Vossoff And Nimmitz: Just A Couple Of Idiots Reupholstering Space And Time

From Booklistvossoff And Nimmitz Are Bumbling Partners In Petty But Nonetheless Grandiose Crime Who Occasionally Succeed At Something, Though Certainly Not At What They Intend. Castro'S Stories About Them First Appeared In The Nowdefunct Science Fiction Age, And In This Collection Are Loosely Tied Together By Interludes Set In A Bar Called Ralphs [Sic], Which Is In No Way A Pleasant Place But Proves An Excellent Venue For Recounting The Pair'S Bizarre Exploits. At First, In Just A Couple Of Sentients Sitting Around Talking, They Seem Potentially Competent, But The Ignominious Fate They Meetbeing Stranded On The Perfectly Featureless Surface Of A World Reputedly Home To Beings Far More Advanced Than Humansdestroys That Illusion. Sf Humor Being What It Iscompare Douglas Adams' Galactic Hitchhiker Yarnsthings Only Get Worse In A Mad Universe In Which A Union Boss Can Organize The Revolt Of The Mitochondria, Only To Be Outsmarted By A Criminal Idiot. As Endearingly Incompetent As Vossoff And Nimmitz Are, One Hopes There Aren'T Interstellar Rogues Of Their Caliber Loose In Our Universe. Regina Schroedercopyright American Library Association. All Rights Reservedproduct Descriptionernst Vossoff Ruthless. Maniacal.Karl Nimmitz Annoying. Incomprehensible. So Doglike He Sticks His Head Out Car Windows To Let His Ears Flap In The Wind.Together With The Wealthy And Glamorous Dejah Shapiro, They Encounter Alien Coffee Tables, Bunny Rabbits The Size Of Planets, And A Certain Cylindrical Space Station. Can The Universe Survive?From Publishers Weeklyernst Vossoff, Wouldbe Interstellar Tycoon, And Karl Nimmitz, His Exceptionally Dim Sidekick, Take The Reader For A Merry Ride Through A Thankfully Distant Galaxy In Castro'S (An Alien Darkness) Zany Collection Of Eight Linked Stories, Which Boast Titles Like Just A Couple Of Extinct Aliens Riding Around In A Limo And Just A Couple Of Ruthless Interstellar Assassins Discussing Real Estate Investments At A Twister Game The Size Of A Planet. Dejah Shapiro, Vossoff'S Impossibly Gorgeous Exwife Who Later Falls In Love With Nimmitz, Provides The Narrative Frame, Purporting To Tell True Stories Of The Bumbling Duo To The Sleazy Aliens Clustered Around A Classic Wrecked Spaceport Bar. (The Jukebox Switched To The Mormon Tabernacle Choir Version Of Louie, Louie.' ) The Sharp, Wideranging Satire Seldom Lapses In Tone Or Taste. In A Ridiculously Lengthy Afterword (Which Happens To Be A Model Of Concision), The Author Elucidates A Few Injokes And Explains That The First Of The Series Was Mainly Inspired By Robert Sheckley, Not The Late Douglas Adams, To Whom The Book Is Dedicated. Sheckley And Adams Fans Will Find Castro A Worthy Successor To Those Two Giants Of Comic Sf.Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.From Library Journalfrom Just A Couple Of Sentients Sitting Around Talking, The Story That Launches The Dubious Careers Of Time And Spacetraveling Ne'Erdowells Ernst Vossoff And Karl Nimmitz To Just A Couple Of Ruthless Interstellar Assassins Discussing Real Estate Investments At A Twister Game The Size Of A Planet, The Final Outing For The Unscrupulous Pair, The Eight Stories In This Collection Present A Smorgasbord Of Slapstick Humor, Oneliners, And Standup Comic Routines Cleverly Disguised As Sf Tall Tales. While The Humor In These Stories May Not Appeal To Everyone, Readers Who Enjoy Their Comedy Loud And Raucous Should Appreciate These Connected Tales First Published In The Nowdefunct Science Fiction Age Magazine. For Large Sf Collections.Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.