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A review by tome15
Junkyard Pirate by Jamie McFarlane
4.0
McFarlane, Jamie. Junkyard Pirate. Junkyard Pirate No. 1. Fickle Dragon, 2019.
Junkyard Pirate ticks off some items on my fun-to-read list—a near-future world that doesn’t stray far from our own, two or three lively characters who talk to each other in a nonliterary way, and a science fiction premise that only makes me scratch my head a little. The protagonist, Al Jenkins, a well-over-the-hill Vietnam vet with a pot belly and a taste for booze, runs a low-profit junkyard. One night, his spine is crushed when a bunch of rocket casings fall on him, but his life is saved when his body is invaded by a symbiotic alien looking for a host to help her get off planet. It is a premise I have seen before, sometimes done better, often done worse. Three and a half stars rounded up.
Junkyard Pirate ticks off some items on my fun-to-read list—a near-future world that doesn’t stray far from our own, two or three lively characters who talk to each other in a nonliterary way, and a science fiction premise that only makes me scratch my head a little. The protagonist, Al Jenkins, a well-over-the-hill Vietnam vet with a pot belly and a taste for booze, runs a low-profit junkyard. One night, his spine is crushed when a bunch of rocket casings fall on him, but his life is saved when his body is invaded by a symbiotic alien looking for a host to help her get off planet. It is a premise I have seen before, sometimes done better, often done worse. Three and a half stars rounded up.