Scott Stein

Your sense of humor is fine. That’s absurdly funny.

They’re saying it’s going to snow Sunday into Monday. Excuse me while I lose my shit.

Yeah. Kafka’s THE TRIAL is hilarious in spots. People who object to this are using the word “funny” in a very narrow way.

“Freedom of the press.” Not “Control by the government on behalf of some alleged reader.”

His influence on language is like Bizarro Shakespeare

Me complaining that someone drank the beer in my fridge

Do you realize how terrible you are if you’re the worst person in the history of a country like ours?

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Dude could not look more like the Grinch if he was CGI.

Dude could not look more like the Grinch if he was CGI.

I have to watch this soon. Joke density is a main feature of my current novel series.

Beer glass and beer bottle on a kitchen counter. Boulevard Rye on Rye barrel aged in a Boulevard glass.

It’s Friday.

Neil, WE KNOW

Difficult claim to verify

I did not watch Trump talk about tariffs. Too absurd for me. Instead, I read and graded student papers about the Kafkaesque.

A country so great, even its tariffs have tariffs.

Teabag tag: The purpose of life is to know yourself, love yourself, trust yourself, and be yourself.

Teabag doesn’t say what to do if knowing yourself is why you don’t trust yourself.

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Private detective Frank Harken could really, really use a cup of coffee. Can you blame him? His new case features a missing woman, a flaky client, a cranky security officer, a mysterious assassin, an overbearing mob boss, an ice-cold enforcer, and the best mini-golf the world has ever seen. Did we mention the fate of millions is at stake? “Stein delivers a madcap sci-fi take on the hard-boiled detective genre in this fun, near-future romp that’s chock-full of rapid-fire wit, tongue-in-cheek literary allusions, and playful futuristic absurdity… Stein keeps the stakes high and the laughs coming … Sure to appeal to fans of Douglas Adams, this zany, uproarious mystery is a constant delight.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Get ready for some super great fun! The Great American Deception is a hilarious (and deeply disturbing) voyage through a futuristic netherworld of caffeinated robots and diet pizza. Somewhere—possibly nowhere—Douglas Adams is sighing pleasurably with a combination of approval and afterlife indigestion.” —Gary Shteyngart, author of Little Failure and Lake Success “The Great American Deception is by far the most enjoyable novel told from the point of view of a futuristic coffee machine I have ever read!” —Ben Schwartz, actor and writer

“A clever novel that just consistently dances on the edge of absurdity; it’s a great and witty time.” —Vulture.com, “The Best Comedy Books of 2022” “The Great American Betrayal is a wickedly funny novel jam-packed with madcap invention and verbal hijinks that are sure to be a hit with fans of Douglas Adams and Stanislaw Lem. Scott Stein writes wild plots and sentences that tie your brain in delicious knots while working his inimitable brand of bravura cosmic absurdity. God bless him.” —Gabe Hudson, author of Dear Mr. President and Gork, the Teenage Dragon “Delightful, sparkling, zany, with clever references to Kafka and Orwell and Borges, and narrated by a lovable crime-solving coffeebot, The Great American Betrayal takes the dysfunction of our social-media-riveted world and ramps it up to absurdist heights in service of a rollicking, engrossing mystery.” —Vikram Paralkar, author of Night Theater and The Afflictions “I love Scott Stein’s writing. It’s effervescent. The Great American Betrayal practically fizzed on my tongue. It’s sharp and silly and a hell of a lot of fun to read.” —Mike Sacks, author of Passing on the Right, Stinker Lets Loose, and Poking a Dead Frog “Stein’s The Great American Betrayal is a blast! A coffee-maker turned detective and his laconic, ‘Not-An-English-Professor’ partner deliver a fun story and a good-humored skewering of contemporary American culture in this winning sequel.” —Chantel Acevedo, author of the Muse Squad series and The Curse on Spectacle Key

Sci-fi detective comedy series set in a mall that spans the continent, narrated by a coffee machine robot who uses too many footnotes.

“A constant delight.”
—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

www.amazon.com/dp/B08RB4S319

Plenty of non-Amazon options at my website scottsteinonline.com

"Plantation owners could be unduly burdened."

Most people keep their charger with their verification.

But I already spent my tariff bonus.

Tariffs struck down? Be right back. Going to stock up on Belgian beer.

It turns out that wasn't a tariff in your pocket and you were just happy to see me.

But I already spent my tariff bonus.

Happy birthday to Pierre Boulle!

Planet of the Apes is once again a required text in my upcoming spring course "Strangers in Strange Lands."

Another novel of his, Desperate Games, is not as good but also explores humanity's self-destructive behavior.

And which many of them are continuing to deny.

Private detective Frank Harken could really, really use a cup of coffee. Can you blame him? His new case features a missing woman, a flaky client, a cranky security officer, a mysterious assassin, an overbearing mob boss, an ice-cold enforcer, and the best mini-golf the world has ever seen. Did we mention the fate of millions is at stake? “Stein delivers a madcap sci-fi take on the hard-boiled detective genre in this fun, near-future romp that’s chock-full of rapid-fire wit, tongue-in-cheek literary allusions, and playful futuristic absurdity… Stein keeps the stakes high and the laughs coming … Sure to appeal to fans of Douglas Adams, this zany, uproarious mystery is a constant delight.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Get ready for some super great fun! The Great American Deception is a hilarious (and deeply disturbing) voyage through a futuristic netherworld of caffeinated robots and diet pizza. Somewhere—possibly nowhere—Douglas Adams is sighing pleasurably with a combination of approval and afterlife indigestion.” —Gary Shteyngart, author of Little Failure and Lake Success “The Great American Deception is by far the most enjoyable novel told from the point of view of a futuristic coffee machine I have ever read!” —Ben Schwartz, actor and writer

“A clever novel that just consistently dances on the edge of absurdity; it’s a great and witty time.” —Vulture.com, “The Best Comedy Books of 2022” “The Great American Betrayal is a wickedly funny novel jam-packed with madcap invention and verbal hijinks that are sure to be a hit with fans of Douglas Adams and Stanislaw Lem. Scott Stein writes wild plots and sentences that tie your brain in delicious knots while working his inimitable brand of bravura cosmic absurdity. God bless him.” —Gabe Hudson, author of Dear Mr. President and Gork, the Teenage Dragon “Delightful, sparkling, zany, with clever references to Kafka and Orwell and Borges, and narrated by a lovable crime-solving coffeebot, The Great American Betrayal takes the dysfunction of our social-media-riveted world and ramps it up to absurdist heights in service of a rollicking, engrossing mystery.” —Vikram Paralkar, author of Night Theater and The Afflictions “I love Scott Stein’s writing. It’s effervescent. The Great American Betrayal practically fizzed on my tongue. It’s sharp and silly and a hell of a lot of fun to read.” —Mike Sacks, author of Passing on the Right, Stinker Lets Loose, and Poking a Dead Frog “Stein’s The Great American Betrayal is a blast! A coffee-maker turned detective and his laconic, ‘Not-An-English-Professor’ partner deliver a fun story and a good-humored skewering of contemporary American culture in this winning sequel.” —Chantel Acevedo, author of the Muse Squad series and The Curse on Spectacle Key

Reminder (unless you're a new follower, in which case this might be the first you've heard): I write funny novels. The current series is narrated by a coffee machine robot who uses too many footnotes.

www.amazon.com/dp/B08RB4S319

Plenty of non-Amazon options at my website scottsteinonline.com

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