The Puppet Masters (novel)/YMMV

Everything About Fiction You Never Wanted to Know.


  • Einstein Sue: Sam, who is a secret agent and not a biologist, is the one who thinks up the idea of how to spread disease among the aliens. Twice.
  • Magnificent Bastard: The Old Man.
  • Marty Stu: Sam. Women are very fond of him (at the beginning on the book he is wakened by an alarm clock and sees beside him a beautiful blonde whom he does not even remember to have met. Other beauties are also attracted by him, he is an excellent spy, knows how to use a gun, and is an inventor of the idea which saves the world.
  • Seinfeld Is Unfunny: Nowadays, there's very little in the book that will seem original to the average reader. Back when it was first released, however...
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