Every Last Hurrah Paperback – June 30, 2013

Of course, one line reviews are necessarily reductive, and making comparisons about this book won't really prepare you for it. It's also dangerous to make statements saying "if you like X..." because this book can be challenging, depending on your tastes. But let me tell you about the good parts...The author's enthusiasm carries you through a lot of the book. It's easy to hear him saying "Hey! Isn't this neat?" over and over again. For a story that is at least in part science fiction, this is really important. Those parts in and of themselves are great, and the almost possible another reviewer mentions is a big deal. We aren't talking really heady far off ideas - these are more or less grounded near-term applications of existing technology. The hidden treat is Mr. Stanley's ideas about the human implications of those technologies and the various motivations for their development. The people he writes about might not be familiar to you, but if they're not, you probably just need to go to better parties.As a first effort, there's a lot to be impressed by. I can't wait to read the next.

Every Last Hurrah pushes limits. Very quickly this is evident, social and cultural lines are crossed without a thought and beliefs many hold as status quo are ignored. However the plot's shock and awe strategy yields to a deeper and more interesting layer of the narrative. I found myself asking: How would the world change if any of the technology was a reality? If Partytime existed what would its effect be on society? Would the seduction of a never ending party be too much to ignore?This book is many things: Entertaining, smart, interesting, thought provoking, well executed, etc. I had not expected to finish the last chapter thinking about modern life and the imposed limits we accept. Sean Stanley's imagination provides an opportunity to embrace debauchery and escape into a world of technologically enabled and enhanced freedom.I look forward to his future works.

I wish the rules of entry to Party Time applied to the rest of my daily life. Mostly the No Bummers part. Every Last Hurrah is an entertaining and thoughtful read that forces you to question how we've come to view and accept technology, privacy, entertainment, drugs, alcohol, sex and personal choice into our society. I agree with other reviewers in that what keeps this book grounded is that the technology at its core feels both plausible and achievable in the near-term. Don't we all want to live in a world where BarfMaster carpet is a reality? Though Every Last Hurrah employs classic themes of good vs. evil, love, heroes, and dreamers, it's not for the faint of heart. It's also smart, funny, crude and violent. With a dash of sci-fi it will leave you pondering what the future may hold as our culture of excessive sharing and aggressive innovation evolves.

All parties have a tipping point. A near-future meta-drug-fueled romp, Every Last Hurrah recounts the last days of the ultimate bacchanal.For anthropologists, for revelers, for lovers of the almost-possible, Stanley's dissections of the mechanics and dysfunctions of Perma-Temporary Autonomous Zones will ring all too true."Three bowls do I mix for the temperate: one to health, which they empty first; the second to love and pleasure; the third to sleep. When this bowl is drunk up, wise guests go home. The fourth bowl is ours no longer, but belongs to violence; the fifth to uproar; the sixth to drunken revel; the seventh to black eyes; the eighth is the policeman's; the ninth belongs to biliousness; and the tenth to madness and the hurling of furniture." -- Eubulus, 375 BCE

'Every Last Hurrah' connects to every person who wished the party never ended, because it can and it won't. In a sea of disingenuous filth, 'Every Last Hurrah' is clean, inviting you to join the party again, no judgements, and live like there was no tomorrow, true to you. In what I can describe as the only Cult, Sci-Fi, Noir, Black Comedy novel, it is therefore the best Cult, Sci-Fi, Noir, Black Comedy novel out there.You need to read 'Every Last Hurrah,' not only because it's crude, funny, insightful, clairvoyant, and entertaining in and out; additionally it is genuine, an article of originality, true to expanding the mind beyond the daily grind. Escape from the status quo, liberate yourself from the judgements of others. Discover something new about yourself.Read it, now.

I read this book based on a recommendation to a friend, and I am so glad I did! It kind of blew my mind in the same way Snow Crash did. The book is a juggernaut - it starts off just a tiny bit slow and rough (but maybe it was just me getting used to a new author's voice), but it gains momentum at a crazy rate, and for the last couple of hours of the book, I could not put it down.Readability: ****Re-read factor: highRecommendation factor: absolutely will recommend to all my friends

If you're a fan of near-future cyberpunk science fiction and have always wanted it to have some dirty, gonzo fun, this is the book for you. With a tight, clever story and interesting characters, this book is a hard-driving read. The future it builds is completely believable while still giving you lots of new ideas to chew on.

Hilarious Prescient Seductive.The author weaves together many of the cultural memes of this generation and rides them straight into a futuristic party to end all parties.I received plenty of strange looks as I laughed aloud while reading this in public. But whatever, they're just jealous that I have an awesome book.

Awesome book - couldn't put it down :) xx