Evening all this was written by a mate of mine and whilst bizarre in the extreme is a right riveting read! if you like terry pratchett then this will be right up your street! http://www.amazon.com/Dick-Sirius-Land-Dead-Winthrop/dp/1497592372 very clever the way it works - Amazon now gives budding authors the ability to upload books and have them printed on demand, so when you buy it the robots at amazon apparently print it, bind it and post it without human intervention. very clever