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So, I took a chance
on this one--definitely not the first time, but maybe the last. The
idea behind this book was interesting and had potential, but went
pretty much nowhere. A washed up reporter, who once had promise as
a real reporter, has decided to take the easy way out and report on
the "kook" beat in NYC. This is essentially the things that
one would find in tabloids--the crazy rants of homeless schizophrenics
and crackpots. Government conspiracies, aliens, mystery plagues and
sea monsters. Our protagonist, besides having a serious lack of motivation,
has a drinking problem, some horrible people skills and a lurking
paranoid-schizophrenic personality. After he starts to believe the
hype being served to him by his sources, things start to fall apart.
Are the conspiracies true? Who the hell knows, and honestly, who the
hell cares? The author obviously watched a few Godzilla movies, had
a kernel of an idea for a book and then sat down and started writing.
Following my example of automatic writing is not a good idea for an
actual author. How about an outline? How about an editor trying to
flesh out a weak story that essentially repeats itself for the second
half of the book? Oh well, on to the next.
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