Book Reviewed by oceania
THE BACHELOR MACHINE by M. Christian
Published by Green Candy Press
ISBN: 1-9331160-16-3
Rating: ****

I opened the book and read Cecilia Tan's introduction. I have known Chris (M. Christian) for a while. I don't remember if I was introduced on line to him by Jason Rubis or Jamie Joy Gatto but it doesn't matter. What Ms. Tan says about him is true. Chris can write. This book, THE BACHELOR MACHINE, is true M. Christian. His words are always hard hitting straight down the middle to the point. There is no wasted phrases but it is not minimal either.

The Bachelor Machine is extremely well written, hard hitting apocalyptic view of sex and the world after a great war. But this isn't a read, it's a ride, a ride into a hallucinatory sex driven science fiction collection. There are 19 short stories in this collection and they will leave you breathless, unnerved... and maybe wondering.

From first to last, the reader can not escape the words. I found myself thrown in feet first and expected to survive the horrors of sex without feelings, of niceties stripped away leaving only the extreme of hard, deliberate punches to awaken long dead senses. The Bachelor Machine is a powerful work....i ached inside after reading these short stories... the strength of survival, or the fight to remember - or cast out memories... it was all too powerful for me. I felt hollowed and emptied, drained as if my very marrow had been attacked. These are stories not for easy entertainment, connoisseurs of the genre may enjoy them, but others will need to come inside, drop pretense, and allow their souls to be stripped bare.

Once again my hat is off to M Christian, may he write forever. You can visit Chris' personal website by clicking here http://www.mchristian.com/