Gun, with Occasional Music Audiobook

" This is one of my most highly recommended books. It's sci-fi. It's "noir." It's a mystery. It's screwed up. It's insane. It's funny. I love it to pieces. "

" Super weird science-fiction noir tale. Lethem's writing is clear, lively, and hilarious, though the plot seemed secondary to me and I really wasn't all that intrigued by the mystery. Good and strange, nontheless. "

" An entertaining book which weaves ideas from many other books. He definitely plays the Burgess card and gives us 'make.' The mystery is straight Spillane, complete with twists and love triangles. While I wasn't wild about it, I would recommend it as a good book to bring balance to the SciFi genre, as it works for a mystery. "

" This one barely eked out three stars, mainly because of the horrendous sexism. The cover touted the influence of Philip K. Dick, but I think his hatred of women is an unnecessary hallmark of his "style," and certainly not worth imitating. On the good side, I found the "evolved animal" aspect of this story to be pretty amusing--RUN! IT'S THE KILLER KANGAROOOO! I don't know if I'd necessarily recommend this one, but as a detective noir novel, it stuck firmly within the (sexist) genre while adding some interesting new sci-fi twists. "

" Awesome book weird drugs, talking kangaroos. "

" Hey, this is a good book. Sci Fi film noir in the East Bay with evolved animals. "

" Thoughtful/provoking, hardboiled techno noir. What isn't to like? "

" Great read: especially when stuck in a tent on a mountain top waiting out an ice fog storm. "

" Great hallucinatory noir, like Hammett meets Dick ... really alot like Dashiell meets Philip, good character developement, interesting plot/interaction, and ...wait for it... weak ending that works. "

" Odd and initially a bit off putting but eventually interesting and entertaining experiment. "

" This was great fun to read. Nice to get a new take on future noir. "

" I remember this as an excelent Science Fiction Mystery. Lethem is always good. "

" When I say this one's reminiscent of "Who Framed Roger Rabbit," I mean it as the utmost compliment. "

" great hardboiled science fiction. clever and snappy; i keep involuntarily thinking like a noir detective. not the most believable vision of the future but it isn't supposed to be, and it works great with the mystery. "

" film noir hardboiled detective looks for the truth in a world peopled with evolved animals, baby heads and the usual film noir cast of sleazy and sexy characters "

" Do you like mysteries? Do you like sci-fi? Do you like weirdness? Read this book... "

" Sci-fi concepts, action-pacing, snappy hard-boiled detective lingo. It works really, really well. Recommended for a Philip K Dick Fan. "

" I love the premise and what he was trying to do, and it's inspiring to watch Lethem's evolve. I think this book was a step toward creating his masterpiece: Motherless Brooklyn. "

" Very cute, albeit under-realized. "

" not a thrill to read "

" ,A hardboiled sci-fi mystery, Gun keeps it moving fast and light, choosing to play with references to Raymond Chandler and Philip K Dick rather than the deep implications of its 'too-true-too-be-strange' setting. Not a great book, but it kept me interested to the end, which is enough. "

" Sci-fi concepts, action-pacing, snappy hard-boiled detective lingo. It works really, really well. Recommended for a Philip K Dick Fan. "

" Everything I love about Raymond Chandler, plus clones and talking animals. OMG, I think I love Jonathan Lethem. "

" Not very good. I have to get away from detective stuff for a bit. "

" Bittersweet, the way all good detective novels end. I'm willing to write off You Don't Love Me Yet. But don't disappoint me again, Lethem... "

" Unique, interesting and eerily prescient of where we seem to be going as a society. The symbolism runs rampant, but the cynical view of society's push toward the ultimate escapism, combined with the utter lack of morality, runs amok as well. "

" Was just OK for me, of course this isn't really genre type. The writing was quite good and Lethem was able to keep the story up, but I just didn't connect with anything in the book. "

" Phillip K. Dick meets the guy who wrote the Big Sleep (Hammet, Dashielle maybe), with new drugs like forgetol and sleepol. There's also a kangaroo hitman. "

" A sci-fi detective story. Reads like a hard-boiled private eye story. Entertaining. "

" mix sci-fi and Raymond Chandler. Good read "

" This really grew on me and I wind up reading it in just a couple of days, but it wasn't as good as Motherless Brooklyn. "

" Very well done. A very palatable blend, and a good addition to the existing roster, of pulp detective and science fiction. Fizzles a little at the end, but gets you there in style. "