Christopher Brookmyre is a Flan! by Clementine

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Christopher Brookmyre is a Flan!

POSTED BY: CLEMENTINE
UPDATED: Monday, December 17, 2007 06:59
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Monday, December 17, 2007 6:59 AM

Christopher Brookmyre, a hi-larious Scottish crime writer notable for previous pop culture references to Buffy and the A-Team, has a major character in his new novel Attack of the Unsinkable Rubber Ducks who is an all-out Browncoat.

The first tip-off was a character named Malcolm Reynolds but that could be a coincidence for a story set in Scotland. Then an Inara/Kaylee reference which might have been a quick throwaway. But later:

"Still, I loved the coat and I wasn't going to stop wearing it, babe repellent or not. I could happily admit it: the reason for me wearing the thing, the reason for me tracking it down, was geeky and embarrassing. ... I embraced my geekdom, and Keith was right: I wore my coat proudly as its badge. I wore a brown coat because I was a 'browncoat': I was - Keith nailed that too - a science geek with a chronic SF habit, and my drug of choice was Firefly."

The character seems to be the closest to the author's point of view. Later, he talks about his hero, Malcolm Reynolds, and his quest for justice. It's not a quick thing, it's a prime motivator for the character.

I highly recommend all of CB books and have previously posted that Zal in The Sacred Art of Stealing would be a good character for NF. I haven't finished the whole Unsinkable Rubber Ducks yet but it looks like I'll be recommending this one most of all.
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Holding 'till the Captain gets back.

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