Hugo Award deserving science-fiction author Robert Bevan takes you on an epic space journey filled with danger, romance, and scary creatures with different skin tones.
I bought this book purely on the basis of Robert Bevan's previous work (C&C). Unfortunately, it was not up to that usual high standard. In my humble opinion, he watched Star Wars: A New Hope, followed by Dukes of Hazard, and thought... I wonder what would happen if I turned a classic story into a racist white power story?
Well this is the answer, and I was better for not knowing.
Recommendations: If you enjoy racist "parodies", you will love this. If you like Star Wars, don't read this. Or maybe read it before Disney sues Bevan back to the stone age.
Kindle Unlimited, the writer definitely isn't 'right' but he is on ku, a few binge readings were in my future.
Caverns and Creatures: Volume I (Books 1 - 4) Critical Failures (Caverns and Creatures Book 1) Critical Failures II (Caverns and Creatures Book 2) Critical Failures III (Caverns and Creatures Book 3) Critical Failures IV (Caverns and Creatures Book 4) Critical Failures V (Caverns and Creatures Book 5} has been released as well.
d6 (Caverns and Creatures collection 1) Cave of the Kobolds - ZOMBIE ATTACK!!! - Orcs, Bears, and Assholes - Shipfaced - Dungeon Crawl - The Creep on the Borderlands 2d6 (Caverns and Creatures collection 2) Nymph-O-Maniacs- Buzzkill - Cooper's Christmas Carol - Sticky White Mess - Clerical Error - Cornholed 3d6 (Caverns and Creatures collection 3) House of Madness - Naga Please - Elf Inflicted - The Land Before Tim - A Fistful of Gold Pieces - The Minotard 4d6 (Caverns and Creatures collection 4) Djinngle Bells - Genital Harpies - The Unwashed Asses - B.Oar Guests - Wight Trash - Probing the Annis
Guts and Volts (Caverns and Creatures) SHORT NOT in collections as far as I know Potty Mouth (Caverns and Creatures) SHORT NOT in collections as far as know
Space Puppies Flying Toasters - The DeadPixel Tales {one of collection of writers, seems to be permafree}
Check with amazon to see if the 4 pack is still on sale, etc, I got it for 99, the 4 books listed above titled separately under the set. The smaller collections are listed below, 4 collections of 6 stories each with the titles listed . I read the 4 pack, then the collections, in order, not totally sure it would matter with this genre, do suggest personally that the 4 set then the smaller collections be read in order it did help in most cases. Then read the 2 short shorts listed, then picked up this one {5} because really do you want to miss anything? But Space Puppies and Flying Toasters is what started it all for me with this writer.
Childish, offensive and racist. The C&C books skirt around much of this nonsense with a character putting the offender in their place. That doesn't exist here.
This was the worst thing Ive ever read and its making me re-think reading future C&C books.
Space Puppies is a fantastic adventure. It is brilliantly offensive and hilarious. It is SATIRE, so do NOT take its subject matter seriously. Of course if you've read Bevan's other work you know not to take it seriously. I will gladly read anything this man writes, and you should too.
Even for parody... no, even for Robert Bevan, this was truly awful. Upon finishing this book I felt defiled, as though sweaty, filthy hands had ripped the clothes from my body; I could feel hot, sticky breath, reeking of whiskey, playing against my neck as a thick, bristling, chaw stained moustache brushed my ear.
Wow, this was crap. Recommend for homophobes, racists, sexists and people who appreciate poor writing and unoriginal ideas with godawful characters. Hey, at least it was cheap (or in my case, free).
This book lost me one page one. He author's biases are showing loud and clear. I'll stick to his critical failures books. At least those books are funny.