Everything Matters

"Does anything I do matter?"

A 2009 novel by Ron Curie, Jr., chronicling the life of Junior Thibodeax, who, since before he was born, has heard a voice in his head feeding him information about the world around him, including the exact date and time of The End of the World as We Know It. Needs More Love.

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This book provides examples of:

 * All the Myriad Ways: Confirmed by the voices.
 * An Aesop: The main conflict comes from Junior, knowing what he knows, attempting to answer the question "Does anything I do matter?"


 * Deus Angst Machina: Life seems to be conspiring to destroy every Hope Spot Junior encounters in his life. So your druggie brother finally starts to get clean?  You almost killed yourself to find a cure for your father's cancer?   You finally convinced your girlfriend to escape your doomed planet with you?   Also applies to other characters, like the man who lost his legs to rug burn.
 * The End of the World as We Know It: The Destroyer of Worlds.
 * God: One possible explanation for the voices.
 * Mutilation Interrogation:  is subjected to this because of   ties to a suspected terrorist.
 * New Old Flame: Amy. Over and over.
 * The Nothing After Death: Implied to be the truth.
 * The Royal We: The voice(s) in Junior's head use "we" and "us."
 * Second Person Narration: Most of the book is written as if the voices are addressing Junior.
 * One possible interpretation of the book.