Gil's All Fright Diner
by A. Lee Martinez
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Read in July, 2008
recommended to Noran by:
good readsrecommends it for: No one ever! never to kids!!!!
The first page had most of the 7 famous words, driving while drinking, and the phrase "yellow puddle formed around my groin". I really do not think this is a youth book! The curse words got worse from there, and graphic underage sex was also included. The obese werewolf, describes the fatty woman's butt. as it jiggles--like the last time he disemboweled someone--lovely. Just what we want to teach teens today to think about large people--new insults!
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Read in January, 2006
Whizzed thru this debut (?) novel in about 3 chunks since Sunday.
Duke, an overweight, ex-trucker werewolf, and Earl, a balding vampire stop at an out-of-the way diner and find themselves helping the proprietor, a blowsy waitress named Loretta, fend off a zombie attack. They decide to stick around to find out exactly what is going on in this small desert town. Weird things have been happening in the town of Rockwood for decades (Earl and Duke don't raise many eyebrows) but they appear to have ...more
Duke, an overweight, ex-trucker werewolf, and Earl, a balding vampire stop at an out-of-the way diner and find themselves helping the proprietor, a blowsy waitress named Loretta, fend off a zombie attack. They decide to stick around to find out exactly what is going on in this small desert town. Weird things have been happening in the town of Rockwood for decades (Earl and Duke don't raise many eyebrows) but they appear to have ...more
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Read in January, 2007
This is a florid little beach read that hit it off a lot more successfully with my friends than it did with me. It's decidedly light for something that deals with blood-thirsty cult-of-personality figures, chthonic entities and a vampire-werewolf team up.
It all centers around Earl and Duke, a Vampire and Werewolf respectively. They, as supernatural entities, tend to draw a lot of freakish happenstances down on them simply by being, and as a result they're not surprised to find that the greas...more
It all centers around Earl and Duke, a Vampire and Werewolf respectively. They, as supernatural entities, tend to draw a lot of freakish happenstances down on them simply by being, and as a result they're not surprised to find that the greas...more
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Read in July, 2008
This is not normally the kind of book I read, but something about the blurb on the back caught my attention and I picked it up. I'm glad I did, it was a really great story. I love the main characters so much I wish there would be a series based on this. Duke, a werewolf, and Earl, a vampire, get on each other's nerves a bit but you can tell they care about each other. They stop by a roadside diner late one night and find that there are frequent zombie attacks at the establishment, so they wi...more
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horror/comedy fans
A werewolf and a vampire walk into a bar...ok, actually it was a diner. Under the truism of "weird shit attracts weird shit", Duke (werewolf) and Earl (vampire) soon find the diner under attack by zombies. Ee gad!
It's funny, a little cliche in spots, but overall not a bad little book. Interestingly, the character of Hector (and what is up with that name coming up so much in the last few years after a millenia of disuse??) is only mentioned and spoken to on the phone briefly, b...more
It's funny, a little cliche in spots, but overall not a bad little book. Interestingly, the character of Hector (and what is up with that name coming up so much in the last few years after a millenia of disuse??) is only mentioned and spoken to on the phone briefly, b...more
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Read in May, 2008
recommends it for:
easy reads
I discovered this author while checking out another reader's blog. Martinez has a few books out that all look like fun and since this was his first one, I decided to start here. The story is a light-hearted horror tale in which our two heroes are a slovenly, overweight werewolf and a lovelorn vampire in overalls with a comb-over. Low on gas, they pull up to the titular diner and take on a job from the owner to help her with her current zombie problem. Throw in a jailbait sorceress, undead cattle...more
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Read in September, 2007
This is book is very interesting. It has many twists and turns. It is about a werewolf and a vampire who got hungry while on a road trip, they found a diner to stop by for a while and ran into a problem. The diner was constantly being attacked by mindless zombies. The owner offer them a price to help get rid of the zombies, but they found themselves fighting more than just zombies. The diner was a portal to summon the old gods and someone was trying to drive the owner out so they can summon the ...more
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Read in March, 2008
Loved Loved Loved this book!
I am a big fan of campy fun novels. Books that make the unbelievable seem like, yeah.. ohkay... that could happen.
Meet two unlikely best friends: Earl (a vampire) and Duke (a werewolf). Throw in an all nite diner run by a very large, very spunky Lorreta. Sprinkle in a teenage wanna-be mistress of the old gods, a few ghosts, and a ton of zombies/ghouls and slimy, tentacled, oozing things, and you have yourself one helluva kick ass novel!
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I am a big fan of campy fun novels. Books that make the unbelievable seem like, yeah.. ohkay... that could happen.
Meet two unlikely best friends: Earl (a vampire) and Duke (a werewolf). Throw in an all nite diner run by a very large, very spunky Lorreta. Sprinkle in a teenage wanna-be mistress of the old gods, a few ghosts, and a ton of zombies/ghouls and slimy, tentacled, oozing things, and you have yourself one helluva kick ass novel!
