Reboots Undead can dance

Mercedes Lackey

Book - 2021

"Space travel is tough. No air, cosmic radiation, absolute lack of other life-sustaining essentials. What better way to deal with space travel than to man ships with creatures that regenerate or don't need air, or are immune to various maladies? In a future world where zombies, vampires and werewolves co-exist with 'normal' humans on Earth, these ships are staffed by a motley crew of various types of undead or near-dead creatures. Of course no one really knows what happens when zombies and vampires are squeezed together in the close confines of a spaceship. Don't you love surprises?"--

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Subjects
Genres
Fantasy fiction
Humorous fiction
Science fiction
Published
[Rockville, Maryland] : Caezik SF & Fantasy, an imprint of Arc Manor LLC 2021.
Language
English
Main Author
Mercedes Lackey (author)
Other Authors
Cody Martin, 1987- (author)
Edition
First edition
Physical Description
335 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN
9781647100223
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Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

Lackey (the Valdemar series) and Martin (the Secret World Chronicles series) go all in on the offbeat, crafting a universe where vampires, werewolves, and zombies are real--and also astronauts. Normal humans ("Norms") have dealt with the problems created by ferocious undead beings by shipping them off-planet. Their ensuing spacefaring adventures are chronicled here in four parts. Part one, "Bad Moon Rising," introduces talking zombie Skinny Jim who conceals his ability to speak to avoid being exterminated after an ill-fated war launched by a zombie emperor, a conflict that led to an alliance between Norms, the Fangs, and the Furs. Part two, "Just the Right Bullets," leans heavily on Casablanca and Maltese Falcon references, introducing an ethereal parahuman PI named Boggart who quotes Rick Blaine. Boggart recurs in the following sections as well, which continue to navigate interspecies relationships in claustrophobic extraterrestrial environments. Most of the humor works ("There's not a lot of intellectual stimulation amongst Zombies, if you don't count munching on the occasional rehydrated brain. You don't find us sitting around discussing Kierkegaard") and the fast pace keeps the pages turning. The light approach, signaling that the authors aren't taking this genre mash-up too seriously, helps suspend disbelief. It's unfettered oddball entertainment. (Nov.)

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