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Flyboy's secret origin

No star here laces

13:23 / 07.02.02

I was in Forbidden Planet today (buying Urusei Yatsura videos, not comics. Comics are for geeks.)

And I was having a brief look at the 'cult fiction' section or whatever it's called, and a book caught my eye. It was called "Flyboy action figure comes with gasmask".

So clearly I bought it straight away. It's about a guy who can turn into a fly, lives in Toronto and watches too much Sailor Moon. Seems aii so far, but I'm only 40 pages in...

Was this a factor in fictionsuit choice? Inquiring minds want to know.

Regrettable Juvenilia

13:33 / 07.02.02

Sadly, no. That's pretty cool, but I've already got one fake secret origin, which is that it's inspired by Neneh Cherry's 'Kisses On The Wind'...

tSuibhne

15:36 / 07.02.02

quote:Originally posted by Flyboy:
I've already got one fake secret origin

Why not several?

ill tonic

23:12 / 07.02.02

Great book ....

Ganesh

09:30 / 09.02.02

I come with gasmasks. Can I share that secret origin?

Cherry Bomb

10:50 / 09.02.02

next thing we know there's gonna be GODS named after 'lith fictionsuits. Or songs.

Regrettable Juvenilia

12:22 / 22.02.02

Wow. Can I just say that the person from whom I received this in the post today fucking ROCKS? It actually looks really good, apart from anything else... And it has a character called Cassandra in it. Like Cassandra Nova, see? Do you see? Do you?

No star here laces

12:39 / 22.02.02

It's okay. The concept is better than the writing. Some hilarious vignettes though and some serious insight into activist geek-boy psychology...

Ethan Hawke

12:50 / 22.02.02

For anyone who is curious...

gridley

14:42 / 22.02.02

actually on the advice of you good barbelithiums, I went out and picked this one up as well. quite good so far. haven't just come from reading six Philip K. Dick books in a row, I'm finding myself reeling from the easy-goingness of the narrator.

but damn it, how long must I read before he admits that he can turn into a fly!!!?!?!?!

thanks gang,
--gridley

Regrettable Juvenilia

11:41 / 23.02.02

I am now quite disturbed by the extent to which elements of this book relate to the past year and a bit of my life... Waargh.

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