Praise for "Blueprints of the Afterlife" "A fierce literary imagination, building the kinds of worlds that William Gibson used to write before he discovered the present; it is warmed by the kind of offbeat, riffing humor that has suffused the works of Neal Stephenson and Gary Shteyngart, with Chuck Palahniuk's cartoonish gore and Neil Gaiman's creepy otherworlds blended in. . . . Duct-tape yourself to the front of this roller coaster and enjoy the ride."--John Schwartz, "The New York Times" "What an inspired mindfuck of a book. Ryan Boudinot's "Blueprints of the Afterlife" is a post-apocalyptic satirical explosion of a novel. . . . Fans of China Mieville, Kurt Vonnegut, and, say, Terry Gilliam may gravitate toward Boudinot, but his out-of-control imagination is all his own."--Andrea Appleton, "Baltimore City Paper" "The best science fiction takes what we know about technology and humanity and extends it. . . . "Blueprints of the Afterlife" does just this--only instead of space stations and robots, [Boudinot] clocks the way our perceptions and experiences have already been shaped by technology. . . . "Blueprints" calls to mind Jonathan Lethem's recent "Chronic City" and the work of screenwriter Charlie Kaufman, as much as it does sci-fi predecessors like Philip K. Dick or even Cory Doctorow. But while it's plenty easy to find other novels to compare "Blueprints" to, the book offers a completely singular reading experience."--Alison Hallett, "The Portland Mercury" "Digital where "Brave New World" is merely analog, "Blueprints of the Afterlife" makes both "1984" and the Book of Revelation seem like yesterday's news."--Tom Robbins, author of "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" "Boudinot's novel . . . has a diverse and rich family of ingredients. We might speak of certain literary components, such as the work of Kurt Vonnegut, the work of Richard Brautigan, the work of Tom Robbins, and/or the work of Haruki Murakami. . . . A mere descriptionh
