Lizard Men of Los Angeles

Lizard Men of Los Angeles

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Lizard Men of Los Angeles by Lewis Shiner

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1999

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This story, while somewhat interesting, is unnecessarily weird. So many things are out of place and outlandish, it's difficult to list them. Primarily, the main character is an illusionist, yet he suddenly becomes an adept detective who is enlisted to solve a disappearance. The sudden existence of lizard men is taken for granted as if it were an everyday occurrence. Many, many other oddities.

Despite all this, it's a somewhat interesting story. The writing is not all that bad once you get over all the silly suppositions.

Come join our hero as he rids the world of nasty lizard men!
Early on in the story you realize it makes no pretense of being anything but a bit of pulp nonsense. Johnny Cairo is a stage magician in 1930's L.A. Mrs. Lockhart is his assistant, and the smarter of the two. A rich man hires Cairo to find his daughter, so he decides to do it before tomorrow's show.
People burst into flames, lizard men stalk the city, Cairo's old enemy Alistair Crowley hosts a debauch, tunnels honeycomb the streets, and so forth.
It seems to be a piece of camp, mimicking 30s stories, but it's from 1999.
Highly enjoyable, arch, and pulpy -- just the way I like it! Felt like it could be the start of a very entertaining series of detective stories... sort of like The Thin Man.