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Nuclear Bombshell #8
The Bionic Bikini
In the year 2058, if you want someone to do the hands-on investigative work that requires a little finesse and sensitivity, not to mention the ability to shrug off a good beating in the process, then Zachary Nixon Johnson, the last freelance private eye on earth, is your man.
What starts out as a simple missing persons case for Zach quickly turns into a convoluted and desperate chase for the most unlikely weapon of unimaginable power ever conceived: The Bionic Bikini. With the mega-high-tech assistance of his personal holographic A.I. and snarky best friend/antagonist Harv and his spunky psionic niece Carol, Zach is lead on a convoluted trail of intrigue. Par for the course, Johnson is confronted at every turn by ruthless, power-hungry and, of course, gorgeous women, who all want to get their hands on this bikini. It’s Zach’s job to prevent that from happening by getting his own hands on the bikini.
And yes, he knows exactly how that sounds.
Creadits:
Director: Nathanial Perry
Starring: Richard Rohan as Zachory Nixon Johnson, David Coyne as HARV, Nanette Savard as Carol, Casie Platt as Sexy Sprockets, Ken Jackson as Dr. Randy Pool, Nora Achrati as Elena, Yasmin Tuazon as Helena, Elizabeth Jernigan as Twoa and Threa, Colleen Delany as Electra, Eva Wilhelm as Tasha Posha and Nathanial Perry as GUS. With Katy Carkuff, Alejandro Ruiz, Chris Genebach, David Jourdan, Tracy Olivera, Deidra Starnes, Rose Elizabeth Supan, Mort Shelby, Dawn Ursula, Peter Holdway, James Lewis, Evan Casey, Tia Shearer, Elliot Dash, Mary C. Davis, Terence Aselford, Drew Kopas, Christopher Scheeren and Scott McCormick
Cover Illustrator: Jahbulani Ori
What starts out as a simple missing persons case for Zach quickly turns into a convoluted and desperate chase for the most unlikely weapon of unimaginable power ever conceived: The Bionic Bikini. With the mega-high-tech assistance of his personal holographic A.I. and snarky best friend/antagonist Harv and his spunky psionic niece Carol, Zach is lead on a convoluted trail of intrigue. Par for the course, Johnson is confronted at every turn by ruthless, power-hungry and, of course, gorgeous women, who all want to get their hands on this bikini. It’s Zach’s job to prevent that from happening by getting his own hands on the bikini.
And yes, he knows exactly how that sounds.
Creadits:
Director: Nathanial Perry
Starring: Richard Rohan as Zachory Nixon Johnson, David Coyne as HARV, Nanette Savard as Carol, Casie Platt as Sexy Sprockets, Ken Jackson as Dr. Randy Pool, Nora Achrati as Elena, Yasmin Tuazon as Helena, Elizabeth Jernigan as Twoa and Threa, Colleen Delany as Electra, Eva Wilhelm as Tasha Posha and Nathanial Perry as GUS. With Katy Carkuff, Alejandro Ruiz, Chris Genebach, David Jourdan, Tracy Olivera, Deidra Starnes, Rose Elizabeth Supan, Mort Shelby, Dawn Ursula, Peter Holdway, James Lewis, Evan Casey, Tia Shearer, Elliot Dash, Mary C. Davis, Terence Aselford, Drew Kopas, Christopher Scheeren and Scott McCormick
Cover Illustrator: Jahbulani Ori
4 pages, Audio CD
First published August 21, 2015
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John Zakour
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John Zakour is a humor/sf/fantasy writer with a Master's degree in Human Behavior and slowly plugging away at his Ph.D. He has written zillions (well, thousands) of gags for syndicated comics and comedians (including: Rugrats, Grimmy, Bound and Gagged, Dennis the Menace and Joan River's old TV show.) John also writes his own syndicated comic, Working Daze for United Media. John has been the regular cartoonist for Geek.com and has sold cartoons or gags to hundreds of journals and magazines. John is also a contributor to Nickelodeon magazine writing Fairly Odd Parents and Jimmy Neutron comic books. Recently he has started writing Simpsons comics for Bongo.
John’s first humorous SF mystery book, The Plutonium Blonde (DAW 2001, co-written with Larry Ganem and started of as an interactive web story for the Sci Fi channel) was named one of the top 30 SF books of 2001 by The Chronicle of Science Fiction who called it, “the funniest SF book of 2001”. His second novel, The Doomsday Brunette (DAW Feb 2004) has made the Locus best sellers list. The third book in the series, The RadioActive Redhead, also made the SF best seller list.
Besides his novels John has sold numerous short stories to anthologies and magazines. John has written the dialog and song lyrics for Frogwares Software computer game Around the World in 80 days. For something a bit different John writes skits for the Harlem Rockets basketball team.
