The Big God Network: New Science Fiction Connecting Politi..

ANNOUNCING PUBLICATION OF THE BIG GOD NETWORK

CVL Communications is pleased to announce the release of his science
fiction novel The Big God Network, available through Amazon.com,
BarnesandNoble.com and other leading booksellers. (Trade paperback,
304 pages, $22.99; hardcover, $32.99)

A science fiction novel with a satirical edge, The Big God Network
takes America's culture wars into cyberspace and embeds multiculture
in the multiverse.

In McGowan's sharply satirical near-future scenario, set in the 2020s,
the current growth in the power of the Christian Right has continued
unabated, resulting in some less-than-desirable changes in the
American political landscape. The United States has been carved up
into a handful of politically themed territories, including liberal
Pacifica (the West Coast) and the country's theocratic heartland,
known as New America (run by a president obsessed with the Christian
rapture).

Against this contentious political backdrop, Baba Ed, the leader of a
wealthy UFO cult, seeks contact with ETs via the Channel, a
breakthrough communications interface fusing artificial intelligence
and quantum neurology.

McGowan envisions a dystopic post-America in which the neocons and
evangelicals have joined forces to bring the country to its knees--in
more ways than one--and new technology may offer the only means to
stop them. This work of satirical speculative fiction succeeds in
blending the wry humor of Kurt Vonnegut with edgy near-future
scenarios that suggest William Gibson.

This book will appeal to a wide audience: fans of science fiction and
cyberpunk, technology trend-trackers, New Age spiritual seekers,
critics of the religious right and neoconservative politics, and
fiction lovers in search of taut storytelling and a briskly paced
read.

For more detailed information about The Big God Network and its
author, please visit the author's promotional website for the book,
online at <a href="http://www.jcmcgowan.net/bgn.htm">Big God Network
(Info)</a>. The site offers sample chapter excerpts and biographical
information about the author.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
J.C. McGowan is a widely read commentator on world music, politics,
leading-edge technologies, and arts and culture; for many years, he
was a columnist and contributor to Billboard magazine, and his
writings have appeared in The Huffington Post blog, The Los Angeles
Times, and many other publications. He has previously published non-
fiction books with Random House and Temple University Press. The Big
God Network is his first novel.

PURCHASING INFORMATION:
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1425769373">The Big
God Network (at Amazon.com)</a>

<a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1425769373">The Big
God Network (at Amazon U.K.)</a>

<a href="http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/1425769373">The Big God
Network (Amazon Canada)</a>

MEDIA INQUIRIES
To arrange an author interview or book signing, or to obtain a review
copy of The Big God Network, please send an email to:
BGNcontact.DeleteThis@yahoo.com

The Big God Network
J.C. McGowan
$22.99, 304 pages, 6x9 Trade Paperback
Science Fiction/Political Satire/Cultural Satire
ISBN-10: 1425769373
ISBN-13: 978-1425769376