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Title: Of Men and Monsters (SF Collector's Edition) by William Tenn ISBN: 0-575-07234-2 Publisher: Orion Publishing Group Pub. Date: 2001 Format: Paperback List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.11 (9 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: our ecological niche?
Comment: A science fiction novel whose premise is that we're designed
to occupy the same ecological niche as rats and cockroaches,
and we'd do it perfectly. I liked it.
Rating: 3
Summary: Of Humor, Dark and Biting
Comment: This novel recalled for me a Thomas M. Disch novel that I read back in high school. I'm not sure of the title at the moment, but I think it was The Puppies of Terra. Tenn's novel could easily be retitled The Cockroaches of Terra. Earth has been invaded, and conquered, by giant beings. Mankind is still alive--underground and in the walls of the houses built by the monsters. The first part of the book reads like your typical post-holocaust story: young man seeks acceptance in the new order of society, which gives the author plenty of chance to show you how things have changed. Luckily, Tenn has an agenda, and we quickly move beyond the standard hunter/gatherer phase into a darkly satiric view of humans. Tenn is supposedly a very funny author, but in Of Men and Monsters, it's all black (as in Disch's novels).
Rating: 4
Summary: A nearly forgotten classic
Comment: I read this book two decades ago, and I still remember it vividly. The images of human beings living in the walls of gigantic alien houses will stay with you for a long time. It would also make a great movie! Although the book is not available in the US, it has just been re-released in the UK and is available from Amazon UK. So don't hesitate to get it. If you are looking for a remarkable science fiction classic, you will not be disappointed.
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Title: Ripples of Battle : How Wars of the Past Still Determine How We Fight, How We Live, and How We Think by Victor Hanson ISBN: 0385504004 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: 16 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $27.50 |
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Title: Give Me a Break : How I Exposed Hucksters, Cheats, and Scam Artists and Became the Scourge of the Liberal Media... by John Stossel ISBN: 0060529148 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 20 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title:Looney Tunes - The Golden Collection ASIN: B0000AYJXS Publisher: Warner Home Video Pub. Date: 28 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $64.92 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $45.44 |
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Title: A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson ISBN: 0767908171 Publisher: Broadway Pub. Date: 06 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $27.50 |
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