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Theatre of the Gods

Theatre of the Gods

Science FictionHumor
Pages
620
Published
2013
Language
English

Synopsis

The armadas of the universe are setting sail for the next dimension. Among them is M. Francisco Fabrigas, described in his own account as a scientist, an explorer, a dreamer and repeatedly as a fool, aboard a ship crewed by children and carrying passengers nobody booked.

Against him: the Pope of the Universe with the Fleet of the Nine Churches, Her Majesty Queen Habitas X, and a well-dressed mesmerist who is narrating the book and adjusting what you think as he goes.

M. Suddain's first novel is enormous, footnoted, constantly interrupting itself, and closer to a nineteenth-century adventure serial performed by a stage magician than to conventional space opera. It rewards patience and does not slow down for anyone.

Prose complexity
10/10

Vibe

FunnyWhimsicalSatiricalAdventurousDarkIntellectual
Unreliable NarratorQuestPortal FantasyAnti-Hero

Genres

Science Fiction Humor Satire Adventure Space Opera Fantasy Steampunk

About the author

M
M. Suddain

M. Suddain is a New Zealand writer and journalist based in London. He is the author of two novels, Theatre of the Gods (2013) and Hunters and Collectors (2016), both published by Jonathan Cape, and both written as sprawling, heavily footnoted comic epics assembled out of letters, reviews and interpolated documents. Reviewers reach for Vonnegut, Pynchon and Douglas Adams. He has also written for The Guardian and Vice.

Characters

M. Francisco FabrigasProtagonist

Scientist, explorer and self-declared fool, captaining a voyage into the next dimension.

All characters in Theatre of the Gods

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