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They Wanted to Terraform...The Earth! - Science Fiction and Mystery fans alike will cheer over this brand-new collection of insanely funny short stories. The Incredibly Civil War - violence was forbidden, so how could they hold a war? A Distant Moon - Camelot was doomed to fall, until King Arthur asked Merlin for a very special favor...Millenium Knights - Ever wonder why rappers wear huge silver crosses, and carry so many guns? The answer is simple: fangbangers. Nick Pollotta (author of the Bureau 13 novels, Illegal Aliens, That Darn Squid God, etc.) has cruelly unleashed upon the helpless world eleven short stories of his patented madness in this hilarious new collection. From aliens being paid to breathe, to a Spenser-for-Hire satire, each is uniquely written in his off-the-wall style of humor, with a guaranteed twist ending. Included is the infamous Sherlock Holmes cult-classic, The Really Final Solution.
- GenresHumorScience Fiction
160 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2007
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Nick Pollotta
41 books26 followersNick Pollotta also writes as Nicholas Pollotta, Jack Hopkins, and house names James Axler and Don Pendleton.
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March 31, 2010
Nick Pollotta usually writes novels with a dollop of humor in the science fiction and horror genres, with some occasional side trips into more mainstream genres to pay the bills. This is the first collection of short stories of his I've read. The stories were surrounded by smaller snippets that could be stitched together to form a story of their own in which author Nick Pollotta hijacks a radio talk show to talk about and read aloud from his book.
I like his novels better. He seems to use short stories as a method for proving a point or making an argument ('I bet I can write a humorous story about conflict without including violence'), and the end result feels like reading someone's "to do" list as he makes each of his points.
He does a lot better when he's playing in someone else's sandbox and doesn't have to do any world-building of his own. By far the best stories in the collection were the ones based on role playing games (Bureau 13 from Tri-Tac Systems and Gamma World from TSR/Wizards of the Coast) and the outright parody of Robert B. Parker's Spenser novels, which was the only story that actually made me laugh.
There were a few good stories in here, but Pollotta has written books better than this one.
I like his novels better. He seems to use short stories as a method for proving a point or making an argument ('I bet I can write a humorous story about conflict without including violence'), and the end result feels like reading someone's "to do" list as he makes each of his points.
He does a lot better when he's playing in someone else's sandbox and doesn't have to do any world-building of his own. By far the best stories in the collection were the ones based on role playing games (Bureau 13 from Tri-Tac Systems and Gamma World from TSR/Wizards of the Coast) and the outright parody of Robert B. Parker's Spenser novels, which was the only story that actually made me laugh.
There were a few good stories in here, but Pollotta has written books better than this one.
December 15, 2009
A short story collection, cover I've linked to is not the original cover but a much later reprint under a different publisher as the original is fairly rare and not listed.
(Title is meant as a parody of 'To Kill a Mockingbird'.)
(Title is meant as a parody of 'To Kill a Mockingbird'.)
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