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Bertie in Spaaaaaace!!
Asimov's review of "Trunk And Disorderly" by Charles Stross:
In his latest, a spiffing romp through the post-Singularity (the way it ought to be), a plum cove, the heroically named Ralph, innocently falls into the most inconvenient kinds of difficulties—the kinds of dashed troubles only a half-sister’s beer-guzzling miniature pachyderm and a high-maintenance biomechanical girlfriend can afford a man—not to mention that bally fuss with the Emir of Mars’s rotten Vizier and his rude eunuchs. What’s a poor fellow to do, when he’d rather be having real fun (avoiding self-immolation in the process)? Thankfully, Miss Feng will see it through. This one’s got it all: high adventure, romance, booze, mind-controlled zombies, and, worst threat of all, meddling aunties—all that rot—so do us a favor and don’t miss “Trunk and Disorderly,” what ho!
My review - Don't miss it! It's in the January 2007 issue of Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine. Look for it on the newsstands - it should be out, soon. (I happen to have a subscription so I get issues rather far ahead of time.) His Bertie is called Ralphie, Miss Feng is the Jeeves of the piece (and is called a butler rather than a valet, but I suppose he thought the average reader might not recognize the word valet), and slash opportunities do not abound mainly because the two friends he's hanging with are basically a Transformer and a Dalek, but it's a fun, fun story. :)
In his latest, a spiffing romp through the post-Singularity (the way it ought to be), a plum cove, the heroically named Ralph, innocently falls into the most inconvenient kinds of difficulties—the kinds of dashed troubles only a half-sister’s beer-guzzling miniature pachyderm and a high-maintenance biomechanical girlfriend can afford a man—not to mention that bally fuss with the Emir of Mars’s rotten Vizier and his rude eunuchs. What’s a poor fellow to do, when he’d rather be having real fun (avoiding self-immolation in the process)? Thankfully, Miss Feng will see it through. This one’s got it all: high adventure, romance, booze, mind-controlled zombies, and, worst threat of all, meddling aunties—all that rot—so do us a favor and don’t miss “Trunk and Disorderly,” what ho!
My review - Don't miss it! It's in the January 2007 issue of Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine. Look for it on the newsstands - it should be out, soon. (I happen to have a subscription so I get issues rather far ahead of time.) His Bertie is called Ralphie, Miss Feng is the Jeeves of the piece (and is called a butler rather than a valet, but I suppose he thought the average reader might not recognize the word valet), and slash opportunities do not abound mainly because the two friends he's hanging with are basically a Transformer and a Dalek, but it's a fun, fun story. :)