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'Monsters,' said Vince Martinelli. 'There are monsters on the rig, Dave.' Dave Hooper has the hangover from hell, a demonic ex-wife and the claws of the tax office sinking into him. So the last thing he needs is an explosion at the off-shore oil rig where he works. But this is no ordinary industrial accident, and despite the news reports, Dave knows that terrorists aren't to blame for the disaster. He knows because he has killed one of the things responsible. When he wakes up in a hospital bed guarded by Navy SEALs, he realises he hasn't been on a bad acid trip. It all really happened. Yet his shock is cut short by a startling self-discovery; his contact with the creature has transformed the overweight, balding safety manager into something else entirely. A goddamned superhero. Then he learns the attack on the rig is only the first. ' (Publication summary)
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Dedication: For SF Murphy, who is forever dragging me out of the fire.
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Australian Science Fiction
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: S F Commentary , April no. 91 2016; (p. 89-90)
— Review of Emergence 2015 single work novel ; Clade 2015 single work novel ; Permutation City 1994 single work novel -
Review : Emergence
2015
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— Appears in: Good Reading , April 2015;
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Compelling, Funny Series Star Warts-and-All
Our Flight to Heroes
2015
single work
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— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 15 February 2015; (p. 10) The Canberra Times , 15 February 2015; (p. 26)
— Review of Emergence 2015 single work novel ; Resistance 2015 single work novel 'John Birmingham's latest series is a rip-roaring page-turner that sees flawed superhero David battle both monsters and his own demons, writes Karen Hardy' -
Unlikely Hero Does the Monster Mash
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 7 February 2015; (p. 25)
— Review of Emergence 2015 single work novel
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Unlikely Hero Does the Monster Mash
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 7 February 2015; (p. 25)
— Review of Emergence 2015 single work novel -
Compelling, Funny Series Star Warts-and-All
Our Flight to Heroes
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 15 February 2015; (p. 10) The Canberra Times , 15 February 2015; (p. 26)
— Review of Emergence 2015 single work novel ; Resistance 2015 single work novel 'John Birmingham's latest series is a rip-roaring page-turner that sees flawed superhero David battle both monsters and his own demons, writes Karen Hardy' -
Review : Emergence
2015
single work
— Appears in: Good Reading , April 2015;
— Review of Emergence 2015 single work novel -
Australian Science Fiction
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: S F Commentary , April no. 91 2016; (p. 89-90)
— Review of Emergence 2015 single work novel ; Clade 2015 single work novel ; Permutation City 1994 single work novel