knight@rlgvax.UUCP (Steve Knight) (10/25/84)
I happened to be in the local high-volume commercial bookstore and came
across a book on their front stands entitled "National Lampoon's DOON."
I didn't catch the author's name; sorry. Since I'm as much of a sucker
as anyone else for a good pun-laced parody of a popular work (I throughly
enjoyed "Bored of the Rings," after all), I gave it a quick thumbing
through. Seems we have a young protagonist named Pall, who is being sent
to Arruckus, the Dessert planet, where the dominant form of life is a
form of giant pretzel... ho hum.
Now, I don't exactly know why, but my internal warning system lit up,
telling me, "Don't buy this turkey!" Before I completely dismiss it
based on my one unreasonably rushed thumbing through, however, I wanted
to see whether anyone out there has read it and could either confirm
my good taste or else teach me never to make such snap decisions ever
again. How about it? Would anyone care to post a review?
By the way, if you think the timing of the release of this book has
nothing to do with the fact that the movie is coming out in two months,
have I got a bridge for *you*!
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Steve Knight
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