No Small Bills A DuckBob Spinowitz Adventure edition by Aaron Rosenberg Literature Fiction eBooks
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DuckBob Spinowitz has a problem. It isn’t the fact that he has the head of a duck—the abduction was years ago and he’s learned to live with it. But now those same aliens are back, and they claim they need his help! Apparently creatures from another reality are invading the universe, and only DuckBob can reset the device that maintains the barrier between dimensions. He reluctantly agrees to help, but how can a man whose only talents are bird calls and bad jokes, and whose only work experience is punching random buttons on a computer in a standard cubicle, be expected to save the universe? No Small Bills is the hilarious new science fiction novel from award-winning, bestselling author Aaron Rosenberg, who has written books for Eureka, Star Trek, WarCraft, and many others, and is also the author of the rousing The Dread Remora - part of The Tales of the Scattered Earth, an original series from Crossroad Press.
No Small Bills A DuckBob Spinowitz Adventure edition by Aaron Rosenberg Literature Fiction eBooks
DuckBob Spinowicz's life has been difficult since being abducted by aliens and given a new body with feathers and a human-sized duck head. But he's been coping. Now those aliens are back, with news of extradimensional beings trying to break through into our universe and destroy our existence as we know it. DuckBob holds the key to defeating them, but it's not going to be an easy journey. Along the way, he learns that while the universe is a much larger place than he ever knew, that doesn't mean it makes any kind of sense.Aaron Rosenberg's novel, his first as part of the Crazy 8 writing/publishing collective, is a lot of fun. It's a fast-paced, antic romp through the weirder reaches of time and space. While I found it a bit episodic, enough of those episodes ended up being important to the overall story that I was able to forgive them. More importantly for a humor novel, it kept me laughing as I went along.
Rosenberg's comic voice is relaxed and easy-going. The jokes flow naturally, as if the reader is listening to a genuinely funny storyteller, not someone deliberately trying to cram in jokes. Rosenberg cites Douglas Adams as an influence, and a lot of reviews seem to be picking up on that. I'm not entirely sure that's the best comparison, although Adams is pretty much the easiest example to come up with as far as humorous science fiction. The tone of Rosenberg's book reminded me more of movies like Men in Black or shows like Warehouse 13; funny, but not quite the playfulness of language that Adams uses. This isn't meant as a criticism; Rosenberg has a hilarious voice of his own, and shouldn't be stuck just being compared to Adams (because, really, who can compare to Douglas Adams and come out looking favorably?).
If I have one criticism, it's that we don't learn very much about the characters in this book. However, since the story is told by DuckBob, and he's presented as a fairly shallow guy who grows over the course of the story, that only makes sense. And it's the kind of story where the plot and humor are more important than the characters, so it's still very enjoyable.
As I said, this was a lot of fun, and highly entertaining. Aaron Rosenberg is quickly becoming one of my new favorite authors, and I look forward to seeing what he comes up with next. Hopefully, we'll be seeing more of DuckBob and his friends in the future.
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No Small Bills A DuckBob Spinowitz Adventure edition by Aaron Rosenberg Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
If you're looking for some wacky light reading, this book is for you. Duck Bob has a series of misadventures across the universe -- whisked along in events beyond his understanding, much like Arthur Dent in Hitchhiker's Guide. But unlike Arthur, Bob faces all the weirdness with good ol' American spunk. Bob's narration is the best part of this book -- half Mickey Spillane and half Woody Allen. Definitely great reading for a rainy Sunday afternoon.
Aaron Rosenberg is a master of comedic timing. I heard him talking about this book at Origins and had to pick it up, and was not disappointed. I found myself laughing out loud repeatedly and had trouble putting it down. As an aspiring writer, I learned a lot from reading this on how to write comedic characters and pace them well. The book is hilarious and the characters are well fleshed out. A truly satisfying read.
I really enjoyed the adventures of DuckBob--it's a hilarious premise and the execution was often side-splittingly funny as well. My favorite part was probably the butterfly-crushing incident that led to such dramatic changes in history, with duck-hating dino-descendants shooting up the "bus."
