Zombies of the Gene Pool, Sharyn McCrumb
Zombies of the Gene Pool, Sharyn McCrumb
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Zombies of the Gene Pool

Author: Sharyn McCrumb

Narrator: Ruth Ann Phimister

Unabridged: 8 hr 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/07/2001

Synopsis

New York Times best-selling author Sharyn McCrumb spices her intriguing mysteries with an insider’s eye for detail about the fringes of popular culture. In this companion to Bimbos of the Death Sun, she once again turns her attention to the strange sub-culture of science fiction fandom. Back in the 1950s, eight young men bury a time capsule with their science fiction stories, dreaming of literary immortality. When the surviving members of that group get together for a well-publicized excavation nearly four decades later, their reunion is thrown into chaos by a surprise guest--a reportedly dead writer who threatens to expose the group’s dark secrets. And when murder gets added to the agenda, it may become impossible to separate science fact from science fiction. Zombies of the Gene Pool highlights McCrumb’s wry wit and complete mastery of the puzzling mystery. Narrator Ruth Ann Phimister captures all the drama and humor of this delightful trip inside the colorful world of science fiction fans.

About Sharyn McCrumb

Sharyn McCrumb is the New York Times bestselling author of the acclaimed Ballad novels. She has received numerous honors for her work, including the Mary Frances Hobson Prize for Southern Literature, the AWA Book of the Year, and Notable Books in both The New York Times and Los Angeles Times. She was also named a Virginia Woman of History for Achievement in Literature. She lives and writes in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains, fewer than one hundred miles from where her family settled in 1790.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Craig

This is the second mystery novel featuring McCrumb's take on the science fiction fandom world from thirty-some years ago. Wow, times have changed from this one, especially computer technology. I thought it lacked some of the charm and humor of the previous book, Bimbos of the Death Sun, because it f......more

Goodreads review by James

This mystery novel is not about the mystery, really. Sure, there's a murder. Off-screen. The edition I read is 274 pages long; the body is found on page 181 and it's only know to be a murder on page 242. But don't get me wrong, there IS a mystery, but it's really all about the protagonist(s) explori......more

Goodreads review by Bridgette

"Zombies of the Gene Pool" is the second in the series. While it lacks the side-splitting humor and the cruel satire of the first ("Bimbos of the Death Sun), it is still quite humorous and worthy of a read. Zombies, like Bimbos, does poke fun at the ever out-of-step subculture of sci-fi and fantasy w......more

Goodreads review by Wealhtheow

The sequel to Bimbos of the Death Sun, though not any better. McCrumb has invented her own science fiction fandom--the same basics (zines, conventions, BNFs) but with made-up authors and terms. Her characters are uninteresting, her humor is forced, and the fictional fandom is painful to read. Also,......more

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