One of a series of comedy science fiction novels featuring slow-witted detective Frank Burly. By John Swartzwelder, the writer of 59 episodes of The Simpsons.
Earth Vs. Everybody
and over one million other books are available for Amazon Kindle.
Learn more
| |||||||||||||||
Book Description
Frequently Bought Together
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
More About the Author
Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Swartzwelder Vs. Everybody,
By
Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?)
This review is from: Earth Vs. Everybody (Paperback)
Spoiler! Swartzwelder wins. In his latest Frank Burly scifi extravaganza, John Swartzwelder does not disappoint. I'm a big fan of anything the man has ever written, so maybe this is a biased review, but I'm assuming that if you're considering picking a copy of Earth vs. Everybody for yourself, you're probably a huge Swartzwelder fan as well.
How Swartzwelder is able to keep the Burly series from going stale is a mystery. I keep buying these books expecting the one that finally lets me know that Swartzwelder has had it, but that book never comes. This book, as far as I can tell, is Swartzwelder's take on Gulliver's Travels. Burly bounces from planet to planet, interacting with their inhabitants as only Frank Burly can, that is, as a dumb white American. God bless him. This book has everything. It's got space travel, time travel, epic space chases, convoluted mystery plots, and jokes, did i mention it's got jokes? In Earth vs. Everybody, Swartzwelder reminds his devoted followers why they will never stop buying his books the week they are released. No, not every single joke was the funniest thing I'd ever read. Yes, I looked like a crazy person, laughing uncontrollably as I read the book in public. If you're a Swartzwelder fan, stop reading this review and buy the book already. If you've never read Swartzwelder's stuff before, I've only got the same advice. Buy this book. Hell, buy all of Swartzwelder's books! If more of them sell, maybe Swartzwelder will take to writing more than one a year!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Earth vs. Everybody,
This review is from: Earth Vs. Everybody (Paperback)
This book is very good and funny. I am very satisfied with my purchase and all of his books in this series.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Not Swartzwelder's Best But Still Better Than Any Other Humour Writer Out There,
By
This review is from: Earth Vs. Everybody (Paperback)
I always look forward to John Swartzwelder's annual literary outing and I haven't been disappointed yet.
His newest book, "Earth vs. Everybody," features further exploits of the sometimes-detective Frank Burly. This time, after taking a very unsatisfactory vacation, Burly decides to go into a different line of business - crime. However, there's something different about the boss of CrimeCo (Formerly Crime & Sons). While Burly's exploits with CrimeCo are funny in their own right, they're really just the jumping off point to intergalactic trials and war, homelessness for profit, bullying aliens and a bit of time travel thrown in for good measure. Now, this isn't Swartzwelder's best book but let me stress that it's still outstanding. The only reason I say it's not his best is because I thought his previous book, "Dead Men Scare Me Stupid," was one of the funniest books I've ever read. I was busting a gut through the entire read and it was hard to live up the expectations that I had for this new book. "Earth vs. Everybody" didn't have me laughing like "Dead Men..." but it is still hilarious, has many laugh-out-loud moments and is a great read that I'd recommend to anyone who likes to laugh.
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
Inside This Book
(learn more)
Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs):
(learn more)
big boss, intergalactic police, doomsday shroud Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Central City, Larry Laffman, Doug Rogers, Frank Burly, Sergeant Dobson, Secret Service, Alpha Centauri, The Mayor, Galactic Enemy Number Six Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
big boss, intergalactic police, doomsday shroud Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Central City, Larry Laffman, Doug Rogers, Frank Burly, Sergeant Dobson, Secret Service, Alpha Centauri, The Mayor, Galactic Enemy Number Six Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
Listmania!
|
|
