Frenzetta
by Richard Calder | Science Fiction & Fantasy | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 1857236831 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 1857236831 Global Overview for this book
Registered by Molyneux of Oxford, Oxfordshire United Kingdom on 10/13/2005
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In a time and place that is not quite ours, Cathay vies for supremacy with Atlantis, and humanity is being increasingly replaced, for the most part, with self- perpetuating chimeras of various strange sorts. Ratgirls, for example, die to give birth to vast litters which eat their corpses from inside--which is no fun if, like Frezetta, you happen to be a ratgirl, as well as the descendant of millennia of European aristocracy. She has a partner in crime, a walking corpse likeable save for his need for fresh human brains if he is not to rot where he stands; he used to be someone else, and at times he almost remembers who that was. Together, they race around this bizarre world somewhere sideways of us, stealing antique ceramics, defrauding rulers of City states and fighting death duels with giant robots. Somewhere amid all the horror, there is a way out, a one- way trip to the Moon, and they are looking for their fare. Calder takes the old pulp novelette form, an ideal template for loveable rogues working caper after caper, and puts his own perverse spin on it; Frenzetta is delightful sick fun.
In a time and place that is not quite ours, Cathay vies for supremacy with Atlantis, and humanity is being increasingly replaced, for the most part, with self- perpetuating chimeras of various strange sorts. Ratgirls, for example, die to give birth to vast litters which eat their corpses from inside--which is no fun if, like Frezetta, you happen to be a ratgirl, as well as the descendant of millennia of European aristocracy. She has a partner in crime, a walking corpse likeable save for his need for fresh human brains if he is not to rot where he stands; he used to be someone else, and at times he almost remembers who that was. Together, they race around this bizarre world somewhere sideways of us, stealing antique ceramics, defrauding rulers of City states and fighting death duels with giant robots. Somewhere amid all the horror, there is a way out, a one- way trip to the Moon, and they are looking for their fare. Calder takes the old pulp novelette form, an ideal template for loveable rogues working caper after caper, and puts his own perverse spin on it; Frenzetta is delightful sick fun.
Found in hedgerow along towpath near Dunham Massey - to be read.
Journal Entry 3 by scampi24 at B&Q Superstore Winwickđź›’ in Warrington , Cheshire United Kingdom on Saturday, October 22, 2005
Released 18 yrs ago (10/22/2005 UTC) at B&Q Superstore Winwickđź›’ in Warrington , Cheshire United Kingdom
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Left on a shelf in the outdoor lighting section.
Left on a shelf in the outdoor lighting section.