Wild Massive
Scotto Moore's Wild Massive is a glorious web of lies, secrets, and humor in a breakneck nitrous-boosted saga of the small rejecting the will of the mighty.
Welcome to the Building, an infinitely tall skyscraper in the center of the multiverse, where any floor could contain a sprawling desert oasis, a cyanide rain forest, or an entire world.
Carissa loves her elevator. Up and down she goes, content with the sometimes chewy food her reality fabricator spits out, as long as it means she doesn't have to speak to another living person.
But when a mysterious shapeshifter from an ambiguous world lands on top of her elevator, intent on stopping a plot to annihilate hundreds of floors, Carissa finds herself stepping out of her comfort zone. She is forced to flee into the Wild Massive network of theme parks in the Building, where
technology, sorcery, and elaborate media tie-ins combine to form impossible ride experiences, where every guest is a VIP, the roller coasters are frequently safe, and if you don't have a valid day pass, the automated defense lasers will escort you from being alive.
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Wild Massive
Scotto Moore's Wild Massive is a glorious web of lies, secrets, and humor in a breakneck nitrous-boosted saga of the small rejecting the will of the mighty.
Welcome to the Building, an infinitely tall skyscraper in the center of the multiverse, where any floor could contain a sprawling desert oasis, a cyanide rain forest, or an entire world.
Carissa loves her elevator. Up and down she goes, content with the sometimes chewy food her reality fabricator spits out, as long as it means she doesn't have to speak to another living person.
But when a mysterious shapeshifter from an ambiguous world lands on top of her elevator, intent on stopping a plot to annihilate hundreds of floors, Carissa finds herself stepping out of her comfort zone. She is forced to flee into the Wild Massive network of theme parks in the Building, where
technology, sorcery, and elaborate media tie-ins combine to form impossible ride experiences, where every guest is a VIP, the roller coasters are frequently safe, and if you don't have a valid day pass, the automated defense lasers will escort you from being alive.
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Wild Massive

Wild Massive

by Scotto Moore

Narrated by Suzy Jackson

Unabridged — 16 hours, 31 minutes

Wild Massive

Wild Massive

by Scotto Moore

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Unabridged — 16 hours, 31 minutes

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Scotto Moore's Wild Massive is a glorious web of lies, secrets, and humor in a breakneck nitrous-boosted saga of the small rejecting the will of the mighty.
Welcome to the Building, an infinitely tall skyscraper in the center of the multiverse, where any floor could contain a sprawling desert oasis, a cyanide rain forest, or an entire world.
Carissa loves her elevator. Up and down she goes, content with the sometimes chewy food her reality fabricator spits out, as long as it means she doesn't have to speak to another living person.
But when a mysterious shapeshifter from an ambiguous world lands on top of her elevator, intent on stopping a plot to annihilate hundreds of floors, Carissa finds herself stepping out of her comfort zone. She is forced to flee into the Wild Massive network of theme parks in the Building, where
technology, sorcery, and elaborate media tie-ins combine to form impossible ride experiences, where every guest is a VIP, the roller coasters are frequently safe, and if you don't have a valid day pass, the automated defense lasers will escort you from being alive.

Editorial Reviews

MARCH 2023 - AudioFile

Narrator Suzy Jackson brings a big, bright vocal style to this sprawling comic fantasy-adventure by Seattle-based playwright/comedian Scotto Moore. Everything is bigger-than-big in the "massive" world of the future--from a 49,500-floor elevator to a planet-sized theme park and the ages of the characters. Grandma is over 600 years old. It all begins when the reclusive and reluctant Carissa meets a shadowy shape-shifter who has landed on top of her elevator car. As Carissa is introduced to nefarious plans and shadowy plots, Jackson has a fine time giving voice to the many wizards, muses, and corporate creatives that inhabit the multiverse. Kudos to Jackson for keeping the detailed technical and magical descriptions focused and lively. B.P. © AudioFile 2023, Portland, Maine

