The Plutonium Blonde
"My name is Zachary Nixion Johnson. I am the last private detective on Earth...not exactly one hundred percent true, but it sounds good." "The year is 2057 and, after a handful of species-altering upheavals, earth-shatteringc cataclysms, history changing extra-terrestrial contacts, and...
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"My name is Zachary Nixion Johnson. I am the last private detective on Earth...not exactly one hundred percent true, but it sounds good." "The year is 2057 and, after a handful of species-altering upheavals, earth-shatteringc cataclysms, history changing extra-terrestrial contacts, and pop-culture disasters, the world is now a pretty safe place..." "But every once in a while some crazy thing happens that threatens all of society, all of humanity, or the entire space-time continuum." "And for some reason it always happens on my watch." So begins the first installment of this all-new, all-hilarious trilogy that pokes fun at the pulps, and skewers sci-fi, as a private dick of the future goes after the most dangerous prey of all...The Plutonium Blonde.
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780756400064 (0756400066)
Publish date: September 1st 2001
Publisher: DAW
Pages no: 342
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Humor,
Comedy,
Science Fiction,
Mystery,
Detective,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Crime,
Noir,
Pulp
Series: Zachary Nixon Johnson (#1)
Read this one in college. I remember quite liking it -- a fun little insane cyborg mystery -- but what stands out in my memory is the hero detective's internal A.I. partner, who constantly pokes fun at him and makes quips. A very funny book.Yet I don't seem to have cared enough to follow along with ...