hskey's review against another edition
3.0
Just as enjoyable as Bimbos of the Death Sun. McCrumb has a great sense of humor, and the interweaving of fandom, nostalgia, sci-fi is pretty impressive. It never really took off for me, but I think I wasn't paying attention properly to each individual character. If anything, I wanted the book to be longer which is always a good sign!
quietjenn's review against another edition
3.0
Like the first, it’s silly but entertaining and the mystery is pretty incidental.
innae's review against another edition
2.0
I didn't even make any notes about this book when I read it. I wanted to read it because Bimbos was so fun...this one wasn't as good.
greyscarf's review against another edition
funny
informative
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
This book came out in 1992 & the only thing that’s changed is the technology
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexism
Minor: Adult/minor relationship
cmbohn's review against another edition
3.0
Sequel to Bimbos of the Death Sun, but not nearly as funny. Death at a writer's retreat, if I remember right.
djwudi's review against another edition
3.0
A light but enjoyable sequel to [b:Bimbos of the Death Sun|471512|Bimbos of the Death Sun (Jay Omega, #1)|Sharyn McCrumb|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1288223342s/471512.jpg|459808], picking up a few years later as Jay Omega and girlfriend Marion join a professor friend and former SF author on a trip to a reunion of a storied group of Golden Age SF authors. Where Bimbos used a SF/F con as its setting, Zombies uses the reunion to evoke much of early SF fandom and how it changed over the next few decades. More sedate than Bimbos, Zombies has less of the fandom snark and less humor, but is certainly not without occasional doses of both.
jayshay's review
2.0
In the end this book and its companion 'Bimbos of the Death Sun' is a counter voice to the ascendancy of fandom. These are books that are deeply ambivalent about an engaged audience. Fan is fanatical. Personally I find the narrator's voice too caustic, like that friend that rips everyone else down when you are talking with them - but the second you leave you know they'll be doing the same to you. Not person you really want to hang out with, but interesting to have encountered.
I enjoyed this book less than Bimbos because I was more interested in the convention setting of the last book - while this book seemed more bleak with the narrator looking down on aged authors and fans - shaking its head and judging harshly all it saw.
I enjoyed this book less than Bimbos because I was more interested in the convention setting of the last book - while this book seemed more bleak with the narrator looking down on aged authors and fans - shaking its head and judging harshly all it saw.
jenniferbbookdragon's review
5.0
When a group of sci fi writers who started out together as teens in a small town have a reunion, death, identity and a time capsule complicate things. Very funny, with great references to sci fi, RPGs, cons, and fandom.
bent's review
3.0
As with its predecessor, an original, funny approach to the mystery novel, deftly combining scifi fanaticism with the traditional whodunit. Alas, there was never a third book in the series.
wealhtheow's review against another edition
2.0
The sequel to [b:Bimbos of the Death Sun|471512|Bimbos of the Death Sun|Sharyn McCrumb|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175035012s/471512.jpg|459808], though not any better. McCrumb has invented her own science fiction fandom--the same basics (zines, conventions, BNFs) but with made-up authors and terms. Her characters are uninteresting, her humor is forced, and the fictional fandom is painful to read. Also, sadly dated. It's an ok read, but I'd hardly recommend it.