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Hammers
A young woman geneticist perfects a serum made from both human and shark DNA. In her hurry and ambition, she skips biotech protocol and tries the serum on herself. But she makes a mistake: instead of shooting up a fraction of shark DNA, she pops the entire hammerhead genetic code. Oops! Hammers is a comic science fiction novel about people turning into sharks. Set in a modern biotech city--Seattle--it follows five characters as they mutate and fight for dominance, sex, and a reliable source of fresh squid. Hammers is a classic transformation tale in the genre of Frankenstein.
251 pages, Paperback
First published October 1, 1997
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About the author
Ron Dakron
8 books16 followersRon Dakron is a poet and novelist.
He is the author of six novels — Tricky (his latest), Hello Devilfish!, infra, Newt, Hammers and Mantids, and two collections of poetry. His work runs the gamut from surrealism to sci-fi pastiche.
Publishers Weekly reviews Hello Devilfish!: "Resistance may be futile, but this book at least makes it fun" and named him "a writer with a fine ear and plenty of gusto."
Library Journal lauds Hello Devilfish! as "an audacious, laugh-out-loud novel that is brilliantly committed to its conceit."
Kirkus Reviews called Hammers "cartilaginous prose, soft as fishbone, sense-bending and scattershot as a Robin Williams shtick."
Point No Point magazine tagged Hammers as "a cross between jive bullshit, hip-hop Henny Youngman, and full-tilt Rimbaudian street-smartass sublimity."
Raven Chronicles judged him "as sinister as a thirteen-year-old with a lighter and a keg of butane."
He is the author of six novels — Tricky (his latest), Hello Devilfish!, infra, Newt, Hammers and Mantids, and two collections of poetry. His work runs the gamut from surrealism to sci-fi pastiche.
Publishers Weekly reviews Hello Devilfish!: "Resistance may be futile, but this book at least makes it fun" and named him "a writer with a fine ear and plenty of gusto."
Library Journal lauds Hello Devilfish! as "an audacious, laugh-out-loud novel that is brilliantly committed to its conceit."
Kirkus Reviews called Hammers "cartilaginous prose, soft as fishbone, sense-bending and scattershot as a Robin Williams shtick."
Point No Point magazine tagged Hammers as "a cross between jive bullshit, hip-hop Henny Youngman, and full-tilt Rimbaudian street-smartass sublimity."
Raven Chronicles judged him "as sinister as a thirteen-year-old with a lighter and a keg of butane."
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February 9, 2008
I picked this book up at a festival where the author was sitting behind the table. I enjoyed it though found some of it to be uncomfortably disturbing. If you like quirky mixed with a little violent and blunt sexual undertones then go for it.
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