Aliens, the Other White Meat

Here’s a recipe for cosmic comedy…

* Heat one doomed world with a life-searing double sun

* Remove a spaceship full of refugees

* Add a shipwreck on a small blue planet

* Stir in a family of megalomaniacal Delaware chicken

farmers trying to harness the alien secret of immortality

* Blend in a crazed Imam, an ex-KGB hitman, and a crooked

Pope with an ambitious self-centered Nuncio

* Souse with a drunken prophet who draws pilgrims with his

visions of a feathered Madonna in an oil stain at a remote

downstate Delaware crossroads

* Shake in a Christian sniper

* Sprinkle with a pinch of romance

...and watch the sparks fly at the Holy Toll Shrine.

Aliens, The Other White Meat by E. Michael Fisher and James C. Bird (2005 Whiskey Creek Press, ISBN 1593743343). From the time I opened the first chapter, I was laughing out loud. The authors are two very funny and smart guys—tekkies cursed with a major creative streak that leaves their slide rules and pocket protectors no peace—who have invented this universe of camp and pun that will delight you.

If you have any kind of funny bone, you'll enjoy this hefty little read. Reading about Babu and the planet Blithos, one senses a bit of L. Ron Hubbard without the smug sincerity. Fans of Douglas Adams, Kurt Vonnegut, and other absurdians should take a look at the wreakings of Fisher and Bird. Is there any significance in the fact that they are named after two prominent animalia types?

This is the sort of book that keeps you thinking, and laughing, and guessing. If anything, this novel shines the flickering yellow flashlight of parody upon the dark undergarments of society and of all that you probably hold holy, and reveals the true sweat-stained lycra-mesh foundations. (to see review go to: http://www.farsector.com/editorials/index.htm )

John Cullen

Far Sector—SFFH

So how to summarize Aliens, The Other White Meat? It’s an interesting read, an ambitious book that is funny, quirky, and exhibits some of the most unique, richly-detailed situations I’ve ever scraped my eyesight across. I’m left wondering where the hell these guys came up with the idea.

Fisher and Bird are talented writers and I’m interested to hear more from them.

Paul Hughes, Editor

Silverthought Press

Aliens, The Other White Meat succeeded in reaching far beyond the sky, morals and religious boundaries in this romp through time and space.

MargeAnna Conrad – Novelspot.net

This novel is science fiction humor á la Douglas Adams…definitely slapstick comedy. I think that fans of science fiction humor will love it!

Jean – Fallen Angel Reviews

The “recipe for cosmic comedy” listed on the back cover said it all. This book was a lot like nothing that I had ever read before…the humor in this story is threaded throughout and the sub-plots were quite enjoyable. I particularly liked the twist at the end…I’m not sure if it sets things right, but it was fun getting there. An entertaining tale and an intriguing plot to say the least. It’s sure to raise a brow or two.

Shawn P. Madison - The Eternal Night

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Still available at Whiskey Creek Press where it was on the best seller list for five months in 2005, our satirical, sci-fi farce:

Aliens, The Other White Meat

Cosmic comedy in lower Delaware. Rollicking, ribald, ridiculous. Vonnegut, Heller, and Voltaire rolled into one. It's warming to read a tale where madness and morality triumph over stupidity and greed.

Michael Cleary - The Real Clew