Chris Nakashima Brown

here is what some people are saying about chris nakashima brown's writing-which is a really funny mix of alternative history-but set in the now-and culture jamming conspiracy

“Nastily funny.” — Locus

“One of the few, the proud, the elite: a science fiction writer who can genuinely outdo the aberrant weirdness in contemporary headlines.” — Bruce Sterling

“JG Ballard with a Texas twang.” — SF Site

“A hot up-and-coming sf writer whose prose is slick, post-Gibsonian, and funny as hell, like Neal Stephenson meets Hunter S. Thompson.” — Cory Doctorow

“The strangest, farthest out piece of fiction I’ve ever read.” — If Then Else

“Nakashima-Brown's prose is effortless. He pulls off fanciful imagery and dry humor with a distinctive flair. And between the sidewise smirks, there's enough oblique political digging to make Jon Stewart proud.” — Tangent

“Borges in a pop culture blender.” — Invisible Library

“Like a cross between William Gibson and Mark ‘My Cousin, My Gastroenterologist’ Leyner.” — Boing Boing

"Chris Nakashima-Brown is keeping cyberpunk alive with his wicked, apocalyptic, war-on-terror humor." — RU Sirius

read chris's work here
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