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    Notes From the Autopsy of God
    Notes From the Autopsy of God
    Notes From the Autopsy of God
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    Notes From the Autopsy of God

    By Bo Fowler

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    "A compact collection of more than 1,500 of Fowler's fulsome and funny fulminations against faith. Fowler follows in the foot steps of anti-theological philosophers like Nietzsche ... Yes life can seem quite meaningless, and there's nowhere we go after we die, but here are some interesting things to think about in the meantime."
    - James Geary author of Geary's Guide to the World's Great Aphorists

    "The Greatest Who-Didn't-Do-It of all time!"

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBo Fowler
    Release dateOct 7, 2011
    ISBN9781937387464
    Notes From the Autopsy of God
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    Bo Fowler

    A teacher of English and Philosophy by day, a Sci-Fi Satiric Comic Philosophical Novelist by night. Bo Fowler’s books have been published by Jonathan Cape and Bloomsbury USA. He is a graduate of the University of East Angelia’s Creative Writing Program, has a degree in Philosophy and a PhD in Critical and Creative Writing. Some of the happiest moments in his life have occurred while writing. His influences include Richard Brautigan, Kurt Vonnegut, and Fredrick Nietzsche.

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      Notes From the Autopsy of God - Bo Fowler

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      Autopsy of God

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      Bo Fowler

      This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or to actual events or locales is entirely coincidental.

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      This eBook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This eBook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you’re reading this eBook and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then you should return it and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of the author.

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      If you like Notes From The Autopsy of God, you’ll love Scepticism Inc.

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      Scepticism Inc. is a venomously intelligent and funny novel with a richly European combination of whimsy and seriousness… this book’s rare pleasure is that, as well as numerous running gags, it boasts a wealth of conceptual and structural jokes… If Nietzsche had written a novel, it would probably have some of the flavor of Bo Fowler’s ambitious debut.

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      Beguiling, humane and very funny… Scepticism Inc.’s narrative slipperiness and sly humor reminded me of Slaughterhouse-Five…this is a serious satire on belief and the desire to believe which surprises and delights.

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      A wildly inventive and funny novel

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      A very funny novel

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      An ambitious, daredevil satire

      THE INDEPENDENT

      Scepticism Inc. is a kind of Nietzsche for beginners… refreshingly quick-witted; easy to read and easy to please, with thought-provoking ideas.

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      Fowler’s account of one man and his trolley against the zealots is a shaggy dog story of cosmic proportions. This outrageous irreligious first novel launches an exciting new talent upon the world. Dare I say it, I have great faith in him.

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