Wildsmith by Ron Goulart

Wildsmith by Ron Goulart

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


This is one of the sillier premises for a science fiction novel. Wildsmith is the best selling author of a book described as one of the filthiest historical novels ever written, as well as one of the best researched. Unfortunately, he's a robot, a fact that must be kept from his readers at all costs. Even more unfortunately, he has been programmed with every eccentricity of every great author. This means that he sometimes feels compelled to mail his hands to his female admirers, or rant about growing up in Hannibal, Missouri, or about being on safari in Africa.

The protagonist has to take Wildsmith on a public relations tour, in a future world that is even more dysfunctional than the one we live in. Along the way he meets and is attracted to the PR flack and lover of another eccentric author, this one human. Hilarity ensues.

The premise is of course, ridiculous, but if you're willing to go along with it you'll enjoy a very funny story.



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