Advantages: Great characters, excellent humour Disadvantages: Looks like it might be a bit of a wait for Book 4.
...forces of New Luton!
Wrath of the Lemming Men is the third novel about Space Captain Smith, and sees the line still growing in confidence after hitting its stride with the previous God Emperor of Didcot. This is pulp science-fiction with lashings of humour, tea and tiffin, and a staggering body count.
Pastiche is not an easy genre in which to spin out three novels, and it's a credit to Frost that Smith is still a solid and likeable character. With ... ...Didcot parodied the Dune novels, Wrath of the Lemming Men seems to have Star Wars in its sights. We have a cantina scene, and the rather marvellous George Benson, who doesn't quite get enough to do. The climactic battle scenes owe more than a little to certain moments in The Empire Strikes Back, but still with plenty of Frost's own ideas to make sure that this is a novel in its own right, rather than a mere parody.
Possibly my favourite bit was ...
Olly_Plimsoll 01.07.2009
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