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Netflix has optioned feature rights to jason rekulaks young adult novel, the impossible fortress, for aggregate films and goldday to produce. Jason rekulakas hilarious debut novel offers a nostalgic celebration of oldschool computer programming, vintage video games, and the last great days of life before the internet. The impossible fortress both celebrates and subverts 80s nostalgia. May 22, 2017 the impossible fortress begins with a magazinethe year is 1987 and playboy has just published scandalous photographs of vanna white, from the popular tv game show wheel of fortune. There will be the usual references to john green here, but rekulak doesnt dive into the depths of teenage angst in quite the same melodramatic way, which. The year is 1987, and playboy has just published scandalous photographs of vanna white, from the popular tv game show wheel of fortune. The year is 1987, and in the small town of wetbridge, n. Dec 07, 2017 set in smalltown new jersey in 1987, the impossible fortress is a funny and sweet comingofage tale starring billy marvin, a 14yearold boy who spends his time biking around town with his friends, watching a ton of television, and planning a topsecret mission to obtain the newest issue of playboy magazine, featuring vanna white as the.
This is part of the fun in this book you know whats going to happen. The impossible fortress is set in 1987 and follows the story of billy marvin, who is just under 14 years old at the beginning of the novel. The impossible fortress, by jason rekulak the washington post. The impossible fortress by jason rekulak goodreads. The impossible fortress has a questing narrative at its heart.
The impossible fortress hamilton east public library website. The impossible fortress begins with a magazinethe year is 1987 and playboy has just published scandalous photographs of vanna white, from the popular tv game show wheel of fortune. Afternoons are spent with his buddies, watching copious amounts of television, gorging on poptarts, debating who would win in a brawl rocky balboa or freddy krueger. Its a good thing that the impossible fortress is such a fast and easy read, because it would be all too easy to abandon it during the books bumpy start. Its a good thing that the impossible fortress is such a fast and easy read, because it would be all too easy to abandon it during the books. Are you just so ready for stranger things to come back in the fall because i am. Set in smalltown new jersey in 1987, the impossible fortress is a funny and sweet comingofage tale starring billy marvin, a 14yearold boy who spends his time biking around town with his friends, watching a ton of television, and planning a topsecret mission to obtain the newest issue of playboy magazine, featuring vanna white as the. The impossible fortress reads like a newlyunearthed amblin moviea sweet, funny and moving tribute to nerds and misfits everywhere, set in a magical time when cassettes were king, phones had cords and playboy was the pinnacle of smut. The impossible fortress by jason rekulak, paperback barnes.
Mar 08, 2017 the impossible fortress has a questing narrative at its heart. But while he is falling in love, clark and alf have developed a much more complicated and dangerous scheme for liberating the playboy magazines. Fans of ernie cline and chuck klosterman this is your next favourite book. When it comes to promoting new books, publishers will often get quotes from other writers working in the same genre. The impossible fortress by jason rekulak, paperback.
Together, they develop a game called the impossible fortress to enter in a contest for young programmers. Thats the game the characters are making, and the whole reason i chose to read this book on netgalley was because it was featured as a maze on the first cover. The impossible fortress reads like a newlyunearthed amblin movie a sweet, funny and moving tribute to nerds and misfits everywhere, set in a magical time when cassettes were king, phones had cords and playboy was the pinnacle of smut. Its 1980something and all nineyearold jake doyle wants for christmas is a nintendo entertainment system. Through the vehicle of mary, the book initially flirts with themes of feminism and body shaming, but due to some plot twist detours, it never really delivers.
The impossible fortress is one of those booksone of those rare and special few where, once you have finished it, you want all your friends to read it immediately. And this sweet, funny, comingofage book set in the eighties really helped fill that void. The story of a young computer programmers first love, the book suffers from a stolid firstperson narration and an improbable final twist that undoes a lot of good work rekulak builds up until that point. Before becoming an author, rekulak worked for many years at indie book publisher quirk books where he was a ghostwriter for many of its titles. Goodreads members who liked the impossible fortress also liked. The impossible fortress is a comingof age crime caper that explores the. A love letter to the 1980s, adolescence, technology, nerd dom, and vanna white, the impossible fortress will make you laugh and remind. Play the impossible fortress, a commodore 64 game by will marvin and mary zelinsky. Many times, i have a specific title im looking for, and i go right for it. For three teenage boys billy, alf, and clark who are desperately uneducated in the ways of women, the magazine is somewhat of a holy grail.
February 6, 2017 may 24, 2017 paul semel 0 comments author. The impossible fortress audiobook by jason rekulak. Fans of ernie cline and chuck klosterman this is your next favorite book. The suggested questions are intended to help your reading group find new and interesting angles and topics for your discussion. Find books like the impossible fortress from the worlds largest community of readers. Rekulak introduces his ninthgrade misfit protagonists debating whether freddy krueger or rocky. When the marketing team at simon and schuster were calculating the target demographic for jason rekulaks first novel, the impossible. The impossible fortress is one of those booksone of those rare and special few where, once you have finished it, you.
Set in 1987, the first few pages of jason rekulaks debut novel are nearly as laden with nostalgic references as ernest clines books. Immediately download the the impossible fortress summary, chapterbychapter analysis, book notes, essays, quotes, character descriptions, lesson plans, and more everything you need for studying or teaching the impossible fortress. The impossible fortress book daly city public library. This is especially true if you grew up in the 1980s, because the impossible fortress is a comingofage story tucked inside a love letter to that strange and wonderful decade. The impossible fortress is a fun, fast read that would make a great accompaniment to the goonies, if a couple of those adventurers hit puberty and took their scheming to a whole new level. The impossible fortress by jason rekulak was a comingofage mixtape story that plays a relationship torn between a crush and your best friends, with a taste of heisty delight, computer geekiness and winsome dreams taking you in a trip down memory lane while listening to old classical music and waking a vibe of your fourteen year old self. This study guide was created using the following version of this book. The impossible fortress book by jason rekulak official publisher. The impossible fortress ya novel from author jason rekulak. No jose canseco rookie card, no gi joe hovercraft, no teddy friggin. A love letter to the 1980s and to nerds everywherethe impossible fortress will make you remember what it feels like to love someone or. For three teenage boysbilly, alf, and clarkwho are desperately uneducated in the ways of women, the magazine is somewhat of a holy grail.
But once in a blue moon, the cover of a book will catch my eye, ill pick it up and find myself happily surprised. The impossible fortress is a comingof age crime caper that explores the timeless and everconfusing realities of male adolescence. The impossible fortress by jason rekulak fantastic fiction. I dont often browse the stacks looking for a new book to read.