Terra is the debut
novel by the stand-up comedian Mitch Benn (Gollancz £ 12.99 – available next
week):
“No-one trusts humanity. No-one can quite understand why
we're intent on destroying the only place we have to live in the Universe.
No-one thinks we're worth a second thought. And certainly no-one is about to
let us get off Rrth. That would be a complete disaster. But one alien thinks
Rrth is worth looking at. Not humanity, obviously, we're appalling, but until
we manage to kill every other living thing on the planet there are some truly
wonderful places on Rrth and some wonderful creatures living in them. Best take
a look while they're still there.
But on one trip to Rrth our alien biologist causes a
horrendous accident. The occupants of a car travelling down a lonely road spot
his ship (the sort of massive lemon coloured, lemon shaped starship that really
shouldn't be hanging in the sky over a road). Understandably the Bradbury's
crash (interrupting the latest in a constant procession of bitter rows). And in
the wreckage of their car our alien discovers a baby girl. She needs rescuing.
From the car. From Rrth. From her humanity. And now eleven years later a girl
called Terra is about to go to school for the first time. It's a very alien
experience...”
With “words” such as Lbbp, Hrrng, Fnrrns and Ymns I can see this appealing to the younger, text-speak generation. Personally, I like a few vowels...
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