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Title: Retief! by Keith Laumer ISBN: 0-671-31857-8 Publisher: Baen Books Pub. Date: 01 January, 2002 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.71 (7 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Diplomacy Saves the Galaxy--Sort Of
Comment: Keith Laumer is among my favorite writers of "light" sf, and these three books, the first in the long series (13 volumes that I know of, counting each original volume as one) of Retief adventures, show why. Filled with sharp pokes at government bureaucracy (Laumer himself was connected with it for many years and knew whereof he wrote), they follow the wild adventures of Jaime Retief, a member of the Corps Diplomatique Terrestrienne with more than a touch of James Bond in his makeup. Constantly redeeming his superiors' blunders, usually by making an end run around the "accepted" way of doing things, he bounces in and out of serious bodily peril and thwarts at every turn the machinations of the Groaci, whispering five-eyed aliens with a penchant for torture and a thirst for universal domination. (The books were originally published in 1963, 1965, and 1968, in the very heart of the Cold War, which suggests that these villainous beings were intended as an analogue of the Communists.) Yet the stories never take themselves too seriously, and very little happens that couldn't safely be shared with a child. I've collected Retief religiously, and joyously, for some 30 years, and I don't regret a bit of it. You won't either.
Rating: 5
Summary: Best book I've read in a month!
Comment: This book was so enjoyable, funny, well written, entertaining, and compelling that I read it in one sitting. Then I walked several miles to the nearest used book store and bought every novel by Keith Laumer they had. Didn't even have to feel guilty, since all of them were out of print. But this book is so much worth the price... it's just funny! Unfortunately I think it's sometimes too close to home, especially the story about "Retief of the Mountain of Red Tape".
Rating: 5
Summary: Diplomacy as it ought to be
Comment: Most SF readers have heard of Laumer's Retief series. Many of them have read some of them. There've been compilations, sets, and short stories release for years. This time, however, Baen and Mssr's Flint and Drake have done a wonderful job compiling some of the best (and hardest to find) Retief stories in one place.
If you've never read Retief, try it - you'll like it. And this is a great way to get your feet wet.
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Title: Keith Laumer: The Lighter Side by Keith Laumer, Eric Flint ISBN: 0743435370 Publisher: Baen Books Pub. Date: May, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Compleat Bolo by Keith Laumer ISBN: 0671698796 Publisher: Baen Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1990 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Bolo Rising by William H. Keith Jr., Keith Laumer ISBN: 0671577794 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 1998 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: LAST STAND: BOLOS 4 by Laumer ISBN: 0671877607 Publisher: Baen Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 1997 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Old Guard: A Bolos Anthology: Book 5 by Keith Laumer, Bill Fawcett ISBN: 0671319574 Publisher: Baen Books Pub. Date: January, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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