187 pages
English language
Published Nov. 15, 2016
Original introduction by Warren Ellis, author of Transmetropolitan and Gun Machine Who are these bold rebels pillaging their European neighbors in the name of revolution? The Futurists! Utopian pirate warriors of the diminutive Regency of Carnaro, scourge of the Adriatic Sea. Mortal enemies of communists, capitalists, and even fascists (to whom they are not entirely unsympathetic). The ambitious Soldier-Citizens of Carnaro are led by a brilliant and passionate coterie of the perhaps insane. Lorenzo Secondari, World War I veteran, engineering genius, and leader of Croatian raiders. Frau Piffer, Syndicalist manufacturer of torpedos at a factory run by and for women. The Ace of Hearts, a dashing Milanese aristocrat, spymaster, and tactical savant. And the Prophet, a seductive warrior-poet who leads via free love and military ruthlessness. Fresh off of a worldwide demonstration of their might, can the Futurists engage the aid of sinister American traitors and establish global domination?
I'm not really sure what exactly to think about this... except maybe that it's a neat pulpy idea that needed more... more story, character development, and more... something. It also needed less explaining what's going on and why it's important.
There's more of a mid-century literary feel (think Burroughs or Pynchon) than I was perhaps expecting. The subject matter itself is a history that never was. Interesting, but not for everyone.
http://fedpeaches.blogspot.com/2017/02/mr-pynchon-to-courtesy-phone-please.html