The only thing that kept me from giving it 5 stars was a distracting number of typos and grammatical errors. Hopefully these will be corrected in the e-version.
DuckBob Spinowitz is your average Joe--er, Bob, and compliments of the Gray aliens he had been modified with the head and plumage of--you guessed it--a duck.
As it turns out, his physical modification was no mere experiment of curiosity as DuckBob learns when he is pressed into service by the Gray aliens and the NSA on a matter of galactic security. For only DuckBob can realign the quantum fluctuation matrix to prevent an alien incursion from an alternate reality!
Say what?
Aaron Rosenberg channels Douglas Adams, Monthy Python, and Henson's Creature Shop (and silly string) in a hilarious, ludicrous escapade through outer space, intraspace, and ultraspace. Teamed with an irritable NSA agent, a squat broccoli-headed alien repairman, and a gorgeous human female mission leader (who was also modified by the Grays but only intellectually, to DuckBob's delight), our feathered and billed hero sets off across the galaxy and manages to enrage flower loving dinosaurs, cause an interstellar bus accident (punishable by losing his ability to see the color mauve), and confront a six-inch tall shrimp with a death ray gun on a protected ocean planet after falling off a speeding bridge.
You had to be there.
As a result, DuckBob and his team wind up in prison and sentenced to two hundred years of hard labor including telemarketing, stuffing envelopes, and filling bags of marshmallows. But they manage a daring escape, picking up two more characters along the way and it isn't long before they're back on course to the Galactic Core where the quantum fluctuation matrix awaits realignment. Of course, the preposterous challenges don't end there!
I read No Small Bills over two evenings and two lunch hours at work. There are few slow moments, mostly limited to DuckBob's occassional comedic introspection, yet the pacing is consistent and the dialogue witty. Rosenberg demonstrates a wild imagination and clever storytelling in a book suitable for YA and adults alike.
Remember, every duck has his day.
I read a review on the book that said this book was hysterical. I was skeptical, but bought it anyway. The reviewer was right! This book is so funny! I found it hard to put down. If any time in the future, this book were to be made into a movie or tv show, I'd love to see it.
This is a very funny, highly enjoyable, fast-paced book with engaging characters and zany plot twists. I highly recommend it.
DuckBob Spinowicz's life has been difficult since being abducted by aliens and given a new body with feathers and a human-sized duck head. But he's been coping. Now those aliens are back, with news of extradimensional beings trying to break through into our universe and destroy our existence as we know it. DuckBob holds the key to defeating them, but it's not going to be an easy journey. Along the way, he learns that while the universe is a much larger place than he ever knew, that doesn't mean it makes any kind of sense.
Aaron Rosenberg's novel, his first as part of the Crazy 8 writing/publishing collective, is a lot of fun. It's a fast-paced, antic romp through the weirder reaches of time and space. While I found it a bit episodic, enough of those episodes ended up being important to the overall story that I was able to forgive them. More importantly for a humor novel, it kept me laughing as I went along.
Rosenberg's comic voice is relaxed and easy-going. The jokes flow naturally, as if the reader is listening to a genuinely funny storyteller, not someone deliberately trying to cram in jokes. Rosenberg cites Douglas Adams as an influence, and a lot of reviews seem to be picking up on that. I'm not entirely sure that's the best comparison, although Adams is pretty much the easiest example to come up with as far as humorous science fiction. The tone of Rosenberg's book reminded me more of movies like Men in Black or shows like Warehouse 13; funny, but not quite the playfulness of language that Adams uses. This isn't meant as a criticism; Rosenberg has a hilarious voice of his own, and shouldn't be stuck just being compared to Adams (because, really, who can compare to Douglas Adams and come out looking favorably?).
If I have one criticism, it's that we don't learn very much about the characters in this book. However, since the story is told by DuckBob, and he's presented as a fairly shallow guy who grows over the course of the story, that only makes sense. And it's the kind of story where the plot and humor are more important than the characters, so it's still very enjoyable.
As I said, this was a lot of fun, and highly entertaining. Aaron Rosenberg is quickly becoming one of my new favorite authors, and I look forward to seeing what he comes up with next. Hopefully, we'll be seeing more of DuckBob and his friends in the future.
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