Out of the Soylent Planet (A Rex Nihilo Adventure) (Starship Grifters Book 0)
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| Rating | : | 4.83 (584 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B071YPKJ22 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 584 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-02-26 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
To escape, Rex and Sasha team up with a mis-programmed combat drone and an intelligent mutant plant to lead a rebellion against their merciless corporate overlords.Out of the Soylent Planet is a novel-length prequel to Starship Grifters, the book NYT bestselling author Hugh Howey called "one of my favorite space romps of all time."This edition of Out of the Soylent Planet also contains the story The Chicolini Incident.. Railroaded into smuggling a shipment of contraband to a planet short on food, Rex finds himself on the run from an insidious corporation named Ubiqorp, which reaps obscene profits by keeping the planet dependent on shipments of synthetic rations. When Rex and his long-suffering robot companion Sasha are sentenced to work as slave labor on a massive Ubiqorp plantation, they learn the terrible secret behind the corporation's products. Interstellar con man Rex Nihilo has a price tag on his head
Another terrific romp by Kroese Viktor Nehring Another terrific romp by Kroese. While it's a "prequel", it's told by the robot Sasha looking back to the time when she first met Rex Nihilo, "the greatest wheeler dealer in the Galaxy". I wish more had been made of that framing, but no matter, as there is much here to admire. Lots of references to other works -- some with a wink, some with a some with a nudge, some with a hammer upside the head (see title). Lots of silly names and coincidences. Th. "After reading this I will never underestimate the value of creamed corn again, and neither will you." according to Paul P.. The newest (and first?) installment in the wildly funny Rex Nihilo universe. This is a classic boy-meets-robot, robot-despairs-for-her-future tale, rife with hysterical twists and turns, razor-sharp wit, and Easter egg homage to some of the giants of sci-fi. In this one, we learn how Rex met Sasha and how she quickly became his robotic conscience without ever having an original thought of her own while dealing with her own theatrical ambitions.Its . Phillip Lynch said Classic Kroese. Another masterfully written Rex Nihilo and Sasha adventure. It's a good thing Sasha is not permitted to harm Rex, otherwise he'd have been long lost to history before the adventure was two chapters old. Kroese manages to spoof not only some of the Sci-Fi greats but Shakespeare, Tennessee Williams and Casablanca as well as a 70s-80s pop group. There are plenty of soon to be classic one-liners including a few I probably missed due to unfamiliarity wi