satire

Tritcheon Hash froze in place. She'd seen air, vacuum, wild strange planets during the course of her training. She'd lived at times in atmospheres devoid of oxygen, in acidic wastelands, in highly radioactive dustbowls.She'd been confronted by higher-brain functioning species that were as like humans as turds are like flowers ... but nothing frightened her quite as much as the thought of meeting the parents of the most well-ordered collection of anything she'd ever encountered in her life.

The voyages of an Englishman carry him to a land of people six inches high, a land of giants, an island of sorcerers, and a land where horses are masters of human-like creatures.

The spoof diary of Charles Pooter, a London clerk.

Describes the astonishing voyage of Lemuel Gulliver to surreal kingdoms inhabited by miniature people and giants, quack philosophers and scientists, horses endowed with reason, and men who behave like beasts.

A reprint of the novel in which an African prince embarks on a pilgrimage to Egypt, and along the way he and his companions ponder subjects such as love, flights of imagination, the great discoveries of science, and the meaning of happiness.

Dorothy Hare, the clergyman's daughter, grows up with a tyrannical father, but when she blacks out one day, and ends up with amnesia, wandering the streets of Kent, and sleeping in Trafalgar Square, she loses more than just memory.

Beautiful Undine Spragg from Apex, Kansas, is a social climber. Her society career, marriages, divorces, and conquests are all part of her greed.

An introduction to satire and parody, describing the differences, and examples throughout history.

In a world dominated by mega-corporation Beetle--whose infallible predictive algorithm has developed society to be the best possible version of itself--Beetle CEO Guy Matthias lives like the king of the world. Then, things fall apart for him in the midst of rumors of minor glitches in the system, an anomaly called "Zed," attacks from the hacker "Gogol," his wife threatening to leave over his infidelity, and the probable loss of a game-changing deal with China. Suddenly, Guy, at the top of the world, feels powerless.

"Memes and Internet satire are everywhere online. They come and go so quickly, it's hard to understand what they even mean. Readers take a closer look at this modern phenomenon in a thoughtful and accessible way. They will explore the early days of memes including where the name comes from and how they spread throughout the web. This book investigates the world of Internet satire including the rise of fake news and the trouble humor can cause when they go too far"--Provided by publisher.