Switchblade Honey (Warren Ellis)

Switchblade Honey AIT/Planet Lar, 2003. Switchblade Honey is Star Trek for those with more of a cynical streak than most of Gene Roddenberry's fans. Ellis admits in his introduction right upfront that this whole thing started as a gag, sort of a riff on Star Trek, but while there's definitely a less-than-serious air about the whole thing, Switchblade Honey isn't a humor piece. It's science-fiction high adventure with more than a little bad attitude, and, courtesy of Brandon McKinney, some pretty sleek looking starships. It is a little light, and some of the ideas don't really come through as well as they could, but this is a genre rarely tackled well at all, and there are plenty of fun moments in this story. To Ellis, the Federation is a bunch of stuffy old men who don't smoke, drink or do anything else fun and for whom humanity is an intellectual exercise rather than a part of their being. This small crew is about the best representation of why humanity deserves to survive, even though they're a bunch of cursing, hard-drinking, chain-smoking and occasionally drug-addicted criminals. That they're also a lot more fun to hang around with than the prim and proper 16th century English navy in starships isn't a big surprise. Thanks to the scanner and original uploaders.

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mechameleon (2009-02-01)

wow!
thnx mmdsx

Very_Good_Karma (2009-04-30)

Thank you! I actually own the book, but this saves me having to dig it out and scan it in order to post part of a page to the internet. Great scans, BTW.

MuserClair (2011-12-26)

thanks for the up :)