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FantasticLand

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FantasticLand

Written by: Mike Bockoven
Narrated by: Angela Dawe, Luke Daniels
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Since the 1970s, FantasticLand has been the theme park where "Fun is Guaranteed!" But when a hurricane ravages the Florida coast and isolates the park, the employees find it anything but fun. Five weeks later, the authorities who rescue the survivors encounter a scene of horror. Photos soon emerge online of heads on spikes outside of rides and viscera and human bones littering the gift shops, breaking records for hits, views, likes, clicks, and shares. How could a group of survivors, mostly teenagers, commit such terrible acts?

Presented as a fact-finding investigation and a series of first-person interviews, FantasticLand pieces together the grisly series of events. Park policy was that the mostly college-aged employees surrender their electronic devices to preserve the authenticity of the FantasticLand experience. Cut off from the world and left on their own, the teenagers soon form rival tribes who viciously compete for food, medicine, social dominance, and even human flesh. This new social network divides the ravaged dreamland into territories ruled by the Pirates, the ShopGirls, the Freaks, and the Mole People. If meticulously curated online personas can replace private identities, what takes over when those constructs are lost?

FantasticLand is a modern take on Lord of the Flies meets Battle Royale that probes the consequences of a social civilization built online.

©2016 Mike Bockoven (P)2017 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.
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This book had a very cool concept of having young adults stuck in a horrible situation tuning into a even more terrible situation due to their decisions. The quality of this audio book was fantastic. Having actors use different voices for different characters is what made me like the book more more. There's some parts in this book which I feel they could have changed a bit, but overall it told a compelling story via the interviews. I'd recommend getting this book if you liked World War Z. #Audible1

Great Audiobook.

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Honestly one of my favourite audiobooks of all time now. Using interviews is such an interesting way of telling a story. It all felt so real. And oh my god
those voice actors were absolutely incredible. I had no idea that there were only 2 till the end credits. Definitely a book I’ll listen to again.

The voice actors were incredible!

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LOVED FantasticLand

there wasn't a minute of this story that wasn't captivating.

lord of the Flys meets the world of millennials

amazing

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Highly recommend the audiobook! It was so well done I was captivated immediately.
Had the feel of a modern day Lord of the Flies. A hurricane hit and the amusement park implemented their emergency protocols. Although there is plenty of water and food the young people are faced with no direction, supervision or overall feelings of authority. Chaos ensued and this is the stories of the survivors. Each chapter is another interview painting a vivid picture of what happened in the park during the hurricane and the aftermath.

Great audio

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Wow this was definitely something different and I thoroughly enjoyed it. The writing style and interviews were very well done. Definitely recommend

Loved it

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