Keith Laumer

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Between the lines of the official histories of the frontier worlds of the 29th Century lie a myriad "confidential" accounts of the boners, near-catastrophes, and interstellar crises that were bound to occur when human meets non-human. The adventures of the interplanetary diplomat Retief loom large in those highly classified reports. They also loom large in the eyes of devoted science-fiction readers because the cosmic tight-rope diplomacy of Retief compose a body of science-fiction adventure guaranteed to be astounding, amazing, startling, galactic, weird, and thrillingly wonderful. ENVOY TO NEW WORLDS was the first book to present Retief's adventures to the s-f public.

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Retief had just one job on Northroyal--to save the galaxy from madness and war. So with a frayed cloak and an old horse and a packet in his saddlebags--not to mention blood, guts, and brains he set out.Keith Laumer was a Hugo and Nebula award nominee Before becoming a science fiction writer Laumer was an officer in the United States Air Force and a diplomat in the Foreign Service, adding a note of realism to many of his stories. One of science fiction's true luminaries.

Retief had just one job on Northroyal--to save the galaxy from madness and war. So with a frayed cloak and an old horse and a packet in his saddlebags--not to mention blood, guts, and brains he set out.Keith Laumer was a Hugo and Nebula award nominee Before becoming a science fiction writer Laumer was an officer in the United States Air Force and a diplomat in the Foreign Service, adding a note of realism to many of his stories. One of science fiction's true luminaries

Jame Retief is a diplomat; a soldier; a gentleman; a rouge, when necessary, a man of action, and a lightening fast thinker. He is the best the Corps Diplomatique Terrestrienne has to offer. Caught between the hide bound old guard of the Corps and new realities on the ground Retief often finds himself in awkward positions that only he can solve. History is presented to us in nice neat time-lines. But the making of history is anything but neat. People like Retief who actually make history are seldom recorded in the history books. These are the stories of the people who drive history. Collected here are a dozen of the very best Retif stories.Keith Laumer was a Hugo and World Fantasy Nominee science fiction officer. Laumer's experience as an officer in the United States Air Force and a diplomat in the Foreign Service shines through in these stories. One of science fiction's true luminaries.Included herein: The Frozen Planet Gambler's World The Yillian Way The Madman from Earth Retief of the Red-Tape Mountain Aide Memoire Cultural Exchange The Desert and the Stars Saline Solution Mightiest Qorn The Governor of Glave Diplomat-at-Arms

Jame Retief is a diplomat; a soldier; a gentleman; a rouge, when necessary, a man of action, and a lightening fast thinker. He is the best the Corps Diplomatique Terrestrienne has to offer. Caught between the hide bound old guard of the Corps and new realities on the ground Retief often finds himself in awkward positions that only he can solve. History is presented to us in nice neat time-lines. But the making of history is anything but neat. People like Retief who actually make history are seldom recorded in the history books. These are the stories of the people who drive history. Collected here are a dozen of the very best Retif stories.Keith Laumer was a Hugo and World Fantasy Nominee science fiction officer. Laumer's experience as an officer in the United States Air Force and a diplomat in the Foreign Service shines through in these stories. One of science fiction's true luminaries.Included herein: The Frozen Planet Gambler's World The Yillian Way The Madman from Earth Retief of the Red-Tape Mountain Aide Memoire Cultural Exchange The Desert and the Stars Saline Solution Mightiest Qorn The Governor of Glave Diplomat-at-Arms

In Night of the Trolls Keith Laumer introduces us to one of his most popular inventions The Bolo. These are Super Tanks capable of defending or destroying mankind. Jackson a volunteer in an experiment with suspended animations awakens to discover 80 years have gone by and the world has fallen apart. With a the help of a bolo it is up to him to bring mankind back.

When Legion signed on as a soldier he did not expect to expect to wind up as the master of a private island. Nor did he expect to cower in ancient Druid pits . . . nor fight for his life in the great hall at Okk-Hamiloth, on a planet galaxies away. A Trace of Memory is a mind blowing non-stop adventure story that you'll be thinking about long after you finish reading it.Keith Laumer was a best selling author who was nominated for both the Hugo and Nebula Awards. Before becoming a science fiction writer Laumer was an officer in the United States Air Force and a diplomat in the Foreign Service, adding a note of realism to many of his stories. One of science fiction's true luminaries

In Night of the Trolls Keith Laumer introduces us to one of his most popular inventions The Bolo. These are Super Tanks capable of defending or destroying mankind. Jackson a volunteer in an experiment with suspended animations awakens to discover 80 years have gone by and the world has fallen apart. With a the help of a bolo it is up to him to bring mankind back.

When Legion signed on as a soldier he did not expect to expect to wind up as the master of a private island. Nor did he expect to cower in ancient Druid pits . . . nor fight for his life in the great hall at Okk-Hamiloth, on a planet galaxies away. A Trace of Memory is a mind blowing non-stop adventure story that you'll be thinking about long after you finish reading it.Keith Laumer was a best selling author who was nominated for both the Hugo and Nebula Awards. Before becoming a science fiction writer Laumer was an officer in the United States Air Force and a diplomat in the Foreign Service, adding a note of realism to many of his stories. One of science fiction's true luminaries

Chester W. Chester the IV has recently inherited his uncle's rambling old mansion along with three million dollars in IRS debts associated with the property. An inspection of the mansion turns up only a wine seller and a huge, secret, underground, super computer that Chester's uncle was developing at the time of his death. After drinking liberally from the wine cellar, Chester and his friend Case Mulvihill hatch an impossible plan to hoodwink the IRS using some of the computer's rather unusual capabilities. Their plan goes awry almost immediately and the two are off on an unexpected, wild romp of an adventure and nothing will ever be the same. A Hoax in Time was originally serialized in Fantastic Stories of the Imagination in 1963. Keith Laumer was nominated for both the Hugo and nebula Awards on multiple occasions.

The first completely automated Bolo, designed to operate normally without a man on board, was the landmark XV Model M, which performed remarkably well.However, the always-present possibility of capture and use of a Bolo by an enemy was a constan