- Paperback: 192 pages
- Publisher: Littlehampton Book Services Ltd; New edition edition (15 Feb 1979)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0600345750
- ISBN-13: 978-0600345756
- Product Dimensions: 17.3 x 11.2 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,002,814 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Healer (Book 3 of the LaNague Series) is the stunning conclusion of the LaNague Federation Trilogy. The Outworld Imperium began as a rebellion by colonials seeking independence. Two centuries later it is a bloated bureaucratic "business" - a business that produces nothing. Its income is not derived from a free exchange for goods or services, but from taxation. Its a business that never shows a profit, is always in the red, and continually borrows to make up staggering deficits Peter LaNague's unique revolution sets out to topple the entrenched Outworld Imperium as well as fundamentally altering every Outworlder's concept of government. To accomplish this he must ally himself with a madman, trust the word of the last of Sol System's robber barons, make incisive use of the consummate warriors from the planet Flint (without allowing them to run amok), confound at every turn the omnipresent forces of the Imperium, and, every now and then, make it rain money. Those are the easy parts. LaNague's greatest challenge is to see his plan through to successful completion without becoming the very enemy he has vowed to destroy. Short stories "Lipidleggin'" and "Ratman" are reprinted in this edition as well as an introduction by the author. F. Paul Wilson is the bestselling author of more than thirty novels and 100 short stories. Over seven million copies of his books are in print in the US; his work has been translated into twenty-four foreign languages. A practicing physician, he resides at the Jersey Shore with his wife Mary.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I first read this book aged about 13, in the Science Fiction Special No 28, borrowed from my town library. It introduced me to concepts and dilemmas that have informed my entire adult thoughts: This Book Changed My Life. Parts of the book are pure adventure, parts are an intelligent discussion on what rights we have as individuals, and what we owe others in return. Is it "from those according to what they have to those according to what they need" or "mine is what I can take and hold"? Philosophy as exciting sci-fi, if you will. Or possibly, exciting sci-fi as philosophy.
Sadly, after I had borrowed and read 'SFS No 28' about 12 times, it was loaned to Stafford Prison Library and then stolen by some criminal! It took me ten years to acquire a copy after looking in every second hand bookshop I entered. That was five years ago. Now this excellent book has finally been reprinted, a shiny new copy can be yours (or perhaps your thirteen year old nephew's?) in only ten seconds... what are you waiting for? ;-)
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Possibly the widest breadth in the fewest pages of any sci fi novel. Combining a cracking good adventure story with lessons on companionship, what it is to be human (and alien, and both), written in a clear, approachable style. Very highly recommended - the book I would choose to take on a desert island with me.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I read this book when I was in my early teens. It is well written, entertaining, humorous and generally interesting. At the age I read it it was also a good lighthearted challenge to the basic dogma of socialist consensus that my teachers and mother had largely brought me up in which left me with a lifelong (so far) interest in political philosophy.
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