Finished: Hal Spacejock by Bud Sparhawk
Loved it! It's a rolicking space opera of non-epic proportions. I mostly read in the car on the daily commute, and it made my husband laugh along with me as I read some of the funnier passages to him. Hal, a pilot who doesn't know how to fly, Clunk, Hal's wisecracking sidekick robot, and Navcom, Hal's navigation computer who actually flies Hal's broken down rocket ship make an unlikely team of ... well, heroes isn't the word ... characters who keep the action going and never say "die," even thought they narrowly escept death on practically every page. Also, there are loads of cow poop jokes. I highly recommend this book to anyone looking for an easy, enjoyable read.
Currently Reading: The Onnuissance Cells by our own Steve Jordan
I'm at page 109 of 515. I'm enjoying it very much so far! I have been delighted thus far to find that it caught me with the first couple of paragraphs and I buzzed through the first 100 pages in about 2 hours without putting it down. But then I had to go to the bathroom, but that's neither here nor there. OK, see, knowing a bit about that political animal, Steve, I can pick up his message pretty easily. But if one were to pick up this book in a bookstore and read the back cover, it would be a keeper due to the interesting characters, future world he creates, and the mystery that I am just now getting into. It's always tricky to read and review someone's work if you know them, because you don't want to say anything bad about something as intimate as writing, but in this case, I can wholeheartedly endorse this book. The only con: Small Print! But that can't be entirely blamed on Steve.....
