Jed the Dead
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3.9 • 14개의 평가
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- US$8.99
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- US$8.99
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New York Times–bestselling author Alan Dean Foster's Jed the Dead is a comedic science fiction buddy road trip of interstellar proportions.
En route from Texas to the West Coast, Ross Ed Hager has an encounter of the most unusual kind when he comes across the corpse of an alien. Naming the three-eyed, six-limbed dead extraterrestrial Jed, Ross takes his new companion on the road so he doesn't have to see the sites alone.
Along the way, the odd couple—accompanied by a woman who hitches a ride in Ross's convertible,—are pursued by government operatives, bounty hunters, Hollywood agents, UFO fanatics, and intergalactic cops. And when Ross starts exhibiting strange, uncanny abilities, it may be a sign that Jed may not be as dead as he appears to be . . .
"Foster twists a black comedy about an alien corpse into a hilarious, weird, and out-of-this-world road trip, full of memorable characters, witty dialogue, and plenty of surprises." —Publishers Weekly
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Unique Story Line
(Minimal spoilers) Jed the Dead starts out simple enough, a driver stopping for lunch at a public Rest Stop. Our protagonist chooses the metaforical road less traveled and off we go. Except for a zany diversion in LA the story is within bounds of today’s human behavior. Bar patrons too sauced to see what’s right in front of their eyes to UFO cultists desperate for attention from the Great Beyond populate the western USA. Even a trek or three through the Grand Canyon and South American Jungles aren’t too much to find. But we never really get to that level of Suspension of Disbelief that engages you in most SciFi tales. Because this isn’t a SciFi tale. It’s a story about human behavior in all its many flavors. The one glaring problem is not with the story. It’s the proofreading which is nonexistent making the font an extra annoyance. Can looks like Cam and Con like Corn, you get my drift. But the misspellings, there must be a couple to every page. And the same ones over and over. This, for example, is most often ‘his.
Just little bity aggravations all throughout the story. I pushed on through because I found the premise intriguing. I actually liked the characters and I’m not disappointed. So it really comes down to whether or not you can set aside the errors and enjoy the tale or just pass this one by. My recommendation: get this book, settle in with your favorite pillow and enjoy Jed the Dead. I did. I hope you do, too.
Good read but issues
This was obviously OCR’d from a cut down paperback. Lots of mistakes. No one proof read it.
Who edited this book
I have never seen a book with as many misspelled words or as many words incorrectly used.
It was a challenge to read, and not really worth the time.