Review: Humor Is Subjective
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 13, 2010
I almost overlooked the Amazon listing for this book when I came to review it because the cover was changed.  The previous cover was a nerdy bit of fun that clearly suggested that there was a lot of fannish parody inside.  The current one seems to have nothing to do with the book.  To make it clear, the book did not have a shirtless guy standing in front of what looks like Christmas tree lights.  I liked the other cover better, but I think the current one is less likely to entice people into thinking that the book is a well written satire of certain popular television shows-- because it isn't. It tries to be but falls shortThe ebook is about 100 pages, 139kb. It was originally part of an anthology calledTripping through the Universepublished by New Concepts in 2005.  I would suggest that a potential reader download the sample before buying.  If the idea of a person from a culture (the author calls it a species) which regards clothes as an abomination is called a Noo'dis't doesn't make you roll your eyes and clutch your ereader really tight so you don't heave it at the nearest wall, then it is probably safe to read the rest of the story.The hero is a rather dim womanizing star ship captain who by ignoring a red flag the size of Mars and staring too hard at the Noo'dis't's blue bits gets himself booted off his ship along with his second in command, who might be fun if she didn't inexplicably have the hots for the dim womanizer.As I said in the title, humor is subjective and this just didn't amuse me.