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thebooklender's review against another edition
4.0
This is a funny book, although I have a feeling that large chunks of it went over my head, and that it may actually be an hilarious book.
The Star Trek chapter was brilliant, and my favourite line in the book was this:
"On July 13, 1994, Lint had a near-death experience, followed immediately by death."
The Star Trek chapter was brilliant, and my favourite line in the book was this:
"On July 13, 1994, Lint had a near-death experience, followed immediately by death."
thebechdelbitch's review against another edition
funny
fast-paced
2.5
Very silly fun but I think a lot of it went over my head. Best for Sci fi enthusiasts
nobodyatall's review against another edition
3.0
what. the. fuck.
I have no idea what to think of this book. in part it was the funniest thing I've ever read, at other points it was completely baffling bollocks.
confusing, hilarious and incomprehensible.
I have no idea what to think of this book. in part it was the funniest thing I've ever read, at other points it was completely baffling bollocks.
confusing, hilarious and incomprehensible.
mrgale's review
5.0
The most niche comedy concept I have ever seen committed totally too, done perfectly.
nimrodiel's review against another edition
3.0
I found this amazingly well written. Although, I had to read it in spurts as it was a bit much at times.
This is an interesting concept, an autobiography of a fictional pulp author. I didn't realize at first that the subject was made up and started racking my brains trying to match up the pulp titles I read as a youngster.
Using a mash up of several prominently weird pulp authors as the idea behind Jeff Lint, this works extremely well. The book is bizarre but extremely funny.
I'm going to have to look for a wishlist to send this off to, as it deserves to go to someone who wants to read it rather than the serendipity of wild releasing it.
This is an interesting concept, an autobiography of a fictional pulp author. I didn't realize at first that the subject was made up and started racking my brains trying to match up the pulp titles I read as a youngster.
Using a mash up of several prominently weird pulp authors as the idea behind Jeff Lint, this works extremely well. The book is bizarre but extremely funny.
I'm going to have to look for a wishlist to send this off to, as it deserves to go to someone who wants to read it rather than the serendipity of wild releasing it.
chramies's review against another edition
5.0
I suppose you need to be a bit of a science fiction fan to understand this book, but this false autobiography of a pulp novelist is one of the strangest and funniest books to come my way for a long time. Jeff Lint is a kind of portmanteau of Philip K Dick (mostly), Philip Jose Farmer and Harlan Ellison; a wildly inventive and dedicated author who finds himself marginalised by a publishing establishment who don't understand him and a public who aren't ready for his, well, extremely interactive theatre and children's cartoons that cause deepseated trauma in their viewers. You'll laugh out loud while realising how true it all is.
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