Yudel reviewed Gun Machine by Warren Ellis

Warren Ellis: Gun Machine (2013)
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4 stars
Lots of fun, in the grim yet thoughtful Warren Ellis manner.
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Warren Ellis: Gun Machine (2013)
Lots of fun, in the grim yet thoughtful Warren Ellis manner.
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Of course, had I read it in 1992, I would have found Heinlein prescient for predicting pocket phones, without noticing the fact -- as of sometime before 2012 -- that pocket phones mean teenage girls are never sufficiently bored in a waiting room to have to glance at a magazine or go wandering if the magazines are boring.
Though I would have still been amused by the use of a slide rule a few chapters later.
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