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.
"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...
Contains the novella (unavailable elsewhere) "Retief and the Pan-Galactic Pageant of Pulchitrude" (1986) Also contains the novel Retief's Ransom, 1971 (Retief, #6).
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.
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...
Publisher's Note: The stories and novel herein have previously appeared in parts in Envoy To New Worlds, Galactic Diplomat, and Retief's War. This is the first unitary edition.Contents:p. 1 • Extraordinary Diplomats (Retief!) • (2002) • essay by David Drakep. 5 • Diplomat-at-Arms • (1960) • novel...
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...