Review: Where's my Popcorn and $6 soda?
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 13, 2013
While the title may put you off, once you start reading, you won't put it down. In our PC world, a title that starts "Black Redneck" might make you wary, but don't be. If you enjoy, and I do, 40's, 50's or 60's "B" Sci-Fi movies ("Them!", "Forbidden Planet", "The Thing From Another World", etc) you will enjoy "Black Redneck Vs Space Zombies". The pace is quick, the characters crisp and the premise is made for a Saturday morning matinee, popcorn and red vines in hand.We follow Jefferson Balladeer as he comes home to administer the family estate and deal with his past. He is a Sci-Fi writer that finds out it is more fun to write it, than live it. No spoilers in this review, but definitely fun to read how he deals with family, friends, enemies and alien face munchers.Some of the other characters can be somewhat predictable, cliché's, but the interactions are entertaining, and sometimes we need a little cliché in our matinee. The southern feel of the book is genuine and "Mary" is priceless, with her homespun perspective on people and no-nonsense approach to alien interaction. The  conversations are up to date and in your face at the right time, but there is a homey feel to the location and people created in the book.In a good Sci-Fi matinee, we have to believe the unbelievable, but not be told that is what we are being asked to do. Does that make sense? Well, this book succeeds at that. No long technical explanations about widgets working with flux capacitors, just Aliens, Spaceships, Zombies, Cowboys, Guns, Beer, Flatscreens and pretty southern gals...that can shoot. And a horse.If you are even remotely interested in Sci-Fi, or enjoy old Sci-Fi movies, you need to put some time aside and read this book. Kudos to Stephen Roy for some great work.