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Books of the Anarchy #1
Theme Planet
It's better than sex! It's better than drugs! If you haven't been sick yet, you soon will be...
Welcome to Theme Planet. Welcome to Theme Planet, an entire alien world dedicated to insane rides, excessive hedonism and dangerous adventure. Operated by the Monolith Corporation, Theme Planet is the No. 1 destination for fun-seeking human holidaymakers Galaxy-Wide!
Amba Miskalov is an Anarchy Android, an assassin/torture model fitted with a Quantell Systems v4.7 KillChip. She is beautiful, merciless and deadly, and blends perfectly with her human superiors. Sent to Theme Planet on a dangerous assassination mission, Amba stumbles upon a plot to undermine and destroy Earth's all-powerful Oblivion Government – and its Ministers of Joy.
But Amba is twisted, damaged and decadent – and this rebellion poses Amba a to remain loyal to her creators and tormentors, to support the enemy – or annihilate them all.
Welcome to Theme Planet. Welcome to Theme Planet, an entire alien world dedicated to insane rides, excessive hedonism and dangerous adventure. Operated by the Monolith Corporation, Theme Planet is the No. 1 destination for fun-seeking human holidaymakers Galaxy-Wide!
Amba Miskalov is an Anarchy Android, an assassin/torture model fitted with a Quantell Systems v4.7 KillChip. She is beautiful, merciless and deadly, and blends perfectly with her human superiors. Sent to Theme Planet on a dangerous assassination mission, Amba stumbles upon a plot to undermine and destroy Earth's all-powerful Oblivion Government – and its Ministers of Joy.
But Amba is twisted, damaged and decadent – and this rebellion poses Amba a to remain loyal to her creators and tormentors, to support the enemy – or annihilate them all.
416 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published November 27, 2011
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About the author
Andy Remic
50 books182 followersAndy Remic lives in Lincoln, UK, although his heart and viking soul belong to the Scottish mountains. Married with two children, Andy has a variety of esoteric and sometimes contrasting loves, including sword fighting, climbing, mountain biking, kick-boxing, Ducati motorcycles and retro-gaming. He recently wrote the computer version of his novel Biohell for the 48K Spectrum, in which many people are still stuck. He writes in both SF and fantasy fields, and is sometimes accused of literature. Current novels include: Spiral, Quake, Warhead, War Machine, Biohell, Hardcore and the upcoming Cloneworld, Theme Planet and TOX for Solaris Books, and the Kell’s Legend trilogy, Kell’s Legend, Soul Stealers and Vampire Warlords for Angry Robot Books.
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June 29, 2025
Vājprātīgs brauciens karuselī! Planēta-atrakciju parks. Androīds-slepkava misijā. Londonas policists ar savu jauko ģimenīti atvaļinājumā. kas gan var noiet greizi?
December 5, 2021
Theme Planet by Andy Remic is the first book in the Anarchy series. This is the first book I have ever read by Andy Remic and I was pretty disappointed in it. It starts with a promising idea and totally botches it. It tries to be humourous, but it is not. The plot makes no sense. The characters are one-dimensional. The scene building is lame. The best parts were about the android assassin. The scenes with Dexter Colls and his family were just tedious. I do not recommend this book unless you are a big Andy Remic fan. That being said I have three of his fantasy books in my to-read pile, the Clockwork Vampire Chronicles, and I plan on giving them a try because I have heard good things about his fantasy books.
July 7, 2020
Front cover says it all.
A plant that is a theme park. Killer robots. Dinosaurs. Its pretty much got everything that you ever want in a book.
It is for the most part relentless, one crazy set piece to another. Action in abundance.
The characters are more fleshed out that in previous books of Remic's. The main character goes through a lot, but you know what he is feeling and why he is feeling this way. It makes him more relatable, even though it contains what I mentioned earlier. Remic is known for hard men, tough women, Clint Eastwood Dirty Harry esque characters, which is all well and good, but the change here is refreshing.
It is an easy read, but it doesn't mean it is basic or simple. It moves along at a pace, it keeps you informed of what is happening and why.
