Review: Fun, Fun, Fun
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 21, 2012
"Perfect Me" by Jason Z. Christie is an irresistibly funny sci fi romp.  The author himself acknowledges his debt to Douglas Adams of "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" fame, but Christie brings something original to this quirky genre.The reader learns right away that Earth has been destroyed. But oh well, there promises to be plenty of action in this new world of Praxis, and anyway humans were severely limited by having only five senses. (Though the remnants of earth have been put to clever use.) There are three suns that orbit Praxis, but fortunately keeping inhabitants safe from overexposure to sunrays has become dull, routine technology. The lovely Prail is a techno-wiz testing a new computer game called Reaper Madness, and is the object of affection for President Gorlax of the blood-eating Gortician race. Sherman Oakes is a poet/ad man looking for love. But why spoil such an over-the-top story for the reader?Christie's imagination is seemingly limitless, and his LOL wit inhabits every page. Some readers may find that this kind of book lacks gravity or substance.  The reason to keep reading it is to stay in a good mood, rather than caring about the absurdist characters or plot. But it's just what the doctor ordered for people who need a good laugh.Jon P. Bloch(The Kindle Book Review)