Elvissey
By Jack Womack
1993
First Published
3.79
Average Rating
319
Number of Pages
At once a biting satire and a taut, fast-paced thriller, Elvissey is the story of Isabel and John, a troubled couple who voyage from the year 2033 to a strangely altered 1954. They are on a desperate mission to kidnap the young Elvis Presley and bring him back to the present day to serve as a ready-made cult leader. He proves, however, to be a reluctant messiah, and things do not work out quite as planned.
Avg Rating
3.79
Number of Ratings
395
5 STARS
26%
4 STARS
38%
3 STARS
27%
2 STARS
7%
1 STARS
2%
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Author
Jack Womack
Author · 9 books
"Womack's fiction may be determinedly non-cyber, but, with its commitment to using SF as a vehicle for social critique, it definitely has a punky edge. William Gibson once said that he thought he was more interested in basic economics and politics than the average blue sky SF writer. That counts double for Womack, whose fiction is packed with grimly amusing social satire and powerful little allegories exploring urban breakdown, class war and racial tensions". —Jim McClellan (from an interview with Jack Womack, 1995).
