Space Vulture » (Bargain)

Gary K. Wolf wrote three SF novels and twice had short stories in the distinguished Orbit anthology before introducing Roger Rabbit in Who Censored Roger Rabbit?, the basis for the hit film, Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

The Most Reverend Archbishop John J. Myers was the Bishop of Peoria, Illinois before being installed as Archbishop of Newark, New Jersey, in 2001. He holds a doctorate in canon law and his written in that field as well as on theology and pastoral matters.

Gary Wolf and John Myers grew up together in the small Illinois town of Earlville, population 1,406. In 1956, the year they were high school freshmen, John brought a book to school that he insisted Gary had to read. It was a now obscure, typical example o

Publishers Weekly

Childhood friends Wolf (creator of Roger Rabbit) and Myers (Roman Catholic archbishop of Newark, N.J.) combine forces to resurrect 1950s pulp action adventures in this hollow space western. Silver-space-suited galactic marshal Capt. Victor Corsaire is distracted from arresting smalltime crook Gil Terry when infamous (and impeccably dressed) criminal mastermind Space Vulture raids the planet Verlinap. Capturing Corsaire and a "feisty" planetary administrator, Cali Russell, Space Vulture triggers a battle of wits as he seeks to auction the lawman off to 12 of the galaxy's most wanted criminals. Meanwhile, back on Verlinap, Gil helps Cali's sons, boy genius Eliot and innocent waif Regin, fix rockets and pick pockets as they race to a final confrontation. Gimmicks like midair fistfights off the side of 600-foot cliffs trigger readers' nostalgia at the expense of bolstering the threadbare plot or defining the characters, who change moods and personalities at whim. (Mar.)