Yes, ‘plausible’ is certainly the word I’d use…

Updated on August 2, 2013 By Ken Begg 14 Comments

From a short review of Cain’s Blood by Geoffrey Girard, as found in the July 29th, 2013 issue of Publisher’s Weekly:

“Like the best SF thrillers, Girard’s promising debut is plausibly grounded in reality. Rather than clone the most gifted members of humanity, the U.S. military has chosen to fund a scientific program to create replicas of notorious serial killers of the last century, such as Jeffrey Dahmer and Ted Bundy, because that’s where the money is….”

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  • SteveWD

    Kind of like if you had the knowledge/ability to clone dinosaurs or build perfect humanoid robots – the first thing you should do is build a theme park.

  • Rock Baker

    Actually yes, that makes a great deal more sense.

  • Greenhornet

    For some reason, after I read that, I wanted to punch the reviewer in the nose!

  • GalaxyJane

    “You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.”

  • BobTanaka

    Obviously that’s “where the money is;” who wouldn’t want their very own Ted Bundy?

  • bgbear_rnh

    I though the military was evil only when a certain party was in the White House.

  • bgbear_rnh

    RIP Michael Ansara :(

  • Eric Hinkle

    ]Sarcasm] Of course, because obviously the only reason anyone joins the military is to kill people for deh lulz. [/sarcasm]

    The sad thing is that I know people foolish enough to believe what I just said.

  • Eric Hinkle

    And dumb question time: why would cloned serial killers become killers themselves? Is evil genetic in this book? Or does the Evil Military make sure to psychologically, physically, and emotionally abuse the kids to turn them into sociopaths?

    Just that description makes this book sound like something from the SyFy Channel, and that is not praise.

  • Toby Clark

    Of course! Don’t you know anything about science?

    I really can’t tell if that was meant to be sarcastic. What was the tone of the rest of the review?

  • GalaxyJane

    I know that’s why I have been practicing Army Medicine for 18 years. Lots more opportunities to kill people that way than joining the infantry ;)

  • Eric Hinkle

    It has been said that a great doctor kills more men than a great general.

  • Ken_Begg

    No, it’s a straight review.

  • GalaxyJane

    It’s certainly true, though a middling good PA, like me, doesn’t get nearly the opportunities for harm of either :)