 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
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
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.
- 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
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". Megan M. McArdle of Library Journal called it an "entertaining send-up of corporate greed and societal shallowness". 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".
Awards
| Year | Organization | Award title, Category |
Result | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Storymakers Author Guild | Whitney Awards, Best Speculative Fiction | Finalist |
References
- "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.