In the past, John has written and helped develop the first year and season of the comic book and animated series: Caramel Crew, for Mobtoons. John also has written for the independent SF TV show, “Realm of the Mind”. John also helped develop an animated sf horror series, called Prime Squad for MUV Technologies in India. His romantic comedy, Skin Deep about an ordinary guy who can’t believe the hottest girl on campus is actually in love with him has won a couple of writing awards. John has also written for Ebru tv.
John use to be a database programmer / web guru / science writer for NYSAES.
When he's not writing or studying John likes to play softball, watch TV and hang out with his wife and son. He use to do judo and karate, but those have been replaced by tai chi and archery.
John Zakour is a humor/sf/fantasy writer with a Master's degree in Human Behavior and slowly plugging away at his Ph.D. He has written zillions (well, thousands) of gags for syndicated comics and comedians (including: Rugrats, Grimmy, Bound and Gagged, Dennis the Menace and Joan River's old TV show.) John also writes his own syndicated comic, Working Daze for United Media. John has been the regular cartoonist for Geek.com and has sold cartoons or gags to hundreds of journals and magazines. John is also a contributor to Nickelodeon magazine writing Fairly Odd Parents and Jimmy Neutron comic books. Recently he has started writing Simpsons comics for Bongo.
John’s first humorous SF mystery book, The Plutonium Blonde (DAW 2001, co-written with Larry Ganem and started of as an interactive web story for the Sci Fi channel) was named one of the top 30 SF books of 2001 by The Chronicle of Science Fiction who called it, “the funniest SF book of 2001”. His second novel, The Doomsday Brunette (DAW Feb 2004) has made the Locus best sellers list. The third book in the series, The RadioActive Redhead, also made the SF best seller list.
Besides his novels John has sold numerous short stories to anthologies and magazines. John has written the dialog and song lyrics for Frogwares Software computer game Around the World in 80 days. For something a bit different John writes skits for the Harlem Rockets basketball team.
In the past, John has written and helped develop the first year and season of the comic book and animated series: Caramel Crew, for Mobtoons. John also has written for the independent SF TV show, “Realm of the Mind”. John also helped develop an animated sf horror series, called Prime Squad for MUV Technologies in India. His romantic comedy, Skin Deep about an ordinary guy who can’t believe the hottest girl on campus is actually in love with him has won a couple of writing awards. John has also written for Ebru tv.
John use to be a database programmer / web guru / science writer for NYSAES.
When he's not writing or studying John likes to play softball, watch TV and hang out with his wife and son. He use to do judo and karate, but those have been replaced by tai chi and archery.
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September 2, 2017
This is not exactly a full length book, but not bad at 4 hours. Having said that, it is a very funny adventure involving Zach, Carol and HARV in search of a very powerful bikini. The bikini turns women with some psy power into super women capable of turning a man into a turnip, which means models may not be the best people to wear it. However, the race for the bikini has just started and Zach plans to get his hands on it, women attached and all.
Even though this book is not as awesome as the previous books, specially The Sapphire Sirens, the whole series is a lot of fun and the people at Graphic Audio did an amazing job when translating it into audio.
Even though this book is not as awesome as the previous books, specially The Sapphire Sirens, the whole series is a lot of fun and the people at Graphic Audio did an amazing job when translating it into audio.
December 31, 2018
All I have to say after 8 books. I WANT MORE!!! This review is for the entire series I binged in two weeks like a crazy day on Netflix. So I must say I loved it! Humorous, campy and fun for all the right reasons. Zakour pokes fun at all the tropes and takes it to the next level, so much over the top you have to chuckle at it poking fun of itself. Just the right blend of Noir and Sci-Fi to make the universe come alive! I highly recommend a binge on this one if you want something light hearted and fun to read!
June 20, 2019
Fun and great stuff but very weird issues with continuity. A character that died in book 5 and has been referenced as dead multiple times is suddenly alive in this book.
Yes, there's an "explanation" but it doesn't really make sense, it is something you'd expect we'd have gotten informed about before since it's been "years" in the world since the death occurred.
It just feels very different from the rest of the books, slightly disconnected, like it was written many years apart from the others.
And, have they changed one of the narrators?
Yes, there's an "explanation" but it doesn't really make sense, it is something you'd expect we'd have gotten informed about before since it's been "years" in the world since the death occurred.
It just feels very different from the rest of the books, slightly disconnected, like it was written many years apart from the others.
And, have they changed one of the narrators?
April 30, 2025
Funny and entertaining series. I just didn't care for the final storyline. Didn't care much for how this series ended. But overall very entertaining series.
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