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— Joe Crubaugh, Hard Boiled Dreams of the World
""Terse and funny and dry as a dead Iowa corn snake baking in the sun. Palecek delivers a quick, deadpan slap to reactionary, mindless post-9/11 America. The sting is delightful." — Mark Morford, columnist, San Francisco Chronicle
"Mike Palecek writes in novel form about the fear and insanity created in the USA since the lies of 9/11/01. An inside job that benefitted the military industrial complex, and fell with a heavy hand on all Americans, creating fear and distrust of our neighbors. 9/11 happened and we were ALL convicted — Mexicans, Muslims and Americans alike." — Meria Heller, Producer/Host, The Meria Show, www.Meria.net
"In this compelling new book by Mike Palecek, Bush's modern 'Red Scare' infiltrates the mindset of a small Iowa county. The American dream turning into the American nightmare, with fear as the new commerce of Capitalism." — June Bieniasz, Elizabeth, New Jersey Catholic Worker
"Mike Palecek weaves the pressing issues of our day into an enchanting narrative with verve and wit. In haunting snippets from the mind of Donald Rumsfeld and in the well-informed ravings of the 'terrorist' about the spinelessness of the Democrats, the reader gets tantalizing glimpses of the new American reality behind the propagandistic sheen of post-9/11 Iowa. A highly enjoyable read." — Christopher Pille, Founder, WeAreCHANGE Maryland
"Americans, such a fair folk, apple pie, statute of liberty, baseball’s home run, and Bill-O on channel 9 Fox news, It just makes you want to squeeze the ever living daylights out of them. Mike Palecek’s Iowa Terror shows us how we ought to restrain ourselves from choking one and love them as is, or at least for the entertainment value." — Richard D. Brinkman, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 9/11 Truth activist,
"If you haven't read the work of Mike Palecek, imagine a politically aware David Sedaris ... Dry, unpretentious yet gently disturbing. A must read for Bob and Susie Clueless, but unfortunately they won't 'get it.' Will the truth set you free, make you mad, or get you imprisoned? I don't know. Go ask Iowa, Jesus. 'And on the third day, the comma was dropped.' Brilliant." — Sherry Clark, Columbus, Ohio 911 Truth
"If you're somebody that's familiar with the surroundings of Iowa and it's laid back country living you would get a big kick out of this book. Many Americans are easily fooled by our media and our politicians so using satire in regards to terrorism is a great way to get these fooled Americans to think differently about what they're being told in regards to their security or safety. — Matthew Naus, founder, Take A Stand For 9/11 Truth ts911t.org
"Draws the reader in with its deadly matter-of-fact, darkly-dreamed whimsy, not to mention the incomparable found poetry of Donald Rumsfeld, who spoke so much truth in spite of himself. To those looking for heroes and villains, neither he nor the enigmatic Jesus Iowa offer any easy outs. — Nicholas Levis, co-founder 911Truth.org
"Iowa Terror is as pithy, observant of the real world of the ominous New World Order as any of his stellar longer offerings, and as relevant to current American life. The scenes and the characters offer the reader essentially the same gritty version of hometown Iowa circa 2007 (not all apple pies and lemonade), producing an ominous inevitable conclusion that stands starkly as a warning. In truth, we are reminded, nothing is sacred in Bush Administration America, where common citizens' lives weigh in at near-zero, exchangeable for a strengthened grip on power, and even money is for naught but plunder, and only in the unreal denominations of billions and trillions. Let the message of Palecek's trenchant genre — absurd realism or realistic absurdity — go forth to reach and activate a more elemental audience on the move, lacking patience for the niceties of a longer, full novel-length read." — James Hufferd, Central Iowa 911 Truth
"... a gripping and disturbing tale of small town America in the post September 11th world. Palecek skillfully weaves elements of the official lie of 9-11 into a dark story of murder, mystery, propaganda, and the American 'homeland.' Iowa Terror is both entertaining and thought provoking; a must read. You won’t be able to put it down!" — Michael Wolsey, Host, Visibility 9-11
