When You’re Strange
Bimbos of the Death Sun
By Sharyn McCrumb
26 Jul, 2022
Big Hair, Big Guns!
1987’s Bimbos of the Death Sun is the first of two Jay Omega mysteries by Sharyn McCrumb.
Engineering professor Dr. James “Jay Omega” Mega turned his research into a novel. Fellow academic Dr. Marion Farley transformed Jay’s novel into a readable novel and Jay himself into a boyfriend. Jay’s publisher renamed the hard SF novel Bimbos of the Death Sun, slapped a lurid cover on it, and sent it out to bookstores. Now comes the most grueling part of writing SF: publicity. Specifically, interacting with fans at Rubicon, a science fiction convention.