Terrapin or Captain Megaloman and His Trusty Sidekick

By T Manaday

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• Format: Unknown Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0963433229
• ISBN13: 9780963433220
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Lithodendron
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.

Customer Reviews

The triumph of the average guy

Tom is an average guy except that he's been out of work for too long and women keep leaving him. Then he finds a fantastic machine in the root cellar under the shed behind his house. This machine can transport anything anywhere and turn objects into gold or diamonds on request.Together with his neighbor, Squidley, Tom sets out to improve the earth or at least make it less toxic. Only at the end of the book after savings the world a few times, does Tom find out the purpose of the machine. Along the way, they garner the attention of the IRS, FBI, NEA, USGS, a militant survivalist group calling themselves Salamanders, and a bunch of Baptists convinced that the world is coming to an end. As a bonus, Tom and Squidley both fall in love.Squidley is a great sidekick. The banter between Squidley and Megaloman (Tom) is highly entertaining. Squidley's reaction to his first sexual experience is priceless.The lightly veiled references to pop culture carry the reader along. You can imagine that Tom and Squidley were your neighbors and sympathize with the great responsibility and coolness potential resting on their shoulders.A truly fun read.