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Larry Weiner – Hindu Sex Aliens | Review

Title: Hindu Sex Aliens

Author: Larry Weiner

Type: Fiction

Page Count/Review Word Count: 208

Rating: 4*/5

 

Larry Weiner - Hindu Sex Aliens

Larry Weiner – Hindu Sex Aliens

 

This is a very odd book, even compared to Paradise Rot and Once Again, with Blood, the first two books in this trilogy. This one is the finale of Weiner’s Island books, but this one breaks the pattern of the previous two by basically taking the writing rulebook and setting fire to it.

Weiner himself is a character here, and it works surprisingly well. Weiner doesn’t just break the fourth wall – he drops a nuke on it. The reader is treated to transcripts between Weiner and his psychiatrist as they discuss his writer’s block and his inability to finish the third book in his series. And so of course, in the end, he goes along to the very island that he created to find out what happens.

At the same time, aliens are invading and IT engineers from HP in a parallel universe are making their way to the island. Plus there are yoga mums and Hindu deities and a quite frankly impressive amount of amusing sex. This is delightfully farcical and satirical and a worthy end to the trilogy. Now I think I need a holiday.

 

Larry Weiner

Larry Weiner

 

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David “Zeb” Cook – Baldur’s Gate Manual | Review

Title: Baldur’s Gate Manual

Author: David “Zeb” Cook

Type: Non-Fiction

Page Count/Review Word Count: 160

Rating: 8/10

 

David "Zeb" Cook - Baldur's Gate Manual

David “Zeb” Cook – Baldur’s Gate Manual

 

Well, I can honestly say that when I started this blog, I never thought that I’d be reviewing the instruction manual to a game. That said, I just couldn’t help it – it’s a work of art in itself, a booklet that’s simultaneously a manual of how to play Baldur’s Gate (and its add-on pack, Tales of the Sword Coast) and a historical report on the lands, the races, the wars and the warriors who have shaped the Forgotten Realms.

Baldur’s Gate is a great RPG game, one that set a new standard for generations of gamers and which is memorable for computerising the Dungeons and Dragons rulebook. This then, the instruction manual, has set a new standard of its own. If you’ve ever played the game, then read the manual – no point reading it though, if you haven’t.

 

David "Zeb" Cook

David “Zeb” Cook

 

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