Tuesday, September 3, 2024

Sam Durell 27 - Assignment: Nuclear Nude by Edward J. Aarons

Sam Durell 27
Assignment: Nuclear Nude
by Edward J. Aarons
1970, Fawcett Gold Medal


Sam Durell is after a painting that conceals a neutrino formula written on the canvas. The four richest men in the world have formed a consortium around the formula, and their hippie daughters have decided to follow Sam around and not have sex with him. Sam just kind of goes to a place, acts tough, and is told where to go for the next scene. Got halfway through - not much had happened at this point and the book had pivoted almost completely to cheap anti-Chinese racism.

For me, Aarons' stuff is like if you took a low budget Bond knockoff, removed all the sex, action, and style, and maybe dumbed down the plot a little. No camp value, but also not serious or complex enough to go the le CarrĂ© direction.

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