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Carregando... Retief's War (1966)de Keith Laumer
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Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. Instead of a short story collection, Retief gets his first full length novel. I have no idea how Laumer kept everything straight for this - I didn't, but that's because I chose not to create a scorecard. The jargon, the players...jeez! I'm not normally a short story guy...I liked Asimov's collection (now there's a Nostalgic Reread I should go find...The Early Asimov)...but I rather think I prefer Retief in bite sized portions. More reading will tell. Oh...the Retief quote (actually from another character): "of just what would possess an Embassy Officer to attack members of the Planetary Police in the performance of their duties!" Purplish color was creeping up from under Longspoon's stiff midmorning informal collar.Yep...Laumer lampooning his former profession again... Best Sci-Fi Ever Written! By far the greatest sci-fi series ever written. Follow James Retief and Ben Magnun on thier action packed, tounge-in-cheek adventures across the galaxy. The Retief series started out as a series of short stories published the various science fiction pulps during the 1950's through to the 1960's. These are classic sci-fi as it was written before the days of the moon landing. All together there were more than 60 stories about Retief's space adventures. After the death of Keith Laumer, editors began to compile collections of these classic pulp fiction stories into a book series. Each collection contains 3 to 5 or more stories. Of the series Retief and the Warlords is my fave! If you like Douglas Adams' Hitchhicker's Guide to the Galaxy than you're sure to love Retief. sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
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The twenty-seventh century planet of Quopp is a world where Earthmen walk cautiously or not at all. The inhabitants are weirdly diabolical creatures, possessing spoked-wheel limbs and sprouting steel-sharp talons.Plans are afoot to place these singular beings under a single government friendly to Earth. But Jame Retief, officer of the distinguished Corps Diplomatique Teresstienne, a supra-national organization devoted to keeping the peace, has discovered that evil forces are undermining the whole scheme. Deviously sincere, uncompromisingly venal, fearlessly cowardly, Retief goes to work against mounting planetary intrigue and more than once brings those around him to the brink of nervous collapse. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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Retief’s War is perhaps the defining example of the series. It has some loveable, lunkish aliens for Retief to civilize, a spaceship full of beautiful girls, some incompetently villainous Groaci, and a gaggle of buffoonish Terran diplomats. Retief gets to wield a sword. What more could you want? 4 stars because it takes me back to my youth. ( )