REVIEWS FOR DYSTOPIA BOY: THE UNAUTHORIZED FILES
"The verdict? Trevor Richardson is a writer to watch. Odds are, you've never heard of him, hopefully that will change, because there are very few writers out there that have the ability to show you the world as they see it so delicately. His stories scream a lofty message, but they don't become pedantic or preachy because the issues are so clearly engrained in the nature of the conflict. His characters are idealistic while being as flawed as real people. But more than that, these things don't cross over into excess as a lot of modern fiction is often guilty of doing. The events and the people feel like real, natural biproducts of the world they have to live in and you can't help but put yourself in there shoes. And that makes you feel the stakes so much more. Dystopia Boy is a road tripping, rebellious adventure into the black heart of a failing republic and an in-your-face hallucinatory romp that brings the traditions of Philip K. Dick, George Orwell, and Alan Moore into one cohesive epic. For anyone that ever felt like giving a middle finger to everything wrong with America, read Dystopia Boy and watch Trevor's characters do it for you."
--Amber Marshall, Underground Voices
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--Amber Marshall, Underground Voices
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"[Dystopia Boy] is literary-caliber science fiction at its finest, which is, for some, a contradiction in terms, as science fiction is traditionally pigeon-holed as mere “genre” fiction. It is a story of layers, amplifying each other at times, masking one another occasionally, and fleshing out a gray vision of the future. I say “gray” because Richardson makes the intriguing choice of setting his story in a near future where things are only just beginning to get bad. Things aren’t black dark, not yet, but you can tell they will be soon. There is a vibe of Stalinist Russia or Orwell’s Big Brother, but it is still out of focus, still looming behind some veil, shown in glimpses throughout the novel’s many levels."
--David Renton, Word Riot
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--David Renton, Word Riot
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"Joe is an abused kid locked up in a mental hospital. Joe is an acid-dropping rock star who fights the power Robin Hood-style. Joe is being watched through his TV, his cellphone, his appliances — just like everyone else. But Joe is the only one who can watch back.Author Trevor Richardson has created a character in Joe Vagrant who is burdened with the designation of “Dystopia Boy” in a near-future America where a clandestine government group called the Watcher Security Agency effectively trumps the CIA. It can be chilling to read Richardson’s depiction of our country as he imagines it in the near future while following Joe’s transition from confused boy to reluctant hero."
Anna Codutti, Tulsa World, "Prairie Nerds"
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Anna Codutti, Tulsa World, "Prairie Nerds"
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"My First Time" from the Quivering Pen
I was seven years old the first time I tried to write. My father had recovered an old Macintosh computer from his custodian job at the local school and brought it home for the kids to mess around on. It was one of those early models with the green screen and the old floppy disks. I sat down at the keys and began my fledgling attempt, a story about a prince in a medieval kingdom hunting the werewolf that killed his betrothed. The idea was the prince himself was the wolf and didn’t know it, but I didn’t get past chapter three. I looked over my work a few days later and thought, “This is just bad writing.”
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