The Third-Buddy Conundrum

By P.G. Devereux

Book Overview

There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what this parody is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by a version even more bizarre and inexplicable. This has already happened, and there are proofs

It's the summer of '69 and Michelle Phillips witnesses hippy students force her father (in this universe) into early retirement. Embarrassed by her family she moves into a psychedelic caravan in the Scottish Highlands. This lifestyle choice will shape not only the rest of her life but also the fate of her husband (spending far too much time in the closet) and the haggis

Four decades later, MI5 ask nana-field engineer Professor Benjamin King to infiltrate a secretive cabal of snobs and dorks after a spate of inexplicable disappearances. Ben's investigation into the Final Front 'ere club will lead him to a mysterious online game and immerse him in a virtual world ruled by obsessive and mind-numbing interactions with the Third Buddy App

This is the Third Buddy Conundrum, and it is the key to everything: the key to writers disappearing all over the world, the key to a conspiracy that spans a heck of a long way, and the key to the extinction-level event humanity now faces ... unless they can find a machete

P.G Devereux admits, "Douglas Adams, Rob Grant and Doug Naylor are my heroes A parody of Liu Cixin's greatest, darkest, hardest sci-fi book ever was inevitable, right? Three Body got me through dark times, and I looked for a parody version and there wasn't one. Well, there is now So wrap this up in tinfoil and call it turkey: start with the original and baste on that "

The Third-Buddy Conundrum:
'Your next favourite sci-fi snack' WORD
'Immensely funny' Brackish Amoeba
'Uniquely twisted' George R.R.R.R.R.R.R.R.R. Pirate
'Mind-altering and immersive' Tom Wolfy

Winner of the Hugo and Galaxy Awards for Best Parody in the History of all that is Parody (Probably. Well, maybe? OK, OK, almost certainly not There, is that better? Spoilsports )

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0F5MGYK9Z
• ISBN13: 9798280358966
• Release Date: April 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 394 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"