"These are hard times for political fiction writers. How to compete with the wierdness of the daily news? Any reader who thinks that Mike Palecek's imagination puts him 'over the top' will be challenged by the reality check quotes through out his book from former Secretary of War Donald Rumsfeld and made to wonder whose view of reality can be more trusted. Certainly, Palecek's is the better vision for the future of America." — Brian Terrell, Executive Director, Catholic Peace Ministry, Des Moines, Iowa
"Mike Palecek pisses me off. Not because he's a freak of political nature. Not because he puffs up paranoia past its bursting point. Not because he's so far Left he ends up somewhere ahead of the Right. No, it's because he's one of the most original storytellers I've read in a long, long time ... he's what I'd be if I just had the balls." — Ron Franscell, Author of The Darkest Night
"The greatest gift a novelist can offer is provocation. To read Iowa Terror is to be provoked, to have foundation beliefs rocked. The witty, powerful, and unique voice of Mike Palecek challenges readers to reject passivity and to embrace the subversive pleasure of critical, independent thought." — Mickey Z., author of six books, most recently
"Iowa Terror is the antidote to watching the evening news, listening to yet another rightwing radio talk show host, or suffering through a mindless political debate. Required reading for those that do want to wake up." — Loren Coleman, author, The Copycat Effect: How the Media and Popular Culture Trigger the Mayhem in Tomorrow's Headlines
"Mike Palecek, in addition to being a talented and gifted story, has an uncanny ability to survey the political and emotional landscape of this country. In doing so, he tells a tale rich in irony, dry humor, intolerance, conformity, and reaction. The sad thing about this tale is that, while it's certainly fictional, the premise is not at all out of the realm of possibility. Imagine what might happen if Steven King's The Stand discovered 9.11 and moved to Iowa, and you'll have a good idea of where this story will transport you." — Jack Cluth, The People's Republic of Seabrook http://intellectualize.org/index.html
"A fierce prose-poem from the inflammed heart of America’s Orange Revolution — orange for our alert status; orange for jumpsuits and vests and orange 'Terror Tinfoil hats;' oranged water towers, manned by terrified oranged terrorizers; orange against immigrants and Indians; orange illuminated by the sunset glow of lyricized Rumsfeld texts. Palecek reporting here — to protect and serve." — Marc Estrin, author, The Lamentations of Julius Marantz
"By weaving quick witted Bill Hicks quotes to lies by a truly evil Donald Rumsfeld, Mike Palecek's Iowa Terror presents a paranoid and horrific post-911 world gone mad. As if staying up late bullshitting with an old drinking buddy, Palecek's conversational writing style uniquely shows America as a distopian beast lumbering ever faster towards an apocalyptic inevitably. A fate fueled by citizens' increasing fears and paranoia and the shortsighted decisions they make that is sure to bring everything else down with it and run the Earth into the ground." — Steven Stothard, Microcosm Publishing and Boxcar Books, Bloomington, IN
"With his usual clear and concise prose, Michael Palecek's Iowa Terror is a no-holds-barred look through the glasses of rural culture at an America infected and affected with a post-9/11 fever dream. Mike remains a rare (or rarely used) voice of conscience in the heart of an American heartland that too often errs by equating patriotism with conformity and dissent with disloyalty." — Tim Gebhart, "A Progressive on the Prairie," Sioux Falls, South Dakota
"This bizarre era in which authenticity has more to do with demeanor than integrity, Palecek radically goes ahead and tells the truth. If you're interested in how government really works (i.e. works over most of us), read his book. If you're the least concerned with the evaporation of everything decent citizens prize, read his book. If you want to tap your own inner courage and feel inspired to do some honest and real, read his book. Read it now, before it's banned.” — Mona Shaw, founder of the School for Moral Courage, Iowa City, Iowa
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