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Cosmic Banditos

A Contrabandista's Quest for the Meaning of Life

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Cosmic Banditos

By: A. C. Weisbecker
Narrated by: Ray Porter
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Mr. Quark is a down-on-his-luck pot smuggler hiding out in the mountains of Columbia with his dog, High Pockets, and a small band of banditos led by the irascible José. Times are lean, and to liven up their exile, José decides to mug a family of American tourists.

Among the spoils are physics texts, which launch Mr. Quark on a sidesplitting, boisterous adventure north to California, where he confronts the owner of the books with his own theories on relativity, on the nature of the universe, and on looking for the meaning of life in all the wrong places.

©2001 Alan Weisbecker (P)2009 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Absurdist Fiction Genre Fiction Literature & Fiction Metaphysical & Visionary Funny Witty
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"A. C. Weisbecker outgonzos Hunter S. Thompson." (United Press International)
"Outrageous....An absurd and highly entertaining comic romp." ( Booklist)
Hilarious Adventure • Philosophical Insights • Excellent Narrator • Engaging Storyline • Underrated Gem
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The most fun you'll have learning quantum physics. I would write more but I have other things to do right now, mainly psychotropic drugs and the dodging of flying debris.

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If you are one of the lucky people who found this gem before it's resurgence and 2nd printing but have been putting off getting the audio version stop reading this and just buy it already....

For the rest of you:

I loved the audio version but seriously read a physical copy of the thing first. This is just one of those books that will be better if you can put it down and really think about the insanity that you just read from time to time.

One of the truly great and unique books!

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Not my cup of tea I guess. Story moves but the ironic end left me wanting my time spent back. Ray's performance is okay but the sound edits were cheesy. Not as good as some of his more recent readings.

Um what?

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This is a book that makes you laugh but at the same time contemplate what is reality.

Laugh out loud

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Littered between the pages of this book You will find the quantum mechanics of logic, life, and drug smuggling. A pleasantly authentic Bandito, his translator and Ours, along with their allergy fit companion make sense of a complicated situation filled with bananas at tree-top level. Follow the hum of the steel drums and open Your mind for the explosion to unfold.

Dear Quark

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If you could sum up Cosmic Banditos in three words, what would they be?

Absolute, Utter, Bullshit.

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In the audio book chapter 1 is :02 seconds long then the author's rambling preface continues till 28:21, if you don't want to spoil the book skip the entro.

Chapters are misaligned

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Hunter thompson meets quantum physics and has the desire to understand the universe. Very funny and right on the level

Funny; refreshing and different

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I really liked it but I like inappropriate thing. My only complaint would be I wanted more High Pockets. Write the whole book again from High Pockets perspective. I'd buy that.

I have questionable taste.

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Nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope uniquee New York. Taco truck world wide review

If I have to explain it, you won’t understand.

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Fear and Loathing plus quantum physics. Dangerous and ridiculous circumstances abound. The. Best.
Read. Think. Enjoy. If lost, let it go.

Simply an example of a review.

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