Planet of the Head-Breakers

I read and reviewed a short novel by Zeb Haradon (The Last Feast) a while back, and it stayed with me, so I was keen on reading his newest one as well, and it was another unforgettable experience. This is another novel difficult to categorise. On the face of it, is it a dystopic novel, science-fiction (as it takes place at some point in the future, and some of the things that are described, like having colonies on the Moon, or being able to download a human brain into an android that could poten

Just a brilliantly original book.Totally original post-apocalyptic drama. Intriguing, tragic, funny and overwhelming in scope, this is possibly the best book I've read from this mercurial author. Anything I can say would be mildly spoiling, so I will just say there are very few authors who can produce imaginative work with as much originality, boldness and sheer competence of Zeb Haradon. Definitely one of my favourite authors of all time, I wish he had greater recognition.

Zeb Haradon’s book, Planet of the Head-Breakers, has been on my reading list for a while, and I finally sat down and gave it a go a few weeks ago.This post-apocalyptic story takes place on earth hundreds of years in the future, where the earth has been run by man made robots, and every person is lobotomized when they have reached a certain age.The main character is Jim, and we follow him from about age 6 to age 26, with a few jumps between ages. I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this book