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What Entropy Means to Me

Geo. Alec Effinger (1972)

SubgenreHigh Fantasy
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingPG-13
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
Setting
CSM age16
Goodreads3.54

Content levels

ViolenceModerate
Sexual contentNone
LanguageMild

Trigger warnings

Body HorrorViolence

Hero archetypes

Doctor

Protagonist archetypes

Duo / Partners

Synopsis

Doctor, watch out! As Dore stood by, he saw the Doctor backing slowly into the corner where he would meet his fate. Initially defending himself with a torch, the Doctor searched frantically for a new method of defense. The crimson mass is lunging forward using long, tentacle-like attachments: what is that thing? Slowly the subhuman blob comes in to focus, and Dore realizes . . . it's a colossal radish! This is a monster never before wrestled with; what are they going to do? After reading this vegetative tale, you won't look at your garden the same way again..

Is What Entropy Means to Me appropriate for my child?

Suitable for most readers 16 and up.

This experimental fantasy features bizarre and surreal imagery including a giant radish monster with tentacles. Violence is present but described in absurdist terms that may be metaphorical.

What to know going in

This book has moderate violence, no sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include body horror and violence.

Who'll love this

Teens who enjoy weird, trippy fiction and philosophical explorations will find this unlike anything else.

Tags

Surrealist FantasyExperimental FictionPsychedelic FantasySoft Science Fiction