Dumpiter
by David Fletcher
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Pub Date 2 Nov 2012 | Archive Date 4 Dec 2012
Troubador Publishing | Matador
Description
Renton Tenting is the protagonist of Dumpiter and the ultimate unlikely hero – who, early into the story, is plucked from a carefully planned life and cast into a challenging and disturbing adventure, played out against a backdrop of space travel and distant worlds. In the future, mankind has populated much of the universe and is well on its way to screwing it all up. Renton is exposed to all manner of ridiculous oddities – the inside of a giant milking machine, a cult whose members live their lives on their hands and knees – and ultimately Dumpiter itself. This is where the real mess is, and where there are real problems for Renton...
In Ticklers, Renton Tenting relives the excitement of his unplanned mission by joining a band of professional adventurers who make their living by providing security services throughout the universe, but he discovers that all is not well within this elite force and there is something very wrong at its top. Joined by his friends, he launches on a quest to identify the problem and encounters a whole slew of strange and humorous situations. The adventure grows to a more demanding level as a new and potentially devastating threat is unveiled...
Renton set outs on a new life as a detective in Lollipop. His first role takes him onboard SS Lollipop, a gigantic spaceship offering every form of sexual gratification which is operated by a mysterious band of asexual humans called Lagooners. His quest is to locate a particular woman, but it’s more difficult than anticipated. Renton is gradually drawn into some sinister goings-on, and he and his colleagues are obliged to engage with a new adversary and solve the Lagooner puzzle. Its resolution constitutes the culmination of this trilogy – in a non-sexual climax!
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Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781780886886 |
| PRICE | £3.99 (GBP) |
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Tim W, Reviewer
The idea of full blown satire in a space adventure is a hard angle to pull off across the board. The most successful in most circles has been “The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy” because it understood the balance between humor and, simply, bafflement. “Dumpiter” [David Fletcher/Matador/336pgs] follows along the same precipice where, like the hero of “Hitchhiker”, the hero here, Renton, simply is baffled and reactive to any situation he is in. The story process follows that spaceships are simply disappearing all over the universe for no apparent reason and the crews of spaceships seem to be going batty. The basis of this seems to be in the smuggling of paint vats. Renton and an unsuspecting cop (who thinks he is an adult film producer that she wants to audition for) become the focus of an odd fat man whom we eventually find out wants to become immortal. The novel turns into an extended road trip but it is the progression in Renton’s mind that seems to add the dose of oddity. There is also something called “hyper-blurting” which happens when Renton enters hyperspace betraying his innermost thoughts, The cop Madeline does the same thing adding to an unusual sexual tension which seems odd since Renton seems a mess to begin wish. A supervisor at one of the spaceports ends up being the final structure to their threesome. He himself is a reptilian, possibly a crocodile, on two legs who is out to solve a mystery. They all eventually end up on a planet called Dumpiter which is where all the spaceships and scrap in the universe ends up to be reprocessed, except that it has just made the place literally a dump. They also end up on another planet which is populated by animals the size of buildings that are milked by machines that can fit underneath them. This all culminates to a resolute end which functions well. The different ideas that Renton’s hair is very important plus the fact that Madeline herself is dosed by a process called “un-remembering” motivates the confusion. A large machine called the Easipeas, which obliterates everything, figures specifically into the conclusion. While the start of the proceedings starts off slow, the pace and tone of the book does gain speed in creating a weird conundrum of unbalanced people in the universe relating directly back to “Hitchhikers”. Its progression and settings are unique to say the least which adds to its charm.
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By Tim Wassberg
