Review: Like a Monty Python Sketch
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 3, 2010
From the warped mind of Chris J. Randolph comes the first, but hopefully not last, story of "Vengar, the Barbarian."(Warped, who the heck am I to be calling someone I've never met warped?  Ok, Mr. or Ms. Au Contraire - read the title.  Now reconcile that with the classification Robinson used when placing this in the Amazon store.  "Women's Fiction/Single Women."  Yes, warped.  But in a good way.)As a man "women's fiction" isn't my usual reading fare.  Nor are short stories or whatever genre this truly is.  Elsewhere Randolph has described it as "pulp barbarian parody."  I have no clue what that means, but it's surely more accurate.  Whatever it is "Vengar ..." will kick your funny bone until it hurts.  Imagine a Monty Python sketch transcribed with paper and ink (e-ink in this case) and you'll have the right idea.