Extreme Makeover (novel)
 US version of the cover | |
| Author | Dan Wells |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | |
| Publisher | Tor (US) |
Publication date | 2016 (US) |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 416 |
| ISBN | 978-0-7653-8563-5 |
Extreme Makeover is a 2016 satirical medical science fiction thriller novel by Dan Wells. It follows Lyle Fontanelle, a scientist at a cosmetics company, as he deals with the repercussions of creating an anti-wrinkle cream that clones people.
It was a finalist at the 2016 Whitney Awards for best speculative fiction novel.
Plot summary
[edit]Lyle Fontanelle is the chief scientist at NewYew, a multi-national cosmetics company based in New York City. While working to create a better anti-wrinkle cream, he accidentally creates a lotion that clones people. The remainder of the novel follows Lyle and others as they deal with the fallout from a product they can no longer control.
Release
[edit]Extreme Makeover was released in hardcover, trade paperback, and ebook by Tor Books on November 15, 2016. Macmillan Audio released an audiobook on the same day.[1]
- Hardcover
- Tor Books (November 2016, ISBN 978-0-7653-8562-8, 416 pages)
- Trade paperback
- Tor Books (November 2016, ISBN 978-0-7653-8563-5, 416 pages)
- Ebook
- Tor Books (November 2016, ISBN 978-0-7653-8564-2)
- Audiobook
- Macmillan Audio (November 2016, ISBN 978-1-4272-8793-9, narrated by Brian Troxell)
Reception and recognition
[edit]Publishers Weekly called the book "enjoyable satire" that "reads more like a humorous thriller than a diatribe", stating that it "should find favor with speculative and mainstream readers alike".[2] Megan M. McArdle of Library Journal called it an "entertaining send-up of corporate greed and societal shallowness".[3] Madelynn Conrad, writing in the Deseret News, said it was "riddled with Wells’ trademark humor" and "gracefully tied together with phenomenal writing, comprehensive world building and beautifully executed plot development".[4]
Awards
[edit]| Year | Organization | Award title, Category |
Result | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Storymakers Author Guild | Whitney Awards, Best Speculative Fiction | Finalist | [5] |
References
[edit]- ^ "Title: Extreme Makeover". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Archived from the original on January 5, 2024. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
- ^ "Extreme Makeover". Publishers Weekly. October 3, 2016. Archived from the original on January 5, 2024. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
- ^ "Extreme Makeover". Library Journal. October 15, 2016. Archived from the original on January 5, 2024. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
- ^ "Extreme Makeover". Aberdeen News. November 15, 2016. Archived from the original on January 5, 2024. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
- ^ "2016 Whitney Award". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Archived from the original on January 5, 2024. Retrieved January 5, 2024.