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The Mad Scientist's Guide to World Domination: Original Short Fiction for the Modern Evil Genius Paperback – February 19, 2013

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Paperback: 368 pages
Publisher: Tor Books (February 19, 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0765326450
ISBN-13: 978-0765326454
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.8 x 9 inches
Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 81 customer reviews
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Pabkins

Are you a Villain Sympathizer!? I am!

March 12, 2014

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Are you a Villain Sympathizer!? Do you have delusions of grandeur? Stay up late night plotting a world takeover? Or perhaps find yourself with an insane cackle or a desire to create weapons of mass destruction!? You do!!? Well then The Mad Scientist’s Guide to World Domination is EXACTLY the short fiction collection for you! Villains can make or break a book for me, and I think if I could picture myself in a story, I would so be a villain. They have the best toys, and the in my mind some outrageous looking nutso fun. Alright maybe up until they die anyhow.

When I came across this collection, a little voice inside my head was chanting, please don’t suck, please don’t suck. Haha! Thankfully a mad genius must have compiled it because there was nary a story I didn’t enjoy. Be warned the content, style, and overall atmosphere of the stories vary greatly. Some are hilarious (Professor Incognito Apologizes: An Itemized List), others are dire and some can even be a bit crass.

I was going to hash out and rate each individual story, but alas I got so wrapped up that I just couldn’t be bothered to stop between stories. Plus there is a nifty little description at the front of each so why should I ruin the fun for you. I can tell you this though, if the theme of the collection appeals to you, I have no doubt that it will be enjoyed.

What…you’re still here!? *Breaks out her mind control ray gun* – if you’re a fan of the super villain, mad scientists, or just like to root for the bad guy at times, The Mad Scientist’s Guide to World Domination is a collection definitely worth its salt.

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David

A real keeper that rings the right evil bells

May 13, 2016

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One of the better points of this book is the wide variety of angles presented. Most are funny-to-hilarious, but everything hews to the topic. I was especially amused to see some villains turn out to be the actual heroes, because the 'hero' was an idiot or a real mess. From the Lex Luthor analog protecting the world from a 'Superman' with an unusual and dangerous component to the wives of 'monsters' such as Victor Frankenstein winding up as Victorian roommates of convenience, I haven't encountered such a wild mix in a long time. Definitely an A+.

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Avery Abernethy

Interesting Idea - But Not Very Engaging

August 4, 2017

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A collection of short stories by different authors about Mad Scientists. The idea was so intriguing that I purchased this. Regretfully, I could not get into the book and abandoned it after reading half of the stories. The book did not hold my interest. The writing, editing and what not were acceptable, but the stories themselves did not engage me.

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Katie Loves to Read

Long, Tedious and Mostly Boring

December 27, 2014

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This anthology was so long and the stories so drawn out that I had to put it down for a month or two before tackling it again. I loved the premise, but the execution by some of the author's was just not to my liking at all. In particular Galbadon' s story was ridiculous. It was pointless, often incoherent, and a waste of time. I couldn't even finish it. The rest of the book wasn't nearly as awful, but some stories were close.

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Nelson Chereta

Good, but not quite what I expected

March 18, 2014

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I have always found villains to be fascinating characters. Darth Vader, Hannibal Lector, the Lannister family and others have captured my imagination and often interested me more than the heroes of the stories. So when I saw this I was immediately interested. I wanted to read about brilliant and charismatic villains and their struggles for power and fame.

There was surprisingly little of that in this book.

Many of the stories read as allegories. Moral tales that lacked much action and instead focused on some important lesson. Those can be enjoyable, but I would have liked more of the stories to actually be about mad scientists who were acting like mad scientists.

I would have given this three stars except for the story 'Mofongo Knows.' It was far and away my favorite in the anthology. You come to truly identify with and care about the main character. He is oddly 'human' and while the story is tragic it is also beautiful and touching.

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Anthony B

Only a few gems in this collection

November 21, 2014

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A mostly mediocre collection of stories, with a few which actually had good twists on the mad scientist concept.

Highlights:

Laughter at the Academy - Seanan McGuire
Ancient Equations - L.A. Banks

Clunkers:

The Space Between - Diana Gabaldon
The Pittsburgh Technology - Jeffrey Ford
The Food Taster's Boy - Ben H. Winters

The blurbs before each story were also very annoying, and often gave away plot elements which should not have been revealed. And after each story, the editor made sure to plug as many of his anthologies as possible.

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JediAccountant

Deep in your heart, you always sort of admired them

April 9, 2013

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A lovely guilty pleasure. One of the downsides of Big Science is that everything is a Team Effort. The role of the individual is overlooked. Also, let's admit that many traditional superheroes are severly lacking in the sense of humor department. My favorite was the female consultant and coach who not only took over the supervillians technology, but took over the world and added herself to Mt. Rushmore. There are just times when you've got to admire chutzpah.

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DeathSpiral

Very entertaining and fun, with large variety of stlyes, tales, perspectives, & mad science

May 25, 2015

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I enjoyed this series of short stories. It includes a WIDE VARIETY of styles, tales, perspectives, weight, and mad sciences - just what you like in a compilation of shorts. Very entertaining and glad that I made the purchase. Fun.

The stories at the start and end of the book were my favorites, including Father of the Groom (!), Letter to the Editor, Vectors and Propertie4s in Nemesis Relatinships, Rural Singularity, Rocks Fall, & Mofongo knows. The Space Between didn't do much for me, a bit drawn out in getting to the point.

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Mad scientists are a hugely important part of our collective imagination. We all know them, we've followed their stories.Read more

GOT this book for my mom and she loved it

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Five Stars

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E. Bennet

For the laymen?

I really wanted to love these stories, however I found them to be mostly pretty boring. Maybe they are intended more for non scientists that like science, rather than scientists...Read more

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Midge E. Marino

Anything by Diana Gabaldon is great

Good reading!!

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Fenrix

Highly recommended. Sadly

Mofongo Knows by Grady Hendrix was a stand out in this collection. Glorious two-fisted pulp with a chewy pathos core of relationships and aging. Highly recommended.Read more

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superquad3

Horrible storyline...no problem w the seller

I rated a 4 for the story, not the seller. The book sucks as far as storyline.

Published on February 9, 2016

evan flood

Four Stars

Some great stories

Published on February 8, 2016

Pamela A Kullman

so happy to find a clean non cigarette smelling version

Didn't want to pay full price on a book already on my Kindle..so happy to find a clean non cigarette smelling version! Diana Galbadon ' s story , The Space Between is my fave!

Published on September 4, 2015

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