Bugz :Contact Book Zero

by David Jackson

Very good condition first edition, first printing gilt embossed hardcover in unclipped dust jacket, with illustrations by Malcolm Fryer. Jacket edges are creased and nicked, with a small closed tear to the rear inner flap fold. Book is as unread. LW

404 pages, Hardcover

First published August 24, 2008

Reviews

[Martin Willoughby · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not as dire as some think, but I still couldn't get past the first 100 pages. Could have done with some better editing and more zip. That aside it's read like a decent story that I would have stayed with but for the bad points below.

The biggest bugbears were the background pictures and the asterisks that pointed you to the back pages where terms were explained. Even when I bought it (50p from Waterstones) I wasn't sure if it was fiction or non-fiction and the prologue at the beginning didn't help that impression. It was only reading the story itself that I realised it was fiction.

If it's re-issued without the background pictures (the ones in between the chapters are fine) and the notes, it will sell and read a whole lot better.

[Jeff]

Met the author, got the book signed, he even gave me a T shirt. Good book, but its a hard read as the spelling is unusual with lots of names with Zs. Science fiction about beings smaller than atoms interfacing with humans.