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Zoot Marlowe #2
Hawaiian UFO Aliens
Zoot Marlowe, alien detective extraordinaire, and his duckbilled robot sidekick, Bill, go into action when a top hat that washes up on Malibu Beach transforms a surfer into a jovial magician and someone begins stealing blowfish-spine necklaces
272 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published April 2, 1991
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About the author
Mel Gilden
120 books16 followersMel Gilden is the author of many children's books, some of which received rave reviews in such places as School Library Journal and Booklist. His multi-part stories for children appeared frequently in the Los Angeles Times. His popular novels and short stories for grown-ups have also received good reviews in the Washington Post and other publications. (See new publications under his name at the Kindle Store of Amazon.com.)
Licensed properties include adaptations of feature films, and of TV shows such as Beverly Hills, 90210; and NASCAR Racers. He has also written books based on video games and has written original stories based in the Star Trek universe. His short stories have appeared in many original and reprint anthologies.
He has written cartoons for TV, has developed new shows, and was assistant story editor for the DIC television production of The Real Ghostbusters. He consulted at Disney and Universal, helping develop theme park attractions. Gilden spent five years as co-host of the science-fiction interview show, Hour-25, on KPFK radio in Los Angeles.
Gilden lectures to school and library groups, and has been known to teach fiction writing. He lives in Los Angeles, California, where the debris meets the sea, and still hopes to be an astronaut when he grows up.
Licensed properties include adaptations of feature films, and of TV shows such as Beverly Hills, 90210; and NASCAR Racers. He has also written books based on video games and has written original stories based in the Star Trek universe. His short stories have appeared in many original and reprint anthologies.
He has written cartoons for TV, has developed new shows, and was assistant story editor for the DIC television production of The Real Ghostbusters. He consulted at Disney and Universal, helping develop theme park attractions. Gilden spent five years as co-host of the science-fiction interview show, Hour-25, on KPFK radio in Los Angeles.
Gilden lectures to school and library groups, and has been known to teach fiction writing. He lives in Los Angeles, California, where the debris meets the sea, and still hopes to be an astronaut when he grows up.
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May 27, 2025
Whoo-boy.
What can I say. I really liked this book. I think. It had its slow moments, and it's reeaally slow moments, but overall I enjoyed the comedic noire this book is. I don't remember the first one well enough, but I think I liked it a little more. I enjoyed the twisty mystery and the wacky characters, none of whom have a real name, looking at you Medium Rare. But for my enjoyment, how did this 270 page book take me a full month to read through. Like woof. I've read 600 pagers quicker than this. And that's my main problem, no matter how hard I tried to read it, I'd get two chapters in and be totally brain fried. I'll probably read the third book, but I think I'll sit on it for awhile.
What can I say. I really liked this book. I think. It had its slow moments, and it's reeaally slow moments, but overall I enjoyed the comedic noire this book is. I don't remember the first one well enough, but I think I liked it a little more. I enjoyed the twisty mystery and the wacky characters, none of whom have a real name, looking at you Medium Rare. But for my enjoyment, how did this 270 page book take me a full month to read through. Like woof. I've read 600 pagers quicker than this. And that's my main problem, no matter how hard I tried to read it, I'd get two chapters in and be totally brain fried. I'll probably read the third book, but I think I'll sit on it for awhile.
March 6, 2009
I bought this book purely because I'd so greatly enjoyed the first story (Surfing Samurai Robots). I don't recall enjoying it nearly as much. but I don't regret reading it. soo. yay!
March 27, 2021
Probably the weakest of the 3 Zoot Marlowe books. This story had no legs. Zoot meanders from scene to scene during off mediocre bon mots, but never really does anything, while things happen around him.
March 3, 2017
My Rating System:
* couldn't finish, ** wouldn't recommend, *** would recommend, **** would read again, ***** have read again.
* couldn't finish, ** wouldn't recommend, *** would recommend, **** would read again, ***** have read again.
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