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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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I couldn't put this book down!, 3 Mar 1999
By A Customer
I thought that Highland Laddie Gone, in Ms. McCrumb's "Elizabeth MacPherson" series was one of the funniest mysteries I'd ever read. That was until I picked up this book and spent one side-splitting night reading it.As a person who has attended various science fiction conventions, I recognized many of the characters in the book. The characterizations are too funny and very realistic. Dr. James Owen Mega (aka Jay Omega) is an engineering professor at the local college, and the author of "Bimbos of the Death Sun", a new science fiction novel. He is attending his first science fiction convention as a guest author, and is bewildered to discover that he has literally entered another world. Guiding Dr. Mega through the world of sci fi fandom is english professor, Dr. Marion Farley, Emma Peel fan and Dr. Mega's significant other. The entire convention is thrown into a tailspin when the main guest of honor, author Appin Dungannon, is found murdered in his hotel room. Jay and Marion decide to help the police discover who would kill him. A must for anyone who has ever attended a science fiction convention.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Fandom Laughs--Don't lend this book--EVER., 6 Feb 2001
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Yes, the title does take the mickey. As does the book. For those of us who don't "get" Trekkies and the whole Sci-Fi thing, this is the book for you. Written totally tongue-in-cheek, McCrumb details the murder at a SF Con with all its hilarious characters & consequences. My erstwhile, who is a Sci-Fi fan, swears he knows who these people are (sad but true). I use this in my trans-genre fiction subject and students love it.Read this for a laugh--oh and the mystery is quite good too. Then really treat yourself and get a hold of _Zombies of the Gene Pool_ the equally good follow up. McCrumb must hold the record for the best titles (_If I'd Killed Him When I Met Him_, is *the* best title of all times).
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Does to cons what should be done to cons, 3 July 1999
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Before I start, let me say that I'm a minor SMOF (secret master of fandom) who has been a panelist and masquerade MC at several regional cons and one Worldcon. I wrote fan fiction, married an APAhacker, and participated in regular D&D runs until recently. I didn't go to cons for a while due to financial problems, but I'm going to Readercon next weekend. I'm also in the SCA.And I thought this book was hilarious, and very much on point when it came to cons. I know a lot of fen who hated it because it stereotyped fandom...unfortunately, they forgot to remove the beam from their own eyes when contemplating the mote in Sharyn McCrumb's. This is a devastatingly accurate portrait of a small con, down to the enthusiastic fen who do nothing except write comments for each other's zines. There are plenty of everyday, normal weight folk who go to cons and live their lives, but that doesn't mean there aren't plenty of the Bernard Buchanans out there. I loved it. And I really wish she'd write a third book in the series, maybe set at an SCA war. I know Mary Pulver did it already, but McCrumb can write her into the ground....
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