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Hoka! Hoka! Hoka! (Hoka)
One Hoka is a threat to human sanity. Two Hokas are a menace to civilization. And three Hokas . . . Heaven help the galaxy, in this hilarious science fiction adventure from two of the best writers in the genre.
Paperback, 320 pages
Published
October 1st 1998
by Baen
(first published 1983)
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Not much to comment on this one. A purely campy book in which small teddy bear-like creatures completely emulate whatever they happened to recently read or see in a movie. Earth has assigned Alexsander Jones as plenipotentary of the planet Toka, an overseer of sorts to the Hoka. The book is comprised of novelettes following Alexander Jones adventures: Western, Space Patrol, Pirates, French Legionnaire, to name a few. This is not a book to be taken seriously. A good book for traveling or waiting...more
I'm sure those of you that know me will well and guess that the Hoka books are my favourite Poul Anderson books with Hoka Hoka Hoka being the best. I am a sucker for stories that are well written but yet make me laugh. The world is so full of serious that when I want to escape, I want to shoot up to the stars all the way. The best part of the book Hoka Hoka Hoka is that the stories are written along with one of my other favourite authors Gordon R. Dickson. He may not be a Grandmaster like Poul A...more
This is a great adventure book about a planet full of cute teddy bear creatures with more imagination than is comfortable for those around them. Each chapter is a single short story. The book reads aloud well and fired the imagination of my 10 and 13 year old boys.
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Pseudonym A. A. Craig, Michael Karageorge, Winston P. Sanders, P. A. Kingsley.
Poul William Anderson was an American science fiction author who began his career during one of the Golden Ages of the genre and continued to write and remain popular into the 21st century. Anderson also authored several works of fantasy, historical novels, and a prodigious number of short stories. He received numerous a...more
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Poul William Anderson was an American science fiction author who began his career during one of the Golden Ages of the genre and continued to write and remain popular into the 21st century. Anderson also authored several works of fantasy, historical novels, and a prodigious number of short stories. He received numerous a...more
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