When COVID-19 sweeps through New York City, Jamie Gray is stuck as a dead-end driver for food delivery apps. That is, until Jamie makes a delivery to an old acquaintance, Tom, who works at what he calls "an animal rights organization." Tom's team needs a last-minute grunt to handle things on their next field visit. Jamie, eager to do anything, immediately signs on.
What Tom doesn't tell Jamie is that the animals his team cares for are not here on Earth. Not our Earth, at least. In an alternate …
When COVID-19 sweeps through New York City, Jamie Gray is stuck as a dead-end driver for food delivery apps. That is, until Jamie makes a delivery to an old acquaintance, Tom, who works at what he calls "an animal rights organization." Tom's team needs a last-minute grunt to handle things on their next field visit. Jamie, eager to do anything, immediately signs on.
What Tom doesn't tell Jamie is that the animals his team cares for are not here on Earth. Not our Earth, at least. In an alternate dimension, massive dinosaur-like creatures named Kaiju roam a warm and human-free world. They're the universe's largest and most dangerous panda and they're in trouble.
It's not just the Kaiju Preservation Society that's found its way to the alternate world. Others have, too--and their carelessness could cause millions back on our Earth to die.
264, pagine
lingua English
Pubblicato il 05 Aprile 2022
Nothing too deep, but genuinely fun. And unless it was a fluke, it looks like John Scalzi was cured of his Straight White Male Author Disease before he wrote this! This is a genuinely fun book about regular people!
Non conoscevo, se non di nome, l'autore - che avevo sempre associato ad opere di Hard Sci-Fi. Ma questo splendido romanzo - di fantascienza, brillante - mi ha già fatto selezionare almeno un altro paio di suoi libri per le mie prossime letture.
Divertente quanto cinematografica, quest'opera mi manca già, mi mancano le sue intriganti ambientazioni e i personaggi, partendo ovviamente dall'io narrante, Jamie Gray, e vedrò sicuramente di consigliarlo (e regalarlo) ad amici e conoscenti appassionati del genere.
Hacía tiempo que no leía algo divertido de verdad. KPS es una novela muy entretenida, como ver una película, donde el humor es constante y las referencias a cultura pop abundantes. Se lee rápido y se agradece que sea una historia cerrada, aunque creo que no me importaría volver a este universo de científicos que se matan por cuidar con mimo de monstruos como edificios.
Voy a seguir leyendo alguna novela más de Scalzi antes de pasar a otra cosa.
Scalzi described this book as a pop song rather than a symphony, and that's an apt description. It's a catchy, fun pop song that is stuck in my head and I find myself wanting to revisit. I haven't had this much fun since Agent to the Stars!
