Published: Aug. 20, 2011
Words: 72898 (approximate)
Language: English

Ebook short description

When Liza, an intrepid reporter, stakes her career on an interview with a milkman named Blake, things go from weird to worse when they are abducted by aliens. After finding out the real reason aliens anally probe their abductees, the two heroes have no choice but to recruit a makeshift army of genius bikers to take the fight to the aliens and save the world! Includes lots of bonus features!

Extended description

When Liza, an intrepid reporter, stakes her career on an interview with a milkman named Blake, things go from weird to worse when they are abducted by aliens. After finding out the real reason aliens anally probe their abductees, the two heroes have no choice but to recruit a makeshift army of genius bikers to take the fight to the aliens and save the world!

Originally released as a print-on-demand book in 2005, The Milkman returns in the revised and expanded SuperSekrit Extra Cheesy Edition, chock full of goofy fun never included in the original edition.

Includes lots of bonus features such as:... (Read more) When Liza, an intrepid reporter, stakes her career on an interview with a milkman named Blake, things go from weird to worse when they are abducted by aliens. After finding out the real reason aliens anally probe their abductees, the two heroes have no choice but to recruit a makeshift army of genius bikers to take the fight to the aliens and save the world!

Originally released as a print-on-demand book in 2005, The Milkman returns in the revised and expanded SuperSekrit Extra Cheesy Edition, chock full of goofy fun never included in the original edition.

Includes lots of bonus features such as:

-Author's commentary track
-Soundtrack listing
-Sneak peek at The Milkman 2: Evil Garden Gnome
-Previews of future books from Ian Thomas Healy
-Gag Reel (and aren't you curious how I managed to pull that off?)
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Tags

action, funny, alien, biker, alien abduction, reporter, hilarious, blake, blizzard, wacky, ian thomas healy, milkman, liza, samurai sword, big al, bunky, snowplow, dean drive, sentient farts

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Reviews

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Review by: Anusha Bai on Jan. 14, 2012 :
Simply awesome.

There's a great mix of stuff here that would make any reader happy. Fun and quirky characters who display talents they are not usually associated with in our daily mundane lives, a rebellious alien and lots of action. There's also a reference to a certain fruit from the region I come from and while I'm not a fan of the fruit, I thought it was nice to see it mentioned by an author half way across the world.

Just like the 1st reviewer had written, the e-book in itself was entertaining with all the special features comes along with it. Definitely a recommended read.
(reviewed within a month of purchase)

Review by: Allison M. Dickson on Aug. 25, 2011 :
I could review The Milkman based strictly on its story, which is funny, irreverent, fast-paced, and original as hell (a milkman with a katana battles sentient alien farts with the help of an intrepid young reporter and a group of genius bikers who moonlight as rocket scientists... yeah, really, it's that off the wall), but I'm here to talk about how this is the sort of ebook that I think everybody should buy now, because it gives you a taste of what I think we all can come to expect ebooks to do for us in years to come.

With the clever use of hyperlinks, Healy provides the reader with an enormous wealth of "bonus material," similar to what you'd see on a DVD. We have a commentary track. We have a soundtrack. There's even a "gag reel." Hilarious and original, it's the kind of book for people who love to know all the elements that go into writing a novel, the real-life locations or events that inspire settings or characters. The sorts of things that can turn a book into not only a light and fun read, but a total experience. You walk away with a great appreciation for the material. But even if you aren't into those kinds of things, the links aren't intrusive enough to interrupt the flow of the story. Click at will or don't, it's still a great story.

I should also say that given the limits of current ebook technology, it had to be a seriously time-consuming feat for Healy to put together. Since this really is the future of electronic reading as we know it, I look forward to the day when doing something like this becomes standard practice, because I would love to write and read all of my books this way.

What a fun experience this was. If you love going meta as much as I do, please check this out!
(reviewed within a week of purchase)

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