I'm not really sure what makes this book stand out to me so much - just the number of times I've read it. It's like a familiar friend. Retief is the intelligent member of the diplomatic group; somehow he always manages to keep his bosses happy while figuring out and solving the real problems an...
Retief is possibly Science Fiction's most humorous, and also invariably triumphant, recurring character; embodying the intelligence and machismo of James Bond (Retief's portrayal on the cover art of some of the books is rather remininiscent of James Coburn as Derek Flint from the Our Man Flint mo...
The classic military dilemma--preventing those who defend you from turning on you--is seemingly solved with the implementation of the Bolos, mechanical servants with artificial intelligence and state-of-the-art high-tech weaponry. But when the implacable alien Deng invade Earth, the Bolos leap to...
Terran diplomat and interplanetary troubleshooter Jame Retief must stop the belligerent, five-eyed Groaci from invading the beleaguered planet of Bloor, which is already plagued by violence between rival gangs.
Contains the novella (unavailable elsewhere) "Retief and the Pan-Galactic Pageant of Pulchitrude" (1986) Also contains the novel Retief's Ransom, 1971 (Retief, #6).
"In Zany-Doo did Jame Retief aa stately pleasure dome decree..."Retief's latest assignment is on Zany-Doo, a wild, undeveloped planet whose residents have a marked dislike for Terrans. The caterpilleroid natives seem to have something to hide, but neither Ambassador Spoilsport nor Retief's ineffa...
A collection of adventures featuring Keith Laumer's devil-may- care Galactic Diplomat. Protocol, Sealed Orders, Aide Memoire, Policy, and Palace Revolution were published in Envoy to New Worlds in 1963. Retief's Ransom is apparently new.
The adventures of Lafayette O'Leary continue at last! The world, as Lafayette O'Leary knew it, disappeared in a flash. Perhaps it was his own doing - after all, he had the uncanny gift of creating alternate realities by sheer mental power.But the result was a nightmare gone out of control. All O'...
'Twas boring in Artesia....or so thought Sir Lafayette O'Leary, ex-draftman from Earth, and now seemingly ex-interdimensional swashbuckler extraordinaire as well. His battles were all won, his dragons all slain, and life was just the same boring round of riches, royal hunts and regattas. Boring, ...
@page { margin-bottom: 5.000000pt; margin-top: 5.000000pt; } SALINE SOLUTION"Oft has the Corps, in its steadfast championing of minority rights, run foul of the massive influence of entrenched pressure groups. Consul General (later Secretary) Magnan stirringly reaffirmed hallowed Corps principles...
"Good mornings, Terry," a knobby, brown-mottled, four-foot alien with a bewildering variety of appendages waved a couple of the latter at the diplomat. "How's trick? Say, I've been meaning to ask ones of you fellow a question: any chance of you Terry supplying a little economic aid in the form...
His stomach had been employed by a gang of road menders for brewing up a batch of hot tar; he could distinctly feel the bubbles swelling and popping. His head had been dribbled up and down a basketball court for several close-fought quarters; and his eyes—apparently they'd been extracted, used in...
On the last island in line, the lights of a town sparkled distantly. “It’s hard to believe I made a hike across that same stretch of country once,” he said. “If I hadn’t found an oasis with a Coke machine, I’d have ended up a set of dry bones.” “My ...
"We're clear," he said dully. "I don't think the other boat got away. I don't see it on our screens—" A clay-faced creature with the overlong arms and the tufted bristles of a Zorgian pushed through the crew packed like salted fish in the bare, functional shell of the lifeboat. "Listen to me, you...
The Blortian beachhead north of town had been expanded into a wide curve of armored units poised ready for the dawn assault that was to sweep the capital clear. To the west, Gloian columns were massing for the counterstrike. At the point of juncture of the proposed assault lines, the lights of th...
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You've got no reservation. Wouldn't have mattered if you had, actually. Flight 79 lifted ten minutes ago." The clerk patted back a yawn and looked past Retief, who commented mildly, "Jumped the gun, didn't it?" "You don't have to get nasty!" the counterman protested, his pinched fac...