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''Go, Mutants!'' is the second novel from Larry Doyle, author of the critically acclaimed ''I Love You, Beth Cooper''. It's a [[Science Fiction|science-fiction]] story set in [[The Seventies]] of an [[Alternate Universe]], where the creatures of [[B-Movie]] legend walk the streets along with ordinary humans. The story centers on J!m Anderson--teenage son of the late Andi Ra, an evil alien that once tried to conquer the human race--as he struggles through high school and life in an alien-unfriendly society. Rounding out the cast of creatures are J!m's friends, a radioactive biker ape named Johnny Love, a gelatinous blob posing as a fat kid named Jelly, and Marie Rand, an [[Ordinary High School Student]]--and the love of J!m's life.

** [[Bizarre Alien Reproduction]]: J!m's species apparently can mate (after all, where do you think he came from?) despite their lack of external genitalia.

* [[Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick]]: The series gets a lot of its humor from describing in-universe mundane circumstances that would be very odd to us. For example after a description of Marie's lawn, including her lawn gnomes...

* [[The Cameo]]: Plenty of famous [[B-Movie]] monsters, from [[Godzilla]] and King Ghidorah to [[The Day the Earth Stood Still|Gort]].

** Not to mention [[Them]], [[The Blob]], [[The Thing (film)|The Thing]], and the Fifty Foot Woman, who left her husband to date [[Godzilla]].

* [[Nigh Invulnerability]]: {{spoiler|J!m, after his metamorphosis. He is now [[Immune to Bullets]], and can take plasma bolts without flinching.}}

* [[No Except Yes]]: On the government's possible abuse of the PLEX system

* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: J!m Anderson, on the cover, looks suspiciously like an alien [[James Dean]].

** Read Sheriff Furry's dialogue and try not to think of [[Sarah Palin]].

* [[They Walk Among Us]]

* [[This Is a Work of Fiction]]:

* [[Tiny Guy, Huge Girl]]: Sandra Jane's parents are essentially the incredible shrinking man and the fifty-foot woman.

* [[Understatement]]: Having learned [[Aliens Speaking English|English]] from watching the BBC, Andi Ra' has also gained a very British sense of humor.

 

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