Review: Twiller Lives
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 18, 2010
How much can one find oneself caring about a title character described as a big yellow marshmallow with eyes?  Well, if it's the Twiller, it doesn't matter what he looks like, the humor that supports was powerful enough to make me almost miss my subway stop.  Even though the Twiller is the title character of the book, Ian Harbungler is the main character.  Abducted by aliens, Ian finds himself stranded on a series of worlds that should seem somewhat familiar but skewed, with the above mentioned yellow marshmallow as faithful companion.  Derrico does a great job of spoofing various cities, and I found myself looking forward to the next one.  And I wanted more.  It felt as if the author ran out of ideas and just ended the book.  But in his defense, he admits  his ending might be a bit anticlimactic.  So, Dave, how about, Twiller 2, The Return of the Gideons?