Puss & Boots In The 23rd Century [Paperback]

Jack McClure (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2008

Two strong women fought the enemy in a long, brutal and seemingly hopeless ground war for years, until the Chinese finally blinked and went back home. Now these two realize that they must fight an even more cynical and devious enemy in order to bring America back from thirty years of chaos. But this new enemy is their own government, and its omnipotent media syncopate, the Network. Puss and Boots are legends in the Army for their kill-skills and when they finally accept their new mission, they get help from their old comrades-in-arms, as well as a few new and different friends. The White House and the Network elite are not pleased with Puss & Boots' decision and disruptive actions, therefore they begin to take counter-measures...

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About the Author

Jack McClure is a skeptic, always has been and always will be. He has done many things in his life, and learned from all of them. He has chopped brush for surveyors in the "fever swamps" of Western Kentucky, told people what to do in mills and factories, written regulations for governments; and then, in the private sector, written environmental impact statements to meet those same regulations. (Perhaps this is what inspired him to write science fiction!) He is a geologist and so knows about the earth and everything on it. He was also a factory manager and so knows about the people who must work to live on it. And Jack was a government bureaucrat as well so he knows how governments work. And don't... Jack has spent much of his time in the past, either peering at old rocks or reenacting ancient battles. However, in his literary choices, he tends to look to the distant, and often improbable, future.

Product Details

• Paperback: 678 pages
• Publisher: Iron Thumb Press (January 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0615194605
• ISBN-13: 978-0615194608
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,976,264 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Next, please...:O, May 1, 2008

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Gina R. Duvall (Tennessee) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Puss & Boots In The 23rd Century (Paperback)

Puss & Boots in the 23rd Century, is the first of a series of post-apocoylptic, WWIII scenarios, and tells the story of two very _strong_ heroines and one _very _unlikely ally.

Boots, who is Bold, Big, and Brave, is an extremely competent warrior. Her strengths include the ability to see events strategically...though, never let it be said that her tactics lag behind.

Puss, (who is Boot's friend, compatriate, and lover), is equally important, both in her Amer-Indian trained ability to hunt, and in her ability to think tactically.

And, unexpectectedly, and perfectly, Bila, the hunk from the Cro-Magnum age, is both their equal, and in some cases, their mentor.

America has fallen under military rule. The NET rules the world, and placates the mindless. This trio, despite multi-millenia social logstones, manages to itinerate the defeat of Evil and the restoration of the Constitution. America, as originally conceptualized by their founders, founds a strong base of support within the story-line, and within its development. No longer can the "Net" obliviate the masses with increasingly pornographic and violent presentations. _Some_ people _think_. And as they think, they _see_. And with their sight, the restoration of the Constitution of the United States is required, no less demanded than the initiation of the Declaration of Indepencence.

Remember "Boots as Boss" and Puss as "Pussy Footing". The intitial chapters of this book require strict attention, as the author's viewpoint switches frequently from one character to another. As you advance in the story, however, both characters become unique, and special, and with the inclusion of a time-traveler, vastly more interesting.

(Confession)

I could not read Huck Finn by Mark Twain, because the dialect threw me off. In Puss and Boots, I had to perservere through the first two chapters, because the military lingo and the advance in time threw the dialect off enough that I had to slow down and think.

Let me tell you now.

This is a wonderful story. Once you get the hang of the dialect, it becomes one that you can't put down. I read Puss & Boots in the 23rd Century in one day. And I wanted the next snippets, immediately.

Enough, said.

Buy this book.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars To bring sanity back to a chaotic nation, August 8, 2008

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Puss & Boots In The 23rd Century (Paperback)

Two strong women, both war veterans, return home to find that matters are even worse off the battlefield. "Puss & Boots in the 23rd Century" is an exciting science fiction thriller following accomplished soldiers Puss and Boots as they stand against a corrupt government and an all controlling media to bring sanity back to a chaotic nation, with the help of only a few individuals willing to stand beside them. Highly recommended for community library science fiction collections.

1.0 out of 5 stars Yikes...someone get this guy an editor, STAT, April 28, 2009

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An Calime - See all my reviews

This review is from: Puss & Boots in the 23rd Century (Kindle Edition)

The dialogue is absolutely terrible -- not only is most of it hard to follow because of how much the author "accents" it, it's stilted and trite once you do figure out what's being said. The story, such as it is, is presented with about as much style as it takes to dump a bag of scrabble tiles on a table. Sadly, I could see this being a reasonably interesting concept if it were structured and paced better, and if the dialogue wasn't so ridiculous every time any character opened their mouth.

Might be worth getting this for free, but there's no reason to pay money for something this bad.