Book : The Kaiju Preservation Society - Scalzi, John

-Titulo Original : The Kaiju Preservation Society

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Tor Books

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Review An Amazon Best Book of March 2022: An alternate world of giant monsters where the heroes have to watch Godzilla to get in? Yes, please. In The Kaiju Preservation Society, John Scalzi returns to modern times after The Last Emperox, the capper of his far-future set- and also excellent!-Interdependency series. The novel kicks off in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic but doesn’t dwell long on the general devastation of 2020 before escaping into Kaiju Earth, where terrifying beasts and pop culture comedy are both in ready supply. Jamie Gray is the perfect reader insert, a sci-fi fan (they wrote their master’s thesis on Frankenstein and the Murderbot Diaries) who, after being fired from a food delivery company, gets swept up in the effort to protect the Kaiju. Jamie’s delight in this new world and tendency to ask the same questions readers will have- just how does a creature that large exist in real life?- make for a compelling protagonist who is easy to root for. I flew through the pages of this one like a winged Kaiju searching for a human-sized snack. -Marcus Mann, Managing Editor The Kaiju Preservation Society is John Scalzis first standalone adventure since the conclusion of his New York Times bestselling Interdependency trilogy.When COVID-19 sweeps through New York City, Jamie Gray is stuck as a dead-end driver for food delivery apps. That is, until Jamie makes a delivery to an old acquaintance, Tom, who works at what he calls “an animal rights organization.” Tom’s team needs a last-minute grunt to handle things on their next field visit. Jamie, eager to do anything, immediately signs on.What Tom doesnt tell Jamie is that the animals his team cares for are not here on Earth. Not our Earth, at least. In an alternate dimension, massive dinosaur-like creatures named Kaiju roam a warm, human-free world. Theyre the universes largest and most dangerous panda and theyre in trouble. Its not just the Kaiju Preservation Society who have found their way to the alternate world. Others have, too. And their carelessness could cause millions back on our Earth to die. Review Praise for The Kaiju Preservation Society“Scalzis latest is a wildly inventive take on the kaiju theme” Booklist, starred review“Equally lighthearted and grounded and sure to delight.” Publishers Weekly, starred reviewPraise for John ScalziScalzi continues to be almost insufferably good at his brand of good but thinky sci-fi adventure. Kirkus Reviews on The Collapsing EmpireScalzi builds a fascinating new interstellar civilization in order to destroy it...Escapism full of guts and brains. Ars Technica on The Collapsing EmpireProvocative and unexpected. The Wall Street Journal on The Collapsing Empire About the Author JOHN SCALZI is one of the most popular SF authors of his generation. His debut Old Mans War won him the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. His New York Times bestsellers include The Last Colony, Fuzzy Nation,and Redshirts (which won the 2013 Hugo Award for Best Novel), and 2020s The Last Emperox. Material from his blog, Whatever, has also earned him two other Hugo Awards. Scalzi also serves as critic-at-large for the Los Angeles Times. He lives in Ohio with his wife and daughter.