Language English Publication date 2001 Originally published 2001 Genre Novel OCLC 48461557 | Publisher Babelfish Press ISBN 0-9706730-0-0 Country United States of America | |
 | ||
Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback) Similar The Stupor Heroes Vs Dr Earwax, Battle for Forever: Prelude, Battle for Forever ‑ Revelation, Alexander X | ||
Idiots in the Machine is a darkly comic 2001 novel by Edward Savio about a man who is inadvertently dragged into the media spotlight. The central character, Noel "Satan" Dorobek, is a reclusive near-genius who gets his nickname because he believes there are people living inside the earth, and that this is the Eden we were cast out of. Because he believes wearing tin foil keeps him safe from harmful gamma rays, he becomes a media sensation by marketing a successful line of tin-foil hats. The story is set in the U.S. city of Chicago, Illinois.
Film adaptation
Although purchased by Sony Pictures in 1995, no film has yet been made. At one point Chris Farley was rumored for the lead role. He died in 1997, while Savio was completing the final screenplay draft. The pivotal scene in the novel takes place on top the John Hancock Center, which coincidentally, is where Farley was found dead in his apartment on the 60th floor.