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Summary: Buy this book.
Review: An avid reader, though not necessarily a fan of either the sci-fi or private-eye genres, I highly recommend this book for anyone looking for an enjoyable romp through the future. A future which includes the great lawyer purge (Are the authors visionaries??? Hey, wait, I'm a lawyer!), android exotic dancers, and supercomputers implanted in your brain. Sounds scary, but this book is funny, intelligent, and chock-full of action scenes that left me wondering how the heck one man can take so much punishment and keep up the good fight. Pick it up!
Rating:
Summary: Buy this book.
Review: An avid reader, though not necessarily a fan of either the sci-fi or private-eye genres, I highly recommend this book for anyone looking for an enjoyable romp through the future. A future which includes the great lawyer purge (Are the authors visionaries??? Hey, wait, I'm a lawyer!), android exotic dancers, and supercomputers implanted in your brain. Sounds scary, but this book is funny, intelligent, and chock-full of action scenes that left me wondering how the heck one man can take so much punishment and keep up the good fight. Pick it up!
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Summary: A zany updated version of Abbott and Costello-sf style
Review: By 2057, technology enables people to drive hovercrafts and teleport to different places. The last private detective in the world Zachary Nixon Johnson, knows that HARV is a computer projection. However, that does not stop him from playing backgammon with it, talking with it or listening to it.
When HARV informs Zach that they need an infusion of capital to pay the rent, he reluctantly takes on the case of BB Star, ex stripper and now the CEO of ExShell, one of the most powerful conglomerates in the world. BB has a doppelganger named BB-2 an artificially intelligent android that is angry, psychotic and dangerous. She has a plutonium core, which makes her a powerful weapon that must be deactivated if BB is to survive. Even knowing that the press will hounded him, thugs will beat him, and he will look like a fool, Zach takes on the case rather than face living on the street.
Abbott and Costello meet a futuristic crime noir is the context underlying the amusing THE PLUTONIUM BLONDE. When HARV and Zach are talking to each other, especially during their numerous crisis, readers will laugh until they cry. It is impossible to believe HARV, the real star of the book, is only a hologram projected by Zach�s computer because he seems so human. The mystery is fun too, but the entertainment and uniqueness of this tale are the relationship between the two stars (that is Zach and HARV not BB and BB-2). Harriet Klausner
Rating:
Summary: A zany updated version of Abbott and Costello-sf style
Review: By 2057, technology enables people to drive hovercrafts and teleport to different places. The last private detective in the world Zachary Nixon Johnson, knows that HARV is a computer projection. However, that does not stop him from playing backgammon with it, talking with it or listening to it.
When HARV informs Zach that they need an infusion of capital to pay the rent, he reluctantly takes on the case of BB Star, ex stripper and now the CEO of ExShell, one of the most powerful conglomerates in the world. BB has a doppelganger named BB-2 an artificially intelligent android that is angry, psychotic and dangerous. She has a plutonium core, which makes her a powerful weapon that must be deactivated if BB is to survive. Even knowing that the press will hounded him, thugs will beat him, and he will look like a fool, Zach takes on the case rather than face living on the street.
Abbott and Costello meet a futuristic crime noir is the context underlying the amusing THE PLUTONIUM BLONDE. When HARV and Zach are talking to each other, especially during their numerous crisis, readers will laugh until they cry. It is impossible to believe HARV, the real star of the book, is only a hologram projected by Zach's computer because he seems so human. The mystery is fun too, but the entertainment and uniqueness of this tale are the relationship between the two stars (that is Zach and HARV not BB and BB-2). Harriet Klausner
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Summary: A fun read!
Review: I've been jaded towards most of the genre sci-fi books lately. So many books are copies of LOTR, Star Wars, Foundation, et al, that I almost gave up sci-fi in general. Then I found this unusually titled book, The Plutonium Blonde. Catchy title, great content!
After reading the back cover, my interest was sufficiently piqued. So I plunked down my $6.99, opened the book when I got home, and a few days later, was very happy that I bought this book.
The book is a great blend of science fiction and pulp detective novel. I can actually hear(my actor choice for a movie role) Harry Connick Jr utter the main character, Zach Johnson, line, "And for some reason it always happens on my watch."
You'll feel for Zach when he gets pummeled by the bad guys, say "Ouch!" or "Oooh, that's gotta hurt" when HARV pumps up Zach's Kirlian Aura to save his life, and fall for his sexy Doctor/kickboxing champ girlfriend, Electra Gevada (shades of Salma Hayek!).
What are reading this review for? Go out and buy this book!!
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Summary: Not really a bombshell
Review: OK, there's a decent plot, and it follows the basic rules of science fiction mysteries: create a world and then live within its rules. But the silly language gets in the way and makes it hard to read, and the action really doesn't get off the ground. Good effort, but not too many points.
Rating:
Summary: Not really a bombshell
Review: OK, there's a decent plot, and it follows the basic rules of science fiction mysteries: create a world and then live within its rules. But the silly language gets in the way and makes it hard to read, and the action really doesn't get off the ground. Good effort, but not too many points.
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Summary: Some hits, but a lot of misses
Review: PLUTONIUM BLONDE reads as though it was written very very quickly, and it feels as though it's intended to be a humorous homage to crime noir with a sci-fi twist. I found the book reminding me of other books and/or films (it even steals a device from BLADE RUNNER for a joke sequence). While most of the jokes miss, there are a few good ones thrown in to keep the interest level up. The last quarter of the book is clearly the strongest, as the hero (Zachary Johnson) starts to show WHY he's the only private eye left on earth. The authors employ a paranthetic trick to give the PI and his holographic sidekick some personality quirks, but I found most of them distracting ... as if the story were told in reflection instead of its first person narration. Sadly or fortunately, the book finishes far stronger than it begins.
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Summary: sam spade joins i robot to save the world
Review: The Plutonium Blonde is an enjoyable story mixing science fiction in the form of Issac Azimov's I Robot with the old style humor of a Sam Spade Character. At times the humor appears to be a bit too much, but some where within the middle of the story, the humor fits the characters within the story. There are some twists and turns within the storyline that keep the reader involved in the story. The banter between the main character his robot is similar to a couple married for many years. They like to poke fun at each other's infalibilities while at the same time admiring each other's abilities. Although some of the storylines and banter are standard formulas, they work this time in the interesting mix of science fiction and humor.
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Summary: Joke-book with a story-line
Review: This book is not a typical detective fiction. ...This book is a detective fiction essentially designed to pick on every aspect of the whole detective fiction genera. So it's a book with ridiculous action, jokes on top of corny junks, and crazy idiotic characters all played up to be probably one of the world's funniest bashes on detective fiction. It's great fun and non-stop laughs.... Buy this if your looking for a joke book with a story-line.
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