Thomas Bleakly, Private Investigator is batflip insane. Sometimes it works for him, sometimes . . . not so much. One day a beautiful woman hires him to find her father. The catch? She’s a robot.
Told from three perspectives, none of them necessarily trustworthy. Watch out for for nonsensical subplots, insane characters, and conspiracies that span whole realities.
Note: Thomas Bleakly: PI is unfinished, and will likely remain so. It contains pervasive harsh language; also, some graphic violence.
Tags: cyberpunk · detective · mystery · noir · online novels · postmodern · robot · science fiction
Listed: Sep 8, 2008
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Thomas Bleakly, PI is a crazed, full stop no brakes noir-with-robots adventures that is somewhat reminiscent of Blade Runner, only a lot funnier, a lot more manic, and not a movie. And after reading 14 parts (2 chapters) I’m hooked [more . . .]
Bleakly is a fun romp through a sci-fi noir detective gone wrong. But how can it be wrong when it feels so right?
Getting the bad out of the way, it does take a little to hit its stride, but really not too long at all. It starts as an over-the-top [more . . .]
What fun!
I came to this hoping to find a mainstream (i.e. adult) story among all the high school monsters and zombies, but the hard-boiled ‘tec bit quickly slipped into SF, at least to the extent of a robot client.
But it’s [more . . .]
