Dollhouse Syndrome Vol.1
An intriguing and innovative Young Adult novel by Lan Hsu
From the Introduction:
The World. In the not too distant future
“Nowadays, the world is different to how it used to be. We have split the earth into the Seven Rooms, each room never to interfere with the private affairs of another room. Everyone and anyone can travel freely between the Seven Rooms. We have employed the White Uniform to ensure the safety and well-being of our citizens.”
We will never be free. We will always be their little “Dolls.”
“We live in a perfect world, one purely of creativity and love. After the War of Peace, we have rebuilt the world to be perfect. There is now a 98.79% rate of happiness, and the average life expectancy has been raised to over one hundred. The rate of suicide is below 0.0001% of all recent deaths. Crime rates have been demolished. It is next to non-existent. I believe we have indeed built a great empire, one to last millennia.”
This place is fake. We must fix it. They will continue to play with us unless we fix it.
Of the novel, the author comments:
Hey guys!!! Thanks for buying my very first project, Dollhouse Syndrome. I’m planning to make this into a series of short novels, so I hope that you can support me all the way through the characters’ journeys.
Lots of love, LH
Some fun facts about this book:
-The story contains 20,133 words
-I wrote 3 completely different stories for the title ‘Dollhouse Syndrome’
Fourteen-year-old Lan Hsu illustrated and designed the book. She lives in England and has planted Easter eggs throughout the book and invites readers to find them.
More information about Dollhouse Syndrome, Vol.1 is available on Thrive Global
Featured Book – April 3
Posted in Guest Writer, Men, Publishing, Writing, tagged Featured Book, Humor, humorous writing, Leigh Verrill-Rhys, Lin Robinson, political humor, San Diego, SoCal, social commentary on April 3, 2017|
As you’ve probably guessed, Linton Robinson is one of my favorite go-to authors for humor, particularly male humor. Call me whatever you like but Lin’s humor makes me laugh. It’s ironic, twisted, often self-deprecating and always ROFL funny. My favorite line is “Have they ruled out suicide?” (You’ll have to read Sweet Spot to get that one.)
This week I’m featuring The Way of the Weekend Warrior, a sardonic look at the world of the wayward journalist, gone rogue and a whole lot of other things.
I am enthralled by Lin’s humor, caustic wit, sarcasm, insights and social commentary. He sees the world for what it is, full of people who have no business pretending they are anything other than—well, you be the judge. But remember, we’re in the same boat.
The Way of the Weekend Warrior is available on Amazon, in Kindle or Paperback.
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