Publishers Weekly

11/07/2022

Moore (Battle of the Linguist Mages) delivers a gonzo adventure set in a transdimensional skyscraper whose tens of thousands of floors encompass a vast cross-section of alternate realities. Carissa, last survivor of a psychic race massacred by the authoritarian Association that rules much of the Building, has laid low in an elevator for many years. Then one of the shape-shifting Shai-Manak lands atop her home. The Shai-Manak people have been at war with the Association for decades, but this particular shape-shifter (who uses the pronouns ze and zir) is on the run from zir own kind even as ze embarks on a desperate mission of sabotage. Together, the two seek refuge in the Wild Massive chain of amusement parks, which dominate entire floors of the Building. Their subsequent escapades transcend both time and space as political schemes centuries in the making come to fruition. Throughout this sprawling, ambitious romp, Moore draws from numerous perspectives and gleefully embraces the inherent absurdity of both setting and premise, especially as metatextual aspects become increasingly blatant. With a centuries-long intermedia series that both reflects and shapes the history of the Association, unbelievably large theme roller coasters, and semi-sentient elevators, there’s no shortage of wild ideas here. Readers are in for a rollicking trip through the fun house. (Feb.)

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An Amazon Editor's Pick!

“Throughout this sprawling, ambitious romp, Moore draws from numerous perspectives and gleefully embraces the inherent absurdity of both setting and premise... Readers are in for a rollicking trip through the fun house.” —Publishers Weekly

Praise for Battle of the Linguist Mages

“By the halfway point, it had blown my mind twice and accumulated such cavalcades of incident that I couldn’t fathom where it had left to go — but it found places, and it went there.” —The New York Times

“It reads like Snow Crash had a dance-off with Gideon the Ninth, in a world where language isn't a virus from outer space, it's a goddamn alien invasion.” —Charles Stross

"A frenetic romp... a whole lot of fun... Glitter-bombed popcorn fiction at its finest." —Kirkus STARRED REVIEW

"A roller coaster of weird in this wildly entertaining gonzo adventure... Readers will love it as much for the outlandish ideas as for the narrative complexity and sense of fun." —Publishers Weekly

Praise for Your Favorite Band Cannot Save You

“Scotto Moore understands a key truth about Ziggy Stardust: Rock and roll messiahs are really fucking scary.” —Kieron Gillen

“Absolutely stunning. A fast-paced, psychedelic blur of music, tech, and things way beyond either. I picked it up, and it simply would not let me go until the final page was read.” —Ramez Naam

“The ride is a fun one and the soundtrack is killer.” —Locus

Library Journal

11/01/2022

At the heart of the multiverse, entire worlds are compressed into the Building, a colossal skyscraper and media empire that is ruled by the all-powerful Association. The endless floors are accessed by elevators. Carissa, an unsociable survivor, has seized one for herself, and she aimlessly explores until a shapeshifter drops atop her elevator. Andasir is Shai-Manak, an enemy of the Association, and ze seeks to prevent an apocalyptic attack. Unexpectedly swept up into an interdimensional war, they flee to the Wild Massive, a futuristic theme park that thrives on the lies that paint over the genocide of Carissa's people. While a bit heavy with info-dumping at times, this is an immersive and unique sci-fi fantasy adventure. It's compelling in a sociological sense, featuring a society that is blinded by its own complacency and overindulgence. Carissa and Andasir are relatable characters with murky motivations, but the vast theme park setting really drives the story with a good blend of magic and science. VERDICT The latest from Moore (Battle of the Linguist Mages) is perfect for those who enjoy offbeat sci-fi where the weak stand up to the strong.—Andrea Dyba

MARCH 2023 - AudioFile

Narrator Suzy Jackson brings a big, bright vocal style to this sprawling comic fantasy-adventure by Seattle-based playwright/comedian Scotto Moore. Everything is bigger-than-big in the "massive" world of the future--from a 49,500-floor elevator to a planet-sized theme park and the ages of the characters. Grandma is over 600 years old. It all begins when the reclusive and reluctant Carissa meets a shadowy shape-shifter who has landed on top of her elevator car. As Carissa is introduced to nefarious plans and shadowy plots, Jackson has a fine time giving voice to the many wizards, muses, and corporate creatives that inhabit the multiverse. Kudos to Jackson for keeping the detailed technical and magical descriptions focused and lively. B.P. © AudioFile 2023, Portland, Maine

Product Details

BN ID: 2940176701739
Publisher: Recorded Books, LLC
Publication date: 02/07/2023
Edition description: Unabridged
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