitting through the first half or so though. Like I said, it would make an imaginative and fierce video game. I can even see the nanny action figures and subsequent merchandising.
 Too weird October 10, 2001
This book is really really weird, it's even beyond sci-fi. It's not the good kind of weird-- the kind that's funny or coherent or immediately preceding nocturnal emissions. Instead, the plot is the product of a drugged-out dude (who else can think of women sitting near magnetic fields to make their eggs ypredatory,y or Sharper Image neo-pigeons). You really have to suspend your disbelief; otherwise youyll really hate it. The prose is not really innovative, making it a bad accompaniment to the over the top events. If you want to read books that are good kind of weird, read any Terry Southern book, Dune, or Catch 22.
Have some fun with it! January 26, 2001
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Bowman tells a tall tale in his typical fashion-lots of wacky situations, all with much more than meets the eye. Many people have panned this book in recent reviews. I don't believe they get the point. It's about a fun read, mixed with the commentaries on literature, human dependence on electricity, and the joys of life and creating new life. However, it does show the dark side of humankind: drugs, violence, greed, and the lack of personal warmth that leads to the strange and failed relationships in this book.pAlthough Bowman's let the dog drive is my personal favorite, this picks up where that left off: a wild ride through many different worlds of thought. So many what ifs to make you think! Bowman's style should be cherished, because it is rare. He has parts of Vonnegut, Garcia Marquez, and Earl from creative writing class. Read it today and don't listen to those who didn't get it.
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