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And somewhere deep within the machinery of existence, a long-forgotten contingency plan is unexpectedly activated.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs Alan and Sid are swept into a cosmos governed by forms, regulations, committees and consequences, they discover that the universe is far stranger than anyone imagined. Missing moons, displaced dinosaurs, impossible paperwork and administrative departments responsible for maintaining causality are merely the beginning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBecause some mistakes can be corrected.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome can be documented.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome can even be filed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut once contingency planning has been enacted, nobody is entirely certain what happens next.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Administrative Handbook for Reality series combines:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbsurdist British humour\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eScience fiction adventure\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBureaucratic satire\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnexpected philosophy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFriendship, loyalty and consequence\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA healthy disregard for conventional reality\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers who enjoy intelligent comic science fiction, imaginative world-building and stories that ask very serious questions in the least sensible way possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWelcome to the universe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlease ensure all forms are completed correctly.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-universe-vs-alan-paperback-signed-by-the-author","title":"The Universe vs Alan paperback — signed by the author","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA signed paperback edition of The Universe vs Alan: Contingency Planning Enacted.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor billions of years, reality has operated under a simple assumption:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSomebody knows what they are doing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUnfortunately, that assumption is about to encounter Alan Powndsland.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen a routine roadside mishap reconnects Alan with his old friend Sid, events rapidly spiral beyond the limits of common sense. 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