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A review by violinknitter
Bimbos of the Death Sun by Sharyn McCrumb
4.0
Okay, this deserves an explanation. The Incomparable podcast did an episode on Harlan Ellison. So, of course, I don’t go & read Harlan Ellison stories. Instead, I pick up this other book they mentioned... a novel where a Harlan-Ellison-stand-in gets murdered at a con for being such an obnoxious bleepity-bleep. Apparently inspired by a specific con where Ellison was a bleepity-bleep.
The book was pretty much exactly what I expected: cotton-candy portrayal of con culture from several decades ago, with the murder almost not being the point. (If you’re looking for an actual murder mystery, that’s not really what this book is for. :D ) Since I was completely in the mood for cotton-candy reading, this filled the bill perfectly.
The book was pretty much exactly what I expected: cotton-candy portrayal of con culture from several decades ago, with the murder almost not being the point. (If you’re looking for an actual murder mystery, that’s not really what this book is for. :D ) Since I was completely in the mood for cotton-candy reading, this filled the bill perfectly.