Worth a read
A plant that is a theme park. Killer robots. Dinosaurs. Its pretty much got everything that you ever want in a book.
It is for the most part relentless, one crazy set piece to another. Action in abundance.
The characters are more fleshed out that in previous books of Remic's. The main character goes through a lot, but you know what he is feeling and why he is feeling this way. It makes him more relatable, even though it contains what I mentioned earlier. Remic is known for hard men, tough women, Clint Eastwood Dirty Harry esque characters, which is all well and good, but the change here is refreshing.
It is an easy read, but it doesn't mean it is basic or simple. It moves along at a pace, it keeps you informed of what is happening and why.
Worth a read
April 15, 2013
Great book. An action packed science fiction mystery thriller with many twists. Whew. Need to take a breath after that.
'Theme Planet' is the first of a new series titled 'Books of the Anarchy' which seems to deal less with an individual than an entire inter-galactic company, system, killer androids, massive amounts of mayhem and so much more.
The premise of an entire world as a theme park is cool, but what causes the mystery and ensuing thrills is quite exciting.
Dexter Colls is a policeman on vacation from Earth with wife and daughters when the unexplainable happens turning a vacation into a life and death mission to save his family and possibly a bit more.
Okay, that sounds a little .... umm....average. But only because I can't say too much without giving away plot elements and I just don't do that.
'Theme Planet' is a good read that is exceptionally hard to put down.
Addition to review.
Just discovered that 'Toxicity', the next book in the series, is now out. Has been for a few months, but at least I found out now instead of years from now! That has happened before. Lol.
Go buy 'Theme Planet' and while you're at it, pick up 'Toxicity', the second in the series.
'Theme Planet' is the first of a new series titled 'Books of the Anarchy' which seems to deal less with an individual than an entire inter-galactic company, system, killer androids, massive amounts of mayhem and so much more.
The premise of an entire world as a theme park is cool, but what causes the mystery and ensuing thrills is quite exciting.
Dexter Colls is a policeman on vacation from Earth with wife and daughters when the unexplainable happens turning a vacation into a life and death mission to save his family and possibly a bit more.
Okay, that sounds a little .... umm....average. But only because I can't say too much without giving away plot elements and I just don't do that.
'Theme Planet' is a good read that is exceptionally hard to put down.
Addition to review.
Just discovered that 'Toxicity', the next book in the series, is now out. Has been for a few months, but at least I found out now instead of years from now! That has happened before. Lol.
Go buy 'Theme Planet' and while you're at it, pick up 'Toxicity', the second in the series.
March 15, 2012
Great in a bad taste 80’s Arnie style film sort of way, very intelligent approach in the plot, remic has done an excellent job of characterising and delivering what should have been a very straight forward style idea with a ton of twists, Remic has been around for a long time and I have always been impressed with his writing before but this does seem to stand out as his best to date, dark, anarchic, almost Spartan sci fi with a very fast pace and superb dialogue not normally connected in anywhere as well as is present from the first page through to the last. Remics usual black humour is not present in this novel but it does not at all detract from what is to me a real stand out in the Solaris books range.
March 18, 2015
Once you read the dedication (to Phillip K. Dick) you'll likely figure out all the plot "twists" and everything else that's wrong with this annoying disjointed mess. The author thinks he's an edgy new wave version of Dick and Vonnegut; he's wrong. The characters are ludicrous, the dialogue is cringeworthy, made worse by the painfully obvious fact that Remic thinks he's clever,and the whole thing reads like a crappy movie you'd be annoyed watching at home while you were sick and there was nothing better on Netflix. Even the narration is done in-universe style, one of my pet peeves. Just truly terrible.
February 12, 2012
good action scifi but not as good as his combat k books
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July 10, 2012totally unexpected. I thought this would be a sci-fi detective story. it turned into an android and invasion story. great fun and quick read.
May 17, 2014
Great read, had a lot of fun reading this one. Action was quick, very fast build up. Not sure if I enjoyed it enough to read more of the series.
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