Monday, February 9, 2009
Very Bad Deaths by Spider Robinson
Rating: B-
A decent Spider yarn. Not his best work, but even his mediocre stuff is still good reading.
Main Characters:
Russell Walker - good guy
Zudie aka Smelly - telepath
Nika - cop
Allen - bad guy
Russell befriends Zudie in college. Zudie is horrifically smelly (and hence keeps people far away. Decades later, Zudie suddenly shows up at Russell's isolated home near Vancouver saying he 'overheard' (via telepathy) an incredibly evil sadist (Allen) and he need's Russell's help to kill him. Russell enlists Nika to help find Allen. Instead, Allen finds him and begins torturing him. At one point they 'bond' over how much of an asshole George Bush is. Weird. Eventually, Nika and Zudie show up and Zudie fucks up Allen's brain which kills him.
This being Spider, Russell loves the ganja, and coffee with Irish Whiskey.
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