A Pagan's Nightmare

Name: A Pagan's Nightmare
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Ray Blackston
ISBN: 9781449801960

Author: Ray Blackston

Narrator: George K. Wilson

Unabridged: 8 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 03/10/2008

Categories: Fiction, Christian Fiction

Synopsis

Popular author of the humorous Flabbergasted trilogy, Ray Blackston directs his creative talents to an even broader and more challenging theme. In A Pagan's Nightmare, Blackston highlights the plight of one pagan who's suddenly engulfed in a Christian world. At first, Lanny Hooch thinks the sign at the gas station is a practical joke: "Unleaded $0.12 per gallon for the Redeemed-$6.66 for everyone else." At McDonald's, he notices crosses on the employees' lapels and french fries-renamed McScriptures-embossed with Bible verses. And he wonders why everyone calls him "Mr. P." But when he detects changed lyrics in the oldies tunes blaring from his car radio, he realizes something is seriously wrong. The Beatles never sang about wanting to hold someone's tithe! And then there's the huge reward for his capture and conversion. "Ray Blackston's A Pagan's Nightmare is a delightful tongue-in-cheek look at some of our sacred cows . and he's not afraid to tip them over! Ray does a great job of reminding us what's really important-not the trappings we've created for ourselves, but our relationship with a living, powerful God."-Angela Elwell Hunt, Christy Award-winning author of The Debt.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Danielle on November 25, 2008

I randomly picked this book because of the title and the short description I read about it. I had no idea that this was supposed to be Christian fiction until I started listening and it said "Recorded Books Inspirational". Nevertheless this was a mildly humorous story that just got stupid after a wh......more

Goodreads review by Joy on February 02, 2008

I stole this line from someone else's review: "This is religious satire, masquerading as a post-apocalyptic comedy, disguised as social commentary." I chose this book (on CD) based on the unique premise - the last remaining pagan alive is trapped in a world where he is constantly punished after relig......more

Goodreads review by Ruth on February 08, 2025

This was funny, really all pun and games in an absurdist style until the last 15 pages or so. But this 2006 story is a bit too "on the nose" with Florida descending into religious zealotry. Wish it had remained just a biting critique of legalism and more. The sub-subculture is entertaining but I wou......more

Goodreads review by Meredith on February 18, 2016

I dig the tag on this book that says "quirky", it sums it up. The idea of a book within a book could easily be confusing but the segways he uses are brilliant. The middle of the book did get a bit repeticious and that caused it to drag a bit. My one real issue, and I can't tell if the author did thi......more