Book Review: Petrogypsies by Rory Harper
Authors: Rory Harper
Book: Petrogypsies
Genre:Weird Science Fiction
Julia Rating: 8
Comments: I got this book from the fine folks at Dark Star Books quite a while ago, but I’ve been on hiatus, so I’m very sorry I haven’t review it.
The cover for this book is a little crazy. It reminded me of a story I heard once on the Drabblecast called Something Borrowed, Something Doomed by Robert Jeschonek.
But I digress. Petrogypsies is basically a story about a group of traveling oil crews which have a dinosaur-like pump for oil (as well as other crews which have creatures that do other things). It’s neat because not only is the pump a living, breathing animal, it’s also their living space. The plot is a young man joins this group of gypsies, becomes one of them and learns all about their culture – finding a love interest along the way. It’s a really neat setting and culture. I love the animals and the idea. The only thing I couldn’t get into was the story of the main characters. I cared far more about their pump creature (named Sprocket) and a couple of the sub characters than the main two characters.
This story is really fun, the world is super neat and the characters are cute (especially Sprocket). It’s definitely a fun read.
If you want to pick this story up for yourself, you can get it off Amazon