This was one of tho...more
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Read in January, 2007
This book was a quick, fun read. I’m for comedy in my horror, and this fits the bill – the zombie cows and veddy articulate ghouls were a good touch – and although there is, of course, an Armageddon looming on the horizon, the person orchestrating the destruction is a nicely non-typical power-hungry magic user, while being an utterly typical 17-year-old girl in many ways.
Earl and Duke are played off each other well, and the inhabitants of the town are not SO quirky as to be annoying; ...more
Earl and Duke are played off each other well, and the inhabitants of the town are not SO quirky as to be annoying; ...more
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Read in August, 2006
I picked this one up because it looked like a really schlocky B-movie-with-no-budget kind of thing, and, hey, that was what I was in the mood for at the time. Plot-wise that's kind of what it is, but I was absolutely amazed at how well written it was. I grew quite fond of the characters and really hoped that everything would work out well for them. As George Alec Effinger said, God's perfect meal is a cheeseburger with fries and a Coke; that what Gil's serves, with pecan pie for dessert.
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Read in June, 2008
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Powell's books store signagerecommends it for: decent quick fun read
I might have enjoyed this fun--but not particularly satisfying or surprising--book more if I hadn't been told it was popular with readers of two of my favorite authors, Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett. The book falls far short of both. Martinez is hardly the first writer to put vampires and werewolves in a modern setting--an extremely small town with a diner cursed by zombies, in this case. The book is short and cute but hops along towards a very predictable conclusion.
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Read in June, 2008
Another Powell's pick-up - this one had a staff review that likened the author to Jasper Fforde. I don't quite see that link, but both write very funny sci fi/fantasy. This book features a vampire and werewolf duo who help a diner owner deal with her otherworldly invaders. There are zombies, old gods, ghost dogs, teenage witches, and malevolent ooze. (I know - I'm a dork.) The book was fast-paced and funny - another great summer read!
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Read in July, 2008
Duke and Earl are best friends on a road trip to nowhere in particular when they stop at a diner for dinner. During dinner zombies come crashing through the window. You would think they would be freaked out, but Duke is a werewolf and Earl is a vampire. A really good story of heroics(ish), romance, witchcraft, and friendship. To me, the author is a mix of Christopher Moore and Douglass Adams.
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a very enjoyable mix of humor and spookiness: a teen nymphet witch who casts spells in pig Latin and uses a Cliff Notes version of the Necronomicon, good ole buddies who are a vampire and a werewolf, a cranky ghost trapped in a Magic 8 Ball, undead cows...you get the idea. Of course they save the wold but they do it in a relatively short time, while the joke is still amusing.
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This book has something for everyone. It features a Vampire and Werewolf that happen to be down-on-their-luck truckers, a bored teenager that wants to bring on the apocalypse whilst taking over the world, a bunch of zombies, and a tiny town that has nothing but trouble.
That sounds retarded. And I guess it is, but in the very best way. Hilarious.
That sounds retarded. And I guess it is, but in the very best way. Hilarious.
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Read in January, 2006
More vampires & werewolves... it seems I never read anything else some days.
Martinez is a local boy, so everyone should go buy his books.
Also did I mention this is effing hilarious and wonderful? It's like a redneck episode of Buffy,... or something. You know with the vamps, werewolves, ghosts, witches & demons, etc. Greatness. Really.
Martinez is a local boy, so everyone should go buy his books.
Also did I mention this is effing hilarious and wonderful? It's like a redneck episode of Buffy,... or something. You know with the vamps, werewolves, ghosts, witches & demons, etc. Greatness. Really.
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Read in September, 2007
This book is not an intense read of any sort. It's purely fantasy with quite a bit of off-beat humor.
A vampire, werewolf, ghost and ghouls? This book wasn't quite as funny as Christopher Moore but I've already started to read "In the Company of Ogres".
A light, easy read and entertaining. I laughed out loud more than once!
A vampire, werewolf, ghost and ghouls? This book wasn't quite as funny as Christopher Moore but I've already started to read "In the Company of Ogres".
A light, easy read and entertaining. I laughed out loud more than once!
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Read in May, 2008
Fun mix of horror and humor, featuring a vampire with a bad comb-over, a werewolf with a massive gut and a nubile teenage vixen trying to bring a facsimile of Lovecraft's Elder Gods to earth.
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Read in July, 2006
It was okay. At times the writing was very juvenile, and the author's use of Pig Latin was extremely frustrating. Hearing it is one thing, reading it is another. Another book that just didn't live up to my expectations, thought it would be better. Overall, it was okay.
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Read in November, 2007
Fun and unusual addition to the fantasy genre. You'll never view vampires and werewolves the same after this book. Fast-paced and light-hearted read with just enough suspense to keep things interesting. A highly-entertaining story ... I laughed all the way through it.
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