Overview

With insight, humor, and a bit of ""I don't know what,"" Ryan Forsythe turns the modern political satire on its head in this alternative history exploring why Dick Cheney did the things he's done. We first meet a young Richard Bruce ""Dick"" Cheney in the year 2791 as he endures another of his Dad's lectures on the terrible no good Gore presidency-the source of all suffering in the world after a series of freak time travel accidents vaporized our dearest celebrities. Soon Cheney is on a joyride through time with his buddy Kimo. Unfortunately, their time machine stalls out on the Interyear and Dick finds he is stuck in the Nixon administration. Recalling his father's rants, Cheney realizes he has the opportunity to change history. If he can ensure Gore loses the 2000 election, perhaps 800 years later he could finally make his old man proud. Will the assistance of alien pinochle player Donald Rumsfeld be enough? Or will he have to enlist both foul-mouthed mob boss Ralph Nader and the secretly Republication robot Joseph Lieberman? And what does the Iran-Contra scandal have to with any of this? Forsythe skewers the conventions of modern books and DVDs, with numerous ""bonus features."" Included are an obviously not deleted ""Deleted Epilogue""; a faux Author Commentary in which Forsythe and Cheney discuss Cheney's actions in the book; and a Reading Group Guide, featuring discussion questions and an author interview. Originally released the same day as Cheney's own novel-er, memoir, this special memorial edition (released the day Dick Cheney died) has been updated with added bonus features, including a foreword by writer, artist, and provocateur Norman Conquest; a new introduction by the author; additional details on the Paris Hilton BFF contest; and new and improved blurbs (this time by people who actually read the book). What would you pay for all this? $49.99? No! $29.99? Not even. In fact, the price is precisely the same as the version without all the added content. Read the book about which noted writer Brian K. Vaughan says, ""There is no way in hell I'm gonna read this, much less blurb it.""

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""One of the great visionary political texts of all time."" Derek Pell, Author and Publisher of Black Scat Books ""Dick Cheney Saves Paris rewards the reader with a celebration of creativity, humorous ruminations on the nature of politics, and intriguing reflections on the nature of time and human evolution. It remains to be seen if the book's prediction is accurate: 'In the future, man will travel to the past in order to destroy the present.'"" R Sebastian Bennett, The Texas Review, Fall/Winter 2013 ""... dizzying, very funny and savagely satirical... The best satirists are those who are able to find a middle ground between our sanity and the insanity of our world. Dick Cheney Saves Paris is the work of a talented humorist. It also has the heart of a great science-fiction story. The niche of time-traveling stories is appreciated, understood and treated with the utmost respect and love."" Gabriel Ricard, Unlikely Blog

Author Information

Ryan Forsythe is a writer, editor, teacher, artist, and dad. He studied creative writing at The Ohio State University, before traveling extensively, including working aboard a ship during a 100-day around-the-world voyage. For four years he and wife Kaci ran a hostel in Redwood National Park. Ryan earned a Master of Arts degree in Teaching Writing at Humboldt State University and completed his MFA in Creative Writing at San Diego State University. Originally from NE OH, Ryan now calls SW OR home.

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