Tropic of Skorpeo

by Michael Morrissey

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"Princess Juraletta is bored. She has spent her entire life in Venera Castle but is about to be married to the crusty old Fissionable Duke. Will her life ever be interesting? Is she ever going to have an adventure? And, given his medical condition, will her husband survive their wedding night? Meanwhile, Rhameo is having more adventures than one young prince can handle. Whoring in the Gardens of Fleschimor, hunting tigers in the jungles of ancient Erath, being kidnapped by Amazons and show more sauced up for the evening meal... But his ambitious mother is arranging his marriage in the hopes of stabilising a galaxy riven by war. This does not bode well. Thankfully, the machinations of Lord Maledor, invading armies of Punkoids, Slutoids, and Sleazoids, space sirens, the amorous Octopus, and the mysterious Dark Magician should help bring the already simmering plot to the boil. The very future of the Galaxy is at stake... Can good triumph over evil?"--Back cover. show less

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darushawehm 58 reviews

I inhaled this book like a big bag of Smartfood. Sort of a 21st century HItchhikers' Guide, but without the grounding in reality of an Arthur Dent, this is a glorious parody of ray-gun scifi, while actually being very amusing ray-gun scifi itself.

Underneath the ridiculous aliens, deus ex machinae and gratuitous tentacle sex, though, is a cogent examination of the role of war in fiction and myth. By taking the Shakespearean tropes of bitter rivals, star-crossed lovers and sneaky disguises and reducing them to the absurd, Morrissey both pays homage to and subverts these classic English literature concepts.

Or maybe I'm just trying to justify eating popcorn for dinner.

Oct 24, 2015

timjones 280 reviews

Here is my review from Landfall Review Online:

http://landfallreviewonline.blogspot.co.nz/2013/09/punkoids-and-slutoids.html#!/...

Sep 7, 2013

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