“Page-turner of the year”
Chicago Tribune
“The year's smartest thriller”
Time Magazine
“The words brilliant and exemplary aren't adequate enough to convey the amazing craft of Lexicon.”
Associated Press
“Spellbinding”
The Guardian
LEXICON
by Max Barry
That NationStates Guy
A message from NationStates creator Max Barry
Update: Lexicon, April 1, 2014
Hello again! I have a new paperback out today, so I updated the ad. This means you might be seeing it even though you clicked "Remove ad" sometime in the past. But never fear! You can banish me again, via the same process below.
--Max
You know that annoying ad at the top of your nation page? Yeah, sorry about that. My fault. It's just that I don't make a living from NationStates, so I hope you'll eventually think, "This game isn't bad. Maybe the guy's books are okay, too. I might buy one and find out."
Plenty of you have done that. Thank you so much: you've helped make it possible for me to keep doing what I love.
If you are one of those people, then please go ahead and remove the ad from your nation page. It's very simple:
- You don't need to prove you bought a book. I believe you.
- One is enough. If you don't want to read any more after that, I am doing something wrong.
- For one book purchase, you can remove the ads for all your nations, current and future.
- Second-hand doesn't count. Neither does borrowing me from a library. I appreciate people being interested in my books enough to do that. But at some point I hope they will buy one, so I can, you know, keep doing this.
- If the ad changes in the future—e.g. I have another book published—you'll see the new ad for a few days. You can just remove it again. (This may happen once a year or so.)
- We're only talking about the banner ad on your nation page under the "Antiquity" theme, the one for my books. The other ads, the Google ones, can be removed via a NationStates Supporter Account.
That's it! If you qualify, click one of the links below, and thank you!
- [ I've bought a copy of Lexicon ]
- [ I've bought a copy of Machine Man ]
- [ I've bought a copy of Company ]
- [ I've bought a copy of Jennifer Government ]
- [ I've bought a copy of Syrup ]
If you haven't bought one of my books, well, now you know why there's that odd, gnawing hole in your life. Why not fill it today?
Max Barry