Blonde Bombshell [Paperback]

Product Details

• Paperback: 368 pages
• Publisher: Orbit
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1841497789
• ISBN-13: 978-1841497785
• Product Dimensions: 6 x 1.2 x 9.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,776,942 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great humorous fantasy, June 6, 2010

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S. Baskin - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blonde Bombshell (Paperback)

What can you say about an author like Tom Holt?

His books are creative, odd, hilarious, and great reads, and Blonde Bombshell is no exception.

Blonde Bombshell takes place in the near future and revolves around computer genius Lucy Pavlov and intergalactic bomb, Mark Two (who takes a body and calls himself Mark Twain), and their efforts to stop the Ostar (an intergalactic race driven mad by the radio music signals humans sent through space) from blowing up Earth.

While at some points Blonde Bombshell is a little hard to follow, its off the wall humor more than makes up for it. Blonde Bombshell jokes about everything from corporate stooges, to the misuse of common expressions, to the idiocy of popular culture, hitting the mark on most of these jokes. But besides the humor, Holt demonstrates his ability as a talented writer in this novel, placing himself in the company of the irreverent Douglas Adams.

All in all readers should read Blonde Bombshell for the humor, and those that give this rip-roarious novel a chance will not be disappointed. An excellent read for fans of A. Lee Martinez, Christopher Moore, Terry Pratchett, and Douglas Adams, as this humorous fantasy novel provides exactly what it promises, a great summer read.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Barking Good Time, December 20, 2010

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kairosguy "Mr. O" (Eastern, MA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blonde Bombshell (Paperback)

Tom Holt is rapidly becoming one of my favorite authors. He has the gift of envisioning an alternate world in great detail, and using its differences to illuminate our own. At the same time, he never falls into the sci-fi author trap of explaining how his Master Thesis(tm) actually really *would* work and finally show all those people who picked on him in grammar school what a smart guy he really is. No, Holt just delivers up hilarious punchline after hilarious punchline, while considering what it means to be human (by looking at us through the eyes of super-evolved canines). Douglas Adams and PG Wodehouse would be proud of the absurdities Holt has cooked up, and the excellent use to which he has put them.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not just for sci-fi fans, October 6, 2010

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This review is from: Blonde Bombshell (Paperback)

This is a very cleverly written and funny book and not just for science fiction lovers. Being a dog lover, I found the ending to be superb. It is a very quick read, I have been recommending it to anyone who will listen.