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Larry Weiner – Hindu Sex Aliens | Review

January 13, 2018
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Title: Hindu Sex Aliens

Author: Larry Weiner

Type: Fiction

Page Count/Review Word Count: 208

Rating: 4*/5

 

Larry Weiner - Hindu Sex Aliens

Larry Weiner – Hindu Sex Aliens

 

This is a very odd book, even compared to Paradise Rot and Once Again, with Blood, the first two books in this trilogy. This one is the finale of Weiner’s Island books, but this one breaks the pattern of the previous two by basically taking the writing rulebook and setting fire to it.

Weiner himself is a character here, and it works surprisingly well. Weiner doesn’t just break the fourth wall – he drops a nuke on it. The reader is treated to transcripts between Weiner and his psychiatrist as they discuss his writer’s block and his inability to finish the third book in his series. And so of course, in the end, he goes along to the very island that he created to find out what happens.

At the same time, aliens are invading and IT engineers from HP in a parallel universe are making their way to the island. Plus there are yoga mums and Hindu deities and a quite frankly impressive amount of amusing sex. This is delightfully farcical and satirical and a worthy end to the trilogy. Now I think I need a holiday.

 

Larry Weiner

Larry Weiner

 

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Larry Weiner – Once Again with Blood | Review

June 1, 2017
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Title: Once Again with Blood

Author: Larry Weiner

Type: Fiction

Page Count/Review Word Count: 222

Rating: 4*/5

 

Larry Weiner - Once Again with Blood

Larry Weiner – Once Again with Blood

 

Disclaimer: While I aim to be unbiased, Larry Weiner is an author friend of mine.

This book is the second book in Weiner’s triumphant Island series, and if you’ve read the first book – Paradise Rot – then you’ll know roughly what you’re getting into. The first book featured zombies, while this one revolves around vampires – but either way, they revolve around the shenanigans of former advertising executive Kyle Brightman. Weiner himself used to be an art director, which is why he’s able to paint such a vivid picture of life in the marketing department.

What we have here, then, is a collision between horror and comedy which verges on satire while it knocks your socks off with a plot that barrels along right up until the end. Weiner’s work is a lot of fun, but it also makes you think – especially when celebrities start to get involved and you realise that zombies and vampires have been living beneath our noses all of this time.

It’ll make you laugh and it’ll make you cry. Or at the very least, it’ll make you smile. You’ll also be supporting an indie author. What more do you need to convince you to buy it?

 

Larry Weiner

Larry Weiner

 

Click here to buy Once Again with Blood.