Dangerous Dames: The Plutonium Blonde/The Doomsday Brunette

I'm a Science Fiction fan. I'm not big on humorous books. I either don't laugh or it just misses. This pair of books however had me laughing and wondering what was going to happen next. Very good light fun. If you enjoyed those 90s syndicated shows like Herc or Xena, you'll prolly like these.

The 2 books, The Plutonium Blond and The Doomsday Brunette, are so much fun to read. Both are such humorous scifi adventures, that I had a hard time putting down. Zach gets himself into all kinds of trouble, and Harv performs well as his "sidekick". I highly recommend John Zakour's series of books.

I have enjoyed books by John Zakour and wanted to get ones I did not have. Suprise, this book is his first 2 books (Plutonium Blond and Doomsday Brunette) about the last Privet Eye on earth (Zachary Nixon Johnson) combined into one printing. This has many of the elements from the old pulp detective novels, with a futuristic twist. If you like SciFi, and the old pulp novels, then you should really love this book.

Holy commode! This was pure, unadulterated, page turning, laugh-out-loud fun. Both books included in this volume were way over the top ridiculous. Noir mystery, science fiction, fantasy, farce at its best. It's a parody of the pulps but in a good way. Here's the setup: Zach Johnson is the world's last private eye. His compadres are the world's greatest computer, a secretary with psi abilities, a poster-child nerd Mr. Wizard, a cop and a to-die-for girlfriend. His task - simple - save the world. This isn't the world we see around us, however. It is the world a few years down the road with the normal group of fantasy/sci-fi characters. If you want literature, go elsewhere. If you just want to sit back, relax and enjoy a book - GRAB THIS ONE NOW! I've ordered the others in the series - these are perfect for a down day - you won't stay blue for long.

I picked this up during a deployment with the US Army a few weeks ago, and already the book has gone through a lot. It's a great page-turning read that combines a lot of 1960s private detective story trope with science fiction elements and a dash of humor (inlcuding plenty of pop culture references - one example, heavily edited so as to not give away the story, is when one character tells another "You're mistaken. I am your father," to which the other character simply, and inevitably, replies, "That's not true. That's impossible!" and does it so smoothly it took me a second to recognize it). My only (minor!) nitpick is that I was able to figure out both of the mysteries about the same time as Our Intrepid Hero, (one Zachary Nixon Johnson, the "last private detective on Earth"), but to my mind that's not that much of a bad thing - it allows the reader to let out their own inner mid-21st century private detective. Even just from a value standpoint, "Dangerous Dames" is also a great pick. It combines two stories seperately available, The Doomsday Brunette and The Plutonium Blonde, into one book that weighs in about as much as a Tom Clancy novel. (For the record, it does indeed fit in an Army Combat Uniform pants cargo pocket.) And at $8.99 USD, it's a great bargain. If you're a fan of sci-fi or pulp fiction, I'd highly recommend picking this one up. If you're looking for a good read that doesn't take itself too seriously, I'd highly recommend picking this up.