Switchblade Honey, Warren Ellis' "anti-Star Trek"

[superboyprime]

Switchblade Honey was a space opera graphic novel by Warren Ellis, which he described as "an extended gag at the expense of the colourless, clean SF of the big media. The anti-Star Trek, if you like."







He's sent to prison, where he stays for two months before being recruited for a very special mission...















Ryder explains why humanity ought to be saved:




Ellis goes a bit into the inspiration behind the book:




tags-- creator: warren ellis, title: switchblade honey

Comments

[cmdr_zoom]

It's Europe. You will be issued tobacco at the age of three years.

[domino_blue]

I hate when you can suspend your disbelief at a lot of things in the story but one detail throws you off even if it's minor.

[icon_uk]

UK's had a smoking ban in ALL public buildings (including restaurants and pubs, thank god) for a couple of years now, and I believe France is doing the same, or might already have done.

[stubbleupdate]

The other month I was standing on the platform of a railway station and an old bloke asked me where in the station it was OK to smoke in.

"Outside the station." I replied.