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Strontium Dog novels #2
Strontium Dog: Prophet Margin
Strontium Dog, Johnny Alpha, is on the hunt for the uber-hedonist and crimelord "Mister Grinn". Alpha discovers that Grinn is hiding from the law on a remote swamp world where he plans to conduct a mass suicide a la Rev Jim Jones style Strontium Dog, Johnny Alpha, is on the hunt for the uber-hedonist and crimelord "Mister Grinn". Alpha discovers that Grinn is hiding from the law on a remote swamp world where he plans to conduct a mass suicide a la Rev Jim Jones style
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256 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 2005
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October 12, 2022
I have been a long time fan of 2000AD, and Starlord. I have always enjoyed Strontium Dog *Spoiler Alert* (apart when they killed him off in the comics).
I enjoyed the first prose book in this series also, Bad Timing by Rebecca Levene.
Unfortunately this book by Simon Spurrier is terrible. It is trying too hard to be clever and in doing so the pacing of the story suffers greatly.
It is unnecessarily over descriptive, how this got past an editor mystifies me it should have been trimmed down to provide a much better story focus.
I had got 30% into the story and had got so frustrated with unneeded blether and lack of progress that I gave up. (which to be honest I very rarely do, I think this is only the fourth book I have DNF'ed). I might try it again, but I doubt it and I certainly will give Simon Spurrier a wide berth from now onward.
I enjoyed the first prose book in this series also, Bad Timing by Rebecca Levene.
Unfortunately this book by Simon Spurrier is terrible. It is trying too hard to be clever and in doing so the pacing of the story suffers greatly.
It is unnecessarily over descriptive, how this got past an editor mystifies me it should have been trimmed down to provide a much better story focus.
I had got 30% into the story and had got so frustrated with unneeded blether and lack of progress that I gave up. (which to be honest I very rarely do, I think this is only the fourth book I have DNF'ed). I might try it again, but I doubt it and I certainly will give Simon Spurrier a wide berth from now onward.
June 12, 2024
Brutal, snarky fun with the Strontium Dogs!
This is a decent yarn about spiritual shenanigans attracting the attention of Johnny Alpha, the Man in Green, temporarily without his usual partner Wulf Sternhammer and forced to pal up with vastly inferior sidekick Kid Knee in a quest to find the loathsome Grinn, freshly released from prison and out for revenge.
It's a funny and well-written tale of galactic excess, religious gullibility and good old-fashioned criminal activity. The action is set in some imaginative locations and feature brutal fights, gritty violence and plenty of Pratchettesque side eye and humorous asides.
Makes for a decent read, but some fans might find this Johnny Alpha a little too tortured and hard-bitten compared to Wagner's original.
This is a decent yarn about spiritual shenanigans attracting the attention of Johnny Alpha, the Man in Green, temporarily without his usual partner Wulf Sternhammer and forced to pal up with vastly inferior sidekick Kid Knee in a quest to find the loathsome Grinn, freshly released from prison and out for revenge.
It's a funny and well-written tale of galactic excess, religious gullibility and good old-fashioned criminal activity. The action is set in some imaginative locations and feature brutal fights, gritty violence and plenty of Pratchettesque side eye and humorous asides.
Makes for a decent read, but some fans might find this Johnny Alpha a little too tortured and hard-bitten compared to Wagner's original.
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