Recently due to Lady Glamis' lovely post, I turned off my word verification (I really did like the post!! This is not a slam against Michelle. Anyway...) Tada!!! Spam! :D
The thing is ... it made me laugh more than anything. And think something like: Ahhhh, the price of popularity.
The comments weren't perverse or in a different language or super giant sized so I left them up if you are at all interested in random things that have NOTHING to do with ANYTHING. Oh and the word verification is still off for comments. No need to punish you, dear reader.
However, next time the spammers crap on my blog they will be cut from the comments with the swift, sharp blade of my flaming sword. Yes. I have a flaming sword. I use it on adverbs and unsolicited advertisements.
On to the review, then, shall we?
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The Android's Dream
John Scalzi
Jacketflap: "A human diplomat kills his alien counterpart. Earth is on the verge of war with a vastly superior human race. A lone man races against time and a host of enemies to find the one object that can save our plant and our people from alien enslavement .... A sheep."First, look at this cover! Every time I look at it I chortle a bit. So really this cover is a perfect one for this book ... because the book made me chortle quite a bit as well.
Scalzi twists strange humor into his plot and characters every chance he gets. He really leaves no room for anything but a good belly laugh. I wasn't quite sure what to expect from this book and I was more pleased with it than I first imagined. There were some moments of prose digression which I found myself skimming, but all in all: unique characters, quirky twists, laugh-out-loud funny.
9 comments:
Oh boy, where can I get one of those flaming adverb swords? I need one.
You got me at the "sheep". Great review!
Valerie, you TOTALLY crack me up! Seriously. LOL! :-)
Okay, I'm adding that book to my TBR pile. And I turned off my verification and got a few spam comments too. Since then... nothing. So keep it off, they'll die down quickly.
I've been considering turning off my word verification once I get my computer back. I'll be interested to see if you get any more spammers.
I turned my verification off a while ago.
I got one or two spams.
In a moment of panic I turned it back on.
Realising it was just a panic I turned it off again. No repeat of spam so far.
The book sounds interesting. I also like the reference to Philip K. Dick's "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep" as the title of the book. I sure it was a big influence on the author. Here's a little trivia if you weren't already aware, Blade Runner is the adaptation of Dick's novel.
Aubrie- I'll ship one right over! :D
Elana and Al- I like what I'm hearing about no more spammers. That would be ideal.... :)
Jemi- I'll keep you posted!
Michael- Thanks for stopping in! I think John Scalzi mentioned something about the play on Dick's novel in his acknowledgments. I kind of want to read Dick's book now to see if Scalzi's book would be even funnier.
I get spam comments here and there, but nothing I can't handle, and it does help to turn "moderate comments" on for any posts older than 7 or so days, just in case it's a mass spammer going for tons of posts on one blog.
That book looks great! It sounds Hitchiker-ish. Kind of. I'll have to look into it!
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