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Book of the Year Winner - Humor/Satire - Independent Author Network
Hertell Daggett isn't what he used to be—he'd once been married, he'd once been a physicist, and he'd once been shot in the head. The doctors got the bullet out, but a few tiny specks of copper stayed behind, floating inside his brain, connecting parts that aren't connected in the rest of us, filaments of species memory going back to the beginning of time.
He remembers the yodeling sound of dinosaurs and the rubbery smell of trilobites. He once had a future, but now he's the damaged caretaker of a failing pet cemetery where he discovers a lost civilization—well, not lost so much as just misinformed—a time-capsule full of people living beneath his pet cemetery since 1963 due to some bad information they got about the end of the world.
But the world didn't end after all but had wobbled on, while that misinformed civilization stayed where it was, back in the world of 1963. Until Hertell finds them and leads the duck-and-cover civilization into our glorious, mystifying, but often dismaying world, and in the process finds a past he never quite remembered, a love he'd never quite lost, and a future he never quite imagined.
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- Stephen
- 02-11-18
A Surpising Funny Insightful Fabulous Book
If you could sum up Dog Logic in three words, what would they be?
The best book I have read in several years. I am amazed that it has not sold millions of copies.
What other book might you compare Dog Logic to and why?
There is nothing like it. It starts out like a standard "What is really going on here?" kind of story. The author does that masterfully creating fully realized characters with a great sense of humor, but the book really takes off into the phenomenal when things start to become clear.
Which character – as performed by Tom Strelich – was your favorite?
The main character. He is a sweet intelligent and sort of confused guy. But, ...
If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?
I don't know if it could be done. It is kind of like the movie "The Crying Game" in that it takes an incredible twist that no one would have predicted. But in TCG, the twist was the payoff. Here the twist is the point of entry.
Any additional comments?
Really, really, really good. Do not pass this book by.
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- Mareezers
- 04-04-18
Delicious story bordering on satire
Reminiscent of Heinlein's best speculative science layered with social commentary. Not necessarily everyone's cup of tea from a political/religious bent, but worth the read anyway. Beautifully performed, this is more like a radio play than a standard audiobook.
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- Amazon Customer
- 02-17-18
Funny and thought provoking
What made the experience of listening to Dog Logic the most enjoyable?
The first half of the book is a light hearted comedy that is fun to read. Then, the book makes a gradual shift to provide an incredibly insightful commentary on our present culture. It feels almost like reverse dystopian future book at times, and I found myself taking a thoughtful look at our culture and especially the things I take for granted.
Any additional comments?
I averaged more than an audio book a month last year and Tom Strelich's performance here is phenomenal. Although this is the only book he has narrated, I believe his talent for audio performance is equal to the best in the business.
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- Anonymous User
- 01-14-18
Great Book! Fun, creative, insightful, with great characters and shockingly contemporary political satire. I highly recommend it
Strelich had me laughing, smiling, and shaking my head with an incredibly creative story that combines a deep understanding of technology, government bureaucracy, and human nature with a knee-slapping and sometimes sardonic sense of humor that grabbed my interest and never let it go. I loved his characters and was truly impressed with his deep insight and thoughtful poignant analysis of our human condition and how our society has evolved (if one can use that word). Moreover, Strelich's book couldn't have been timed better given the ridiculous political situation we are currently experiencing. I really enjoyed it and recommend it highly.
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- John A. Nagle
- 09-02-21
An amazing piece of fiction
When trying to predict what a book will be about, a name like "Dog Logic" doesn't give you a lot to work with. For me that was fine, no expectations meant my brain was free to wander where the story led me. This is a story you've never read before. It's not derivative of some other work, it's entirely unique and original, something I can't really say about many books I've read.
My first thoughts were of how delicious the prose was. It seems to flow effortlessly from Strelich. But it is prose wrapped around a great story, so it's not just prose for its own sake.
Strelich narrates the book, and rarely am I happy with the author being the narrator. I have to say though, Strelich is an excellent narrator. The character performances, especially Hertell, are on-point. He captures the simple, "common sense" nature of his personality just perfectly.
When choosing a book, I like to read the 5-star reviews and the 1-star reviews. The 1-star reviews for Dog Logic seem to take issue with the presumed politics of the author. One could argue that the characters are speaking the author's voice and ergo they are simply a mouthpiece for his ideology. I did not read it like that at all. Yes, there are political elements in the book, but when you couch them from the perspective of a culture that was isolated from the world, living in its own microcosmic society, then they make perfect sense and are rightfully expressed.
All in all, I would say that Dog Logic was well-worth the credit I spent on it, and I would happily purchase other works from Tom Strelich.
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- John Thomas
- 11-11-17
Tom Strelich is a great storyteller.
I thoroughly enjoyed listening to Tom Strelich's Dog Logic. The eerie buffer music sets the stage for Tom to tell his story about our long lost past, present, and future.
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- oheo
- 10-06-19
thought provoking
The writer's skill as he used excellent technical ability to relay complexities of this intricate story supported my 5 star rating. Much of the humor would have been funnier if not so close to the truth!
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- Tom Canales
- 11-08-22
Read it! You won't be disappointed!
Wildly imaginative, funny, tragic, wonderful characters, with lots of surprises, everything I hope for in a good book. Well done Tom! Should also make for a great movie, I'll be wanting a bit part!
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- Diana
- 08-15-19
Imagination galore, always entertaining
A brain injured physicist is our narrator as we experience an amazing, mind blowing event, that, of course, the government can't believe. Pure fun!
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- Linda Wagner
- 01-03-24
Different
Great story. I did not like the religious parts. Well preformed. I wonder if there will be a sequel. I hope so.
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