The Pickle Index

"The Pickle Index is full of life and everything else -- it's rowdy and sweaty and heartbreaking, and by heartbreaking I mean funny, and by funny I mean laugh-until-you're-exhausted-and-leaking-and-hungry. I've tasted the tedfruits and the breadbread, the Basement Gherks and the Kelp Rompers and the wall of ham. Meet me in Outer Spagg -- I'm never coming back." --Miranda July "The Pickle Index is a delight -- the narration is laugh-out-loud funny. ... A fun, strange romp through (last one, promise) an absurdly cured world." --NPR "A beautifully illustrated, hardcover set of two volumes ... Proves that challenging, interactive, multi-platform storytelling can be compelling, immersive, and fun." --Wired "One of the rarest and most exciting things that can happen in publishing: an original story, created with and for the multiple formats it lives in. ... The Pickle Index shows us a path forward." --The Bookseller "A Roald Dahl-via-Kafka-esque fable for the digital age." --Slate "The Pickle Index is fun in the way Roald Dahl is fun -- vinegary and sharp -- and deliciously so for those with the right kind of palate. ... A wildly entertaining romp." --Vulpus Libres "Filled with laugh-out-loud lines and reminiscent of the heartbreakingly hilarious dystopias of George Saunders." --Bookpage "You know when you find a book that feels original and fresh and weird in just the right way? The Pickle Index is such a book. Eli Horowitz has created a carnival world a little like that amazing place Katherine Dunn took us in Geek Love. But this book has more laughs. It's a crazy caper!" --Arthur Bradford "The Pickle Index ushers in a new era of interactive books." --Eye on Design "This novel takes absurdity to new heights." --Booklist PRAISE FOR THE SILENT HISTORY "Exceptionally rich and frequently moving." -- Guardian (UK) "A rare breath of excitement in a confused industry." -- Forbes "A landmark project." -- Los Angeles Times