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Goodin, Robert – Pig’s Missing Poo
Pig’s Missing Poo Now Available! $3
Hey look, it’s one of those Robot Publishing guys! Always good to see more work from them, or at least the stuff I’ve seen so far. This is a collection of short stories, all what you’d call funny, and it’s hard to complain too much about that. Most of them are on his website too if you’re feeling cheap. They’re not all there though, so you will be missing out a bit. There’s one about a monkey and a crocodile, one about the seeds of grass, and one about two people who were destined to come together. Oh, crappy jokes, and you won’t be able to groan properly until you read the comic. It’s a bit steep at $3, but there’s some funny stuff in here. Not sure what the deal is with the guy with the bugs flying around his head, but it feels like there’s more to all the stories told here. It’s always good when the author makes you think that you’ve read more than you actually have. Does that make sense to anybody? Oh well. Check out the website, see if this is something you’ll like, you guys know the drill…
Goodin, Robert – Binibus Barnabus
Binibus Barnabus Now Available! $2
Man, these Robot Publishing books are quick reads. I don’t think any of them have taken me any longer than two minutes to get through. Not that that’s necessarily a bad thing, mind you. This one is about Binibus Barnabus (obviously) and how he falls in love with a creature he sees in the water. Odd and more like a fable than a traditional mini, but not bad. This seems kind of suppressed somehow, like he had a lot more to say but felt obligated to put it all in this small book. I’m getting that mostly through the casual asides that he throws out to flesh out the main character that never go anywhere. Strange how I’ve read two of these today and they’re both about a man falling in love with an aquatic creature. I got this one through Top Shelf too, and you could do a lot worse.
