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61st out of 116 books
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39 voters
Stalking the Dragon (John Justin Mallory Mystery #3)
by
Mike Resnick
It’s Valentine's Day and private detective John Justin Mallory is planning on closing up the office early and taking his partner, Col. Winnifred Carruthers, out to dinner, since he's sure no one else will do so. But before he can turn off the lights and lock the door, a panic-stricken Buffalo Bill Brody visits them. It seems that the Eastminster pet show is being held the...more
Paperback, 296 pages
Published
August 25th 2009
by Pyr
(first published 2009)
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The third John Justin Mallory novel is a quick, fun romp. It's a parody of (as well as an hommage to) the noir private eye novels of the mid-20th century with a Damon Runyon/Thorne Smith flavor. It also connects his Joey Chicago stories to the Mallory universe.
set in an alternate earth reality. a private eye is engaged to find a kidnapped dragon which is supposed to be the favorite to win the Eastminster Pet Show. nonsensical.
I enjoy these books. Definite gumshoe detective meets paranormal. Just what I love!
The book was interesting, but this is book three of the series and I'm beginning to loose interest in the satire wrapped in a fantasy thing. There just wasn't enough story in this one to mask Resnick's delaying the plot to fit in social commentary.
Also, this edition was poorly edited. There were wrong pronouns and it was clear they'd run a software for spell checking because there were utterly wrong words. Really takes the kick out of a book when you have to stop reading in order to make sense o...more
Also, this edition was poorly edited. There were wrong pronouns and it was clear they'd run a software for spell checking because there were utterly wrong words. Really takes the kick out of a book when you have to stop reading in order to make sense o...more
Best in the Stalking series so far.
I made the mistake of reading this third book in the series second (I don't know if it matters yet), but it is another fun solid fantasy parody, and I very much enjoy it.
This time, our intrepid John Justin Mallory (after becoming a permanent resident of the other fantasy New York) has to find a missing Dragon - the top seed in a Dragon Show (think dog show). Still fun, and I still highly recommend it. I think it may even be better than Stalking the Unicorn.
This time, our intrepid John Justin Mallory (after becoming a permanent resident of the other fantasy New York) has to find a missing Dragon - the top seed in a Dragon Show (think dog show). Still fun, and I still highly recommend it. I think it may even be better than Stalking the Unicorn.
This is a great series Mr. Mallory is a funny guy
Cute. Probably read more of his.
Very little plot, but quite funny prose and dialogue.
Hilarious, almost as funny as the discworld series.
Its a light-hearted detective farse.
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Michael "Mike" Diamond Resnick (born Chicago, March 5, 1942), better known by his published name Mike Resnick, is a popular and prolific American science fiction author. He is, according to Locus, the all-time leading award winner, living or dead, for short science fiction. He is the winner of five Hugos, a Nebula, and other major awards in the United States, France, Spain, Japan, Croatia and Pola...more
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