Publish and Perish: Three Tales of Tenure and Terror Audiobook

" Did not like these very much. Weird mixture of stereotypical English grad student and the weird. The last story was the only redeeming part of this book. Wouldn't recommend. "

" Something to read AFTER you get tenure... "

" Witty academic satire reminscent of David Lodge, though one of them was a little too unnerving for me. "

" The first novella here was the best. "

" Three Tales of Tenure, but not of Terror. I'm sure this book will appeal most to those caught up in the world of academia more than to the rest of us. As for "terror" - hardly! There were several laugh-out-loud passages, especially in the first tale where situations arise involving the protagonist (definitely not a likeable character in the least) and his pitched battles with his girlfriend's cat. "

" I take great exception to the blurb saying that these stories have the wit of David Lodge. Lodge is WAY better than this. "

" hilarious short stories. One has to do with a cat who discovers his owner, a professor, is cheating on his wife and sets out to sabotage the professor so that his wife finds out. "

" Funny kinds of skills with academic satire and horror kinds of themes. Guy is definitely a plot builder and a drama builder of a certain kind. Makes him worth reading. He has page turning skills and makes a valiant effort to grip into academic excesses. "

" Very funny - in the tradition of Lucky Jim "

" Hynes strikes again with faux occult satire on the academic life, this time with stories/novellas. He's a hoot. "

" These are somewhat macabre tales but I found them immensely entertaining. I loved the author's irreverence toward academic life. "

" I fun mix of horror and satire. "

" Thoroughly enjoyable- for anyone that's been there in academia and seen the ugly side of misogynist fogies, looming deadlines, and the uselessness of arcane knowledge. Liked it much, much more than his Kings of Infinite Space, a related novel. I totally dug it. "

" Very astute and well written. I also liked the fact that all three stories overlap to some extent, something I hadn't expected while I was reading the first story. Two thumbs up! "

" Not nearly as good as "The Lecturer's Tale," which was hysterical for the forst 3/4 of the book. "

" Wicked funny. "

" The only time a book has actually upset me is the first story here. Other than that it's a quite good combination of an insider's view of academic life and modern Lovecraft style horror. "

" I really liked these stories, the second two more than the first one. It's much in the same vein as "The Lecturer's Tale" in fact one of the characters from that story makes a brief unrelated appearance. Same kind of crazy, gothic academic craziness. "

" Three long stories of horror in academia---sooo good! "

" A really fun mix of old-fashioned spooky storytelling and the self-aggrandizing world of academia. It's great how these stories intersect with each other and bleed into Kings of Infinite Space. "

" If you are an academic, these are truly tales of terror (not finishing a dissertation, not getting tenure). If you're not an academic, I suspect this book would just be strange. "

" I made it about 1/2 way: one and a half of the three short stories. It's well written and I love the concept: professors, terror, and satire. But, it's just not my style, I need more action in my leisure reading. "

" David Lodge, Martin Amis, and Stephen King have a love child who grows up to be a bitter grad student in the humanities or social sciences facing an overeducated future as a contract instructor. The result is this book of three novellas. What's not to like? "

" I fun mix of horror and satire. "

" David Lodge, Martin Amis, and Stephen King have a love child who grows up to be a bitter grad student in the humanities or social sciences facing an overeducated future as a contract instructor. The result is this book of three novellas. What's not to like? "

" Not nearly as good as "The Lecturer's Tale," which was hysterical for the forst 3/4 of the book. "

" Funny kinds of skills with academic satire and horror kinds of themes. Guy is definitely a plot builder and a drama builder of a certain kind. Makes him worth reading. He has page turning skills and makes a valiant effort to grip into academic excesses. "

" Entertaining enough, but Hynes is still getting his voice. "

" Hynes strikes again with faux occult satire on the academic life, this time with stories/novellas. He's a hoot. "

" Witty academic satire reminscent of David Lodge, though one of them was a little too unnerving for me. "

" The only time a book has actually upset me is the first story here. Other than that it's a quite good combination of an insider's view of academic life and modern Lovecraft style horror. "

" These are somewhat macabre tales but I found them immensely entertaining. I loved the author's irreverence toward academic life. "

" Something to read AFTER you get tenure... "

" Very astute and well written. I also liked the fact that all three stories overlap to some extent, something I hadn't expected while I was reading the first story. Two thumbs up! "