THE VACCINATOR by the Award-winning author of SPARES. A hilarious SF/noir satire. A hitman, a scam and a group of aliens on the make in Florida. ANDY WARHOL'S DRACULA by the award winning author of ANNO DRACULA. Part of Newman's stunning alternate history Vampire epic this takes a vampire out of the shadows and into the self-regarding glare of a 1970's New York peopled by characters from films and real life.
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ANDY WARHOL'S DRACULA by Kim Newman
ANDY WARHOL'S DRACULA by Kim Newman
'Moving like a wraith in an ever narrowing gyre around the very solid Andy Warhol is Ion Popescu, a vampire transplant from Romania, reborn here as Johnny Pop. Revelations leap at you from every page. You nod in recognition, you smile in wonder (in envy if you're a writer) at the marvels of interconnectedness and correspondence between Johnny Pop's '70s and the decade the rest of us survived.' F. PAUL WILSON
THE VACCINATOR by Michael Marshall Smith
'The crucial thing about Michael Marshall Smith is that he is enormously readable. Once you have started one of his books, you won't want to stop. He has the talent to become an inspiration to a generation of writers' The Independent
Not quite a parody of Men in Black, but a gently sarcastic reminder of how thta film could have been if it hadn't gone for the blurry option. By the end of the story, otherness both disguises and signalises identity. As usual, we're the aliens. As usual in Michael Marshall Smith's fiction, it's just not convenient for us to acknowledge that. At the present time.' M. JOHN HARRISON
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SALES POINTS * 'The best and brightest from Britain's genre writers. A lavish feast . . . a gourmet treat' THE TIMES * 'Fiction that is blessed by the devil himself' DAILY EXPRESS * 'A good example of what is best about the dark fantasy of century's end' DREAMWATCH * Two pieces of original long fiction for the price of one * Critically acclaimed authors * Unique adult publishing initiative
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By A. Howe
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Get it for Michael Marshall Smith, because if you're in any way a fan you'll want to read all of his work, no matter how short. Don't bother flipping it over and reading the other story, which should never have been combined with MMS anyway ;-)
As always, Michael's work is cutting satire, mystery and plain weirdness. Love it, can't get enough.
As always, Michael's work is cutting satire, mystery and plain weirdness. Love it, can't get enough.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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You see, reading 'Binary 2' is like making love to a beautiful woman. You've got to take your time, savour the atmosphere, go with the flow - and when you're finished, you can turn it over and start again...
But enough of the Swiss Tony impression. Being far more familiar with Michael Marshall Smith's work than with Kim Newman's, I picked up 'Binary 2' on the basis that it offered me a fresh fix of MMS while I'm waiting for 'Straw Men' to be published. 'The Vaccinator' reads like a cross between 'Men in Black' and 'Hawaii 5-0', and as one might expect from an MMS story, it's eventful, eminently readable and cooler than Frosty the Snowman in dark glasses.
'Andy Warhol's Dracula' is a slightly different kettle of fish, being darker in tone but matching the knowing humour of 'Vaccinator'. I've only read a few of Newman's short stories, but it's clear that his favourite pastime is remodelling the twentieth century around a fictional conceit, then mixing in a variety of real and fictional characters to suit the situation. 'Warhol' presents a late twentieth century in which vampirism is not only genuine, but romanticised and even fetishised in Europe. It follows Dracula's hippest son on an odyssey to the New World and through Andy Warhol's pop art world, intercut with mock academic critique to add a depth of background flavour not often found in a novella. 'Warhol' demands more of its reader than 'Vaccinator', requiring at least a passing familiarity with the 1970s world on which Newman hangs his sleight-of-reality references, but is just as entertaining as Michael Marshall Smith's more easy-going piece.
All in all, good light reading. Not so much a literary snack as a midnight feast.
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This is another good story by Michael Marshall Smith, who is in a league of his own when it comes to unusual story lines.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
2 novellas - both intriguing but neither great
A very quick read and quite entertaining, but I can't help feeling both could have been so much more if they've been novels rather than novellas. Read more
Published on 15 Jan 2003 by PB
3.0 out of 5 stars
Appetiser for the real thing.
Its easy to see where the comparisons lie between 'The Vaccinator' and Men in Black. Maybe Mr Smith cribbed the idea but he regurgitates it very well. Read more
Published on 5 Jan 2001
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