- Mass Market Paperback: 288 pages
- Publisher: Roc (MM) (Dec 7 2001)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0451458605
- ISBN-13: 978-0451458605
- Product Dimensions: 16.8 x 10.7 x 2.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 136 g
- Average Customer Review: 2.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,052,081 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Book Description
"Makes me think of bikinis. And planets." (Neil Gaiman)
Rookie cop Wayne Norton went to sleep in the swinging sixties-and woke up 300 years later. Now he's out of time, out of touch-and caught up in a battle for dominion over the galaxy's most prized vacation hotspot...
"Many authors have sought the pot of gold at the end of Douglas Adams's and Terry Pratchett's rainbows. Most fail...Bikini Planet is a singular, authentically funny exception." (Time Out, London)
"If Edmond Hamilton and Benny Hill had collaborated on a script for the TV cartoon series Futurama, the result might have been half as funny as David Garnett's Bikini Planet." (Asimov's)
Rookie cop Wayne Norton went to sleep in the swinging sixties-and woke up 300 years later. Now he's out of time, out of touch-and caught up in a battle for dominion over the galaxy's most prized vacation hotspot...
"Many authors have sought the pot of gold at the end of Douglas Adams's and Terry Pratchett's rainbows. Most fail...Bikini Planet is a singular, authentically funny exception." (Time Out, London)
"If Edmond Hamilton and Benny Hill had collaborated on a script for the TV cartoon series Futurama, the result might have been half as funny as David Garnett's Bikini Planet." (Asimov's)
About the Author
Author, editor and sci-fi guru, David Garnett is well known as the most recent editor of NEW WORLDS.
--This text refers to the
Paperback
edition.
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1.0 out of 5 stars
NEVER judge a book by its cover,
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This review is from: Bikini Planet (Mass Market Paperback)
I happened upon this book while looking for something entertaining to send my brother in Iraq. One of the blurbs said it was similiar to Hitchhiker's. They were wrong. The plot meandered (if there was one.) There were multiple endings which just prolonged the pain. Maybe on some level this was entertaining to someone, but whatever level it was, I didn't find it. Needless to say, I didn't send this to my brother. I decided getting mortared daily was torture enough. If you're looking for funny scifi or fantasy, go with anything by Terry Prachett or go back to the original Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
2.0 out of 5 stars
The Blurbs Lie,
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This review is from: Bikini Planet (Mass Market Paperback)
The blurbs on the inside front page were the funniest things in the book. It is not even remotely on the level of PG Wodehouse or Douglas Adams, and I doubt any of the people giving testimonials even read the book. It simply isn't very funny. The author develops bizarre settings and situations, but the joy of reading Wodehouse or Adams is the way the sentences are constructed, the craftsmanship used, the delightful metaphors and similes. The writing here is pedestrian and largely unimaginative. Garnett may develop into a humorous writer, but right now the book is painless, but NOT VERY FUNNY. The reason I am mad is that I was mislead by the promising blurbs. Those writers were ..., and should be taken to task. If any of them think this comes close to Hitchhiker's Guide, they immediately lose all credibility.The plot is crazy, which is fine, but it is not logical within its own definition of reality. A character can exist as a man and a woman, separately, with no attempt at an explanation. How can this be? Just because. Sounds like something I'd hear on a playground in elementary school. Just because. Lots of things don't make sense. Keep repeating' "Just because." Incidentally, this book will most appeal to lust-crazed juveniles, as it describes how the main character (a virgin until the middle of the book) and his gorgeous companion manage to end up naked and copulating over-and-over again. Never in a mainstream SF book have characters been naked so long. I guess that's the farce angle of the book. However, the sex is PG-13 rated, and the situations truly are out of a teen-ager's fantasies. Is it farce? Is it satire? Is it interesting? Maybe, no, and no. Not what I was expecting, and not on the level of PG Wodehouse or Douglas Adams. And finally, not very funny.
2.0 out of 5 stars
The Blurbs Lie,
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This review is from: Bikini Planet (Mass Market Paperback)
The blurbs on the inside front page were the funniest things in the book. It is not even remotely on the level of PG Wodehouse or Douglas Adams, and I doubt any of the people giving testimonials even read the book. It simply isn't very funny. The author develops bizarre settings and situations, but the joy of reading Wodehouse or Adams is the way the sentences are constructed, the craftsmanship used, the delightful metaphors and similes. The writing here is pedestrian and largely unimaginative. Garnett may develop into a humorous writer, but right now the book is painless, but NOT VERY FUNNY. The reason I am mad is that I was mislead by the promising blurbs. Those writers were shameless, and should be taken to task. If any of them think this comes close to Hitchhiker's Guide, they immediately lose all credibility.Incidentally, this book will most appeal to lust-crazed juveniles, as it describes how the main character (a virgin until the middle of the book) and his gorgeous companion manage to end up naked and copulating over-and-over again. However, the sex is PG-13 rated, and the situations truly are out of a teen-ager's fantasies. Is it farce? Is it satire? Is it interesting? Not what I was expecting, and not on the level of PG Wodehouse or Douglas Adams.
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