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Unassigned Territory (1987)

av Kem Nunn

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"[An] accomplished new novel that confirms the promise of Nunn's first book, Tapping the Source .... Nunn writes with a keen portentousness about the warped people in this wasteland, creating what might be described as a western gothic. His examination of cultish thought is respectful, intriguing, and funny, in a narrative that never loses dramatic momentum." -- Publishers Weekly Lay preacher Obadiah Wheeler is responsible for conducting a group of missionaries into "unassigned territory," a stretch of Nevada wilderness open to evangelistic efforts. Obadiah's faith is shaky at best and no match for the tempting charms of the co-proprietor of a desert museum, raven-haired beauty Delandra Hummer. Together the two set off into the vast emptiness of the Mojave in search of a buyer for the museum's prize exhibit, an extraterrestrial relic. Their hilarious road trip -- punctuated by encounters with UFO cults, wild rednecks, and hippie burnouts -- throbs with violence and madness as well as the possibility of spiritual enlightenment. This "desert noir" by National Book Award nominee Kem Nunn was recognized as a New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice; the author has also written for and produced numerous TV projects, among them John from Cincinnati, Deadwood, and Sons of Anarchy… (mer)
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So this book was a little weird, much much different than Tapping the Source, and my favorite of his so far Dogs of Winter. The religion stuff threw me a bit because I haven't yet read the Bible, but this book is a lot like his others... Meaning someone lost in a world they think is real, suddenly changes course and finds themselves a changed person through their experience delineated in the book. Although I would not recommend this book to someone not familiar with his work (first) I would probably recommend Dogs of Winter; I think this is pretty interesting. It took me a while to get into it, I won't give spoilers, but at first you see all the characters together in the same place, and when they go their separate ways is when I got into it (it got interesting). His imagery (like his other books) is really emotive. (random page 49) "She could see the wind moving across the grade. She saw a patch of wildflowers turn their faces to the road. She saw pollen dust and the luminous white petals of the Joshuas (trees) floating in the sunlight, drifting like snow above the ocean floor. ( )
  ozma777 | Oct 25, 2018 |
I remember reading "Chance" by Kem Nunn, and wondering how could a guy who wrote: Tapping The Source, Pomona Queen, Tijuana Straits, and possibly the best of all of his books, Dogs of Winter, how could that author write a book this bad? Now I know. At some point after Tapping The Source, the author wrote this book "Unassigned Territory". What a dogs breakfast of a book this is. For some reason Mr Nunn, felt that Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, didn't do justice to the death of the American Dream, and so he decided to write this little opus, and stage it in the Mojave Desert in 1970. All of the characters are boring and one dimensional, and there really doesn't seem to be any point to the story, and it drags on forever. I couldn't believe it was only 300 pages, it felt like 1000.
Skip this one and "Chance" and enjoy the rest of his books. ( )
  zmagic69 | Oct 18, 2016 |
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"[An] accomplished new novel that confirms the promise of Nunn's first book, Tapping the Source .... Nunn writes with a keen portentousness about the warped people in this wasteland, creating what might be described as a western gothic. His examination of cultish thought is respectful, intriguing, and funny, in a narrative that never loses dramatic momentum." -- Publishers Weekly Lay preacher Obadiah Wheeler is responsible for conducting a group of missionaries into "unassigned territory," a stretch of Nevada wilderness open to evangelistic efforts. Obadiah's faith is shaky at best and no match for the tempting charms of the co-proprietor of a desert museum, raven-haired beauty Delandra Hummer. Together the two set off into the vast emptiness of the Mojave in search of a buyer for the museum's prize exhibit, an extraterrestrial relic. Their hilarious road trip -- punctuated by encounters with UFO cults, wild rednecks, and hippie burnouts -- throbs with violence and madness as well as the possibility of spiritual enlightenment. This "desert noir" by National Book Award nominee Kem Nunn was recognized as a New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice; the author has also written for and produced numerous TV projects, among them John from Cincinnati, Deadwood, and Sons of Anarchy

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