{"product_id":"channel-zilch-by-doug-sharp","title":"'Channel Zilch' by Doug Sharp","description":"\u003ch4 data-start=\"53\" data-end=\"622\"\u003eDoug Sharp's \u003cem data-start=\"66\" data-end=\"81\"\u003eChannel Zilch\u003c\/em\u003e is an offbeat satirical thriller that gleefully collides corporate media, reality television, aerospace engineering and American celebrity culture.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"53\" data-end=\"622\"\u003eAt its centre is an improbable plan to steal a space shuttle, but the novel is less interested in technological spectacle than in the absurd ecosystem of television executives, ratings logic and manufactured personalities that make such a scheme imaginable. Sharp, himself a veteran of the television industry, writes with the insider's eye for bureaucracy, vanity and institutional nonsense.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"624\" data-end=\"1148\"\u003eThe novel occupies an interesting space between comic caper, media satire and near-future speculative fiction. Its rapid-fire dialogue and eccentric cast recall the tradition of Carl Hiaasen or Christopher Moore, while its fascination with branding, image management and entertainment-as-politics feel very much contemporary.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1175\" data-end=\"1267\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePanverse Publishing paperback (2013). Light shelf wear with a clean, tightly bound interior.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1269\" data-end=\"1278\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45784051777619,"sku":null,"price":14.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/Untitleddesign-2026-07-04T194707.202.png?v=1783158441","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/channel-zilch-by-doug-sharp","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}