THE REPOSSESSION MAMBO

HARPER

Written by Eric Garcia

Copyright 2009 by Eric Garcia




In The Repossession Mambo - written by Eric Garcia, which is the basis for the movie Repo Men - a bio-repo man, who works for a credit union and repossesses artificial mechanical organ transplants in people when they stop paying for them, is on the run from his own repossession people when his own credit goes bad.

I admit, I got this book because I work for a credit union and the repo man works for a credit union. As I am familiar with our Collections Department, it was interesting for me to see the workings and philosophy of the book's credit union. Having the repo men targeting their members for repossessing of the credit union's property, almost like a hit man, is a little disturbing as it is all legal. Not even celebrities are safe. The idea of marketing artificial transplants for anything in the body taken to the ultimate extreme was an interesting comment on society, as it is all about money and not in preserving the quality of life for people. Everything was geared toward artiforgs and not any type of medicine. The society of the book seemed like what is depicted in the movie Blade Runner. I was surprised at how many ex-wives the protagonist had. I think my favorite scene is when a member did a surrender, and the manager was livid because members do not do that sort of thing.

Pancho
All people smile in the same language.

STAR TREK CORPS OF ENGINEERS - WOUNDS

POCKET BOOKS

Written by Ilsa J. Bick, Keith R.A. DeCandido, John J. Ordover, Terri Osborne, Cory Rushton

Based upon STAR TREK and STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION created by Gene Roddenberry and STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE created by Rick Berman & Michael Piller

Copyright Star Trek S.C.E.: Malefictorum copyright 2005 by CBS Studios, Inc. All rights reserved.
Star Trek S.C.E.: Lost Time copyright 2005 by CBS Studios, Inc. All rights reserved.
Star Trek S.C.E.: Identity Crisis copyright 2005 by CBS Studios, Inc. All rights reserved.
Star Trek S.C.E.: Fables of the Prime Directive copyright 2005 by CBS Studios, Inc. All rights reserved.
Star Trek S.C.E.: Securitycopyright 2005 by CBS Studios, Inc. All rights reserved.
Star Trek S.C.E.: Wounds copyright 2005 by CBS Studios, Inc. All rights reserved.

2008 by CBS Studios. Inc. All Rights Reserved.
STAR TREK and related marks are trademarks of CBS Studios Inc.



In Wounds, an anthology of the Star Trek Corp of Engineers with five stories by Ilsa J. Bick, Keith R.A. DeCandido, John J. Ordover, Terri Osborne, and Cory Rushton,

I like the fact that, while each story in this anthology can be read separately, the stories interconnect and build on each other. The SCE deal with the aftermath of the Dominion War. Starting with the murder of two crewmen, to dealing with a threat from the Mirror Universe, to eventually having Doctor's Lense and Bashir crashing on a war-torn planet.

After being stranded on the war-torn planet, Doctor Lense's life changes forever.

Pancho 
All people smile in the same language.