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* AnAesop: The series is ''Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxyTrilogy'', but with the sardonic humor and anti-capitalist message dialed up until the dial broke. It explicitly notes that corporate nature of the game is tied to the fascist core of the people running it, while also giving Carl the Dungeon ''Anarchist'' Cookbook and criticizing the Soviet Union. If Dinniman didn't have an anarchist message there, then he stumbled right the hell onto it.
-->"Capital punishment means those without the capital get the punishment." - EXECUTED PRISONER JOHN A. SPENKELINK, opening quote to "Gate of the Feral Gods"


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* CentralTheme: The series is ''Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxyTrilogy'', but with the sardonic humor and [[AnAesop anti-capitalist message]] dialed up until the dial broke. It explicitly notes that corporate nature of the game is tied to the fascist core of the people running it, while also giving Carl the Dungeon ''Anarchist'' Cookbook and criticizing the Soviet Union. If Dinniman didn't have an anarchist message there, then he stumbled right the hell onto it.
-->"Capital punishment means those without the capital get the punishment." - EXECUTED PRISONER JOHN A. SPENKELINK, opening quote to "Gate of the Feral Gods"
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** Juice Box is even worse than Carl. She's a natural born person with a few rights according to galactic law. Juice Box is an artificial person, an NPC, she's not even supposed to be aware that she's a disposable character in a game show. That doesn't stop her from repeatedly assassinating some of the most powerful people in the galaxy and establishing a safe haven in the heart of their playground.

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** Juice Box is even worse than Carl. She's Carl is a natural born person with a few rights according to galactic law. Juice Box is an artificial person, an NPC, she's not even supposed to be aware that she's a disposable character in a game show. That doesn't stop her from repeatedly assassinating some of the most powerful people in the galaxy and establishing a safe haven in the heart of their playground.
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** Juice Box is even worse than Carl. He's a natural born person with a few rights according to galactic law. Juice Box is an artificial person, an NPC, she's not even supposed to be aware that she's a disposable character in a game show. That doesn't stop her from repeatedly assassinating some of the most powerful people in the galaxy and establishing a safe haven in the heart of their playground.

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** Juice Box is even worse than Carl. He's She's a natural born person with a few rights according to galactic law. Juice Box is an artificial person, an NPC, she's not even supposed to be aware that she's a disposable character in a game show. That doesn't stop her from repeatedly assassinating some of the most powerful people in the galaxy and establishing a safe haven in the heart of their playground.
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Without warning, in an instant, every man-made structure collapses, and the planet is seized by the interstellar Syndicate to be mined of all valuable resources. The few surviving humans are offered a choice: eke out a living somehow from what remains, or enter the World Dungeon, where a live audience will watch as they battle through eighteen floors to reclaim their planet. Too bad no one ever wins!

Carl isn't anyone special, really. He just happened to be caught outside chasing his ex-girlfriend's cat at 3am when it all literally went down. But he might just be the best chance humanity has left. Or maybe the cat will do better.

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Without warning, in an instant, every man-made structure collapses, killing everyone with a roof over their head, and the planet is seized by the interstellar Syndicate to be mined of all valuable resources. The few surviving humans are offered a choice: eke out a living somehow from what remains, or enter the World Dungeon, where a live audience will watch as they battle through eighteen floors to reclaim their planet. Too bad no one ever wins!

Carl isn't anyone special, really. He just happened to be caught outside chasing his ex-girlfriend's cat at 3am 2:23 AM when it all literally went down. But he might just be the best chance humanity has left. Or maybe the cat will do better.

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