Lost Everything
{{Short description|2012 novel by Brian Francis Slattery}}
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| awards = Philip K. Dick Award
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Lost Everything is an apocalyptic science fiction novel by Brian Francis Slattery, published in 2012 by Tor Books.{{cite news|title=Lost Everything Review|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/brian-francis-slattery/lost-everything/|date=Mar 19, 2012|work=Kirkus Reviews|accessdate=Mar 7, 2014}} The novel received the 2012 Philip K. Dick Award.{{cite news|title=WINNER: 2012 Philip K. Dick Award|url=http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2013/03/winner-2013-philip-k-dick-award/|first=John|last=DeNardo|date=Mar 30, 2013|work=SF Signal|accessdate=Mar 7, 2014|archive-date=April 7, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130407150855/http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2013/03/winner-2013-philip-k-dick-award/|url-status=dead}}
The novel takes place in an apocalyptic America plagued by civil war after fierce storms have decimated major cities.
The novel follows Sunny Jim as he travels up a river with a group of other survivors in search of his wife and son.
Reception
Kirkus Reviews praised the novel's setting and the development of familial relationships, but said that, "the novel is plagued by an unsatisfying, scattershot execution." Publishers Weekly compared the novel's themes to Cormac McCarthy's The Road, but wrote that the novel suffered from pacing problems and was morbid without sufficient relief.{{cite news|title=Lost Everything Review|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-7653-2912-7|date=May 7, 2012|work=Publishers Weekly|accessdate=Mar 7, 2014}} Woman's Day reviewer Alexandra Gekas disagreed that the novel lacked relief, writing "The people we meet [in the novel] certainly show intense cruelty, but there are also moments of profound kindness, small, but powerful gestures of love and a great sense of hope overriding hopelessness."{{cite news|title=Lost Everything by Brian Francis Slattery|url=http://www.womansday.com/life/lit-fix/lost-everything-by-brian-francis-slattery|first=Alexandra|last=Gekas|date=Jun 5, 2012|work=Woman's Day|accessdate=Mar 7, 2014}}
The novel received the 2012 Philip K. Dick Award.
External links
- [https://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052970203370604577263463927332898 Wall Street Journal review]
- [http://www.avclub.com/review/brian-francis-slattery-emlost-everythingem-72397 AV Club review]
References
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{{Philip K. Dick Award}}
Category:2012 science fiction novels
Category:American science fiction novels
Category:American post-apocalyptic novels
Category:Philip K. Dick Award–winning works
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