- Paperback: 224 pages
- Publisher: Gollancz; New edition edition (8 Oct 1992)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0575053208
- ISBN-13: 978-0575053205
- Product Dimensions: 17.4 x 11.2 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 717,828 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The fourth zany yarn featuring Bill, the galactic hero. He's heading out to the Chinger war zone as a military policeman on the starship Bounty, riding shotgun with a crew of homicidal maniacs, arsonists and misfits fresh out of the slammer.
About the Author
Harry Harrison (1925 -) Harry Harrison was born Henry Maxwell Dempsey in Connecticut, in 1925. He is the author of a number of much-loved series including the Stainless Steel Rat and Bill the Galactic Hero sequences and the Deathworld Trilogy. He is known as a passionate advocate of Esperanto, the most popular of the constructed international languages, which appears in many of his novels. He has been publishing novels for over half a century and is perhaps best known for his seminal novel of overpopulation, Make Room! Make Room!, which was adapted into the cult film Soylent Green. Harry Harrison lives in the Republic of Ireland.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
RELIEVED from duty on board a supply station - where the strategic ramifications of toilet paper are the Commander's main concern - Bill is assigned a post as Military Policeman on board The Bounty in Bill, the Galactic Hero ... On the Planet of Zombie Vampires by Harry Harrison and Jack C Haldeman II. The Bounty, captained by Captain Blight and crewed by a gang of hardened criminals, is a salvage ship heading for the Beta Draconis region to pick up the pieces after yet another battle in the Chinger war. The Captain amuses himself growing okra plants, which, after having been badly cooked, are repeatedly served up to the crew at mealtimes - while the Captain stuffs himself with many a gourmand's delights. When Captain Blight heavily rations the water supply, so that his precious okra plants may benefit, he and his first officer, Christianson, have a case of mutiny on their hands. The crew find a suitably desolate planet on which to abandon the officers, but on docking and entering the communications station they find its personnel all dead. Bill and the mutineers then all experience the same compelling urge to wander off alone and do incredible things in the face of danger. On his wanderings Bill discovers a large cavern beneath the base, filled with strange alien pods... Guess which certain series of SF films starring Sigourney Weaver this story is spoofing? One of the joys with this book is playing Spot the Cliché - it is excellently researched and I should imagine that the authors had a lot of fun writing it. This is my favourite in the Bill series after the original novel. Recommended.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Nothing quite like a Galactic hero
19 Feb 1999
Format:Paperback
I must say that this being the first Bill bookI ever read, it was what got me hooked. A few things like the stone foot, and the elephant foot sprout weren't all that clear in the beginning because the stone foot's from the previous book, and then there's the two inch fangs and a black arm on the wrong side (but all that was explained in the first book which is another CLASSIC....well, except the foot thing) But after starting it I couldn't put it down. Harrison's unique and often farcical style is what makes this book a keeper. Many of the funniest things were small simple plays on words. Anyway, if you find yourself a copy of this book, GIVE IT TO ME! It's impossible to find, I got it from the library and it was gone the next time I looked for it, NEVER LET GO OF BILL BOOKS! EVER! I loaned volume 1 to my friend and I never got it back! >:- (
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
One of the best Bill books out there
19 Jan 2003
Format:Paperback
This is easily my favorite Bill book, and most of my friends put it high up on their list too. I think anyone would have a good time reading it.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Bill is the best hero ever!
29 Oct 1998
Format:Paperback
The book is a spoof on the alien movies, and is the best Bill the Galactic Hero book I have ever read. Harry Harrison does an excellent job in writing this funny yet suspensful book. A masterpiece of science fiction and comedy all rolled into one book. Don't start this book at night if you have to get up in the morning.
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