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rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, DJ-Anonyme@... wrote:
>
> I just saw this paperback on the new release table
at Borders. Judging
> by the blurbs, A Lee Martinez is a pretty big name
in SF/Fantasy. The
> basic premise seems not unlike Pinocchio in that a
robot wants to become
> a citizen. However, the jacket copy, and title,
makes it seem like a
> hardboiled novel or pastiche or homage or parody or
something. The
> voice used in the first few paragraph certainly
seems to be going for a
> jaded PI tone.
>
> Anyone read it, or past works by him? Is it or he
any good?
>
> Mark
>
I've read his three humorous fantasies (Gil's All Fright
Diner, In The Company of Ogres and The Nameless Witch) within
the last year. They were well-written and a pretty good read
if you enjoy slapstick fantasy with a large dash of black
humor. I knew he had another book due but didn't know it was
the Automatic Detective.
I imagine it's in a similar vein as his others and perhaps
somewhat like Glen Cook's Garrett P.I. series or John
Zakour's Zachery Nixon Johnson novels about the fast
freelance P.I. in the world. I'll pick up a copy of AD when I
see it.
Ron Weston
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