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Bill, the Galactic Hero #7
The Final Incoherent Adventure
Bill has been recruited by Captain Kadaffi - better known as Captain Cadaver - for a suicide mission on the planet Eyerack. Bill has orders to die trying - but trying what, he doesn't know. Will he lead the mission? Will he survive the bombs, blondes and booze? Will he ever find a foot?
215 pages, Hardcover
First published September 1, 1992
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Harry Harrison
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Harry Harrison (born Henry Maxwell Dempsey) was an American science fiction author best known for his character the The Stainless Steel Rat and the novel Make Room! Make Room! (1966), the basis for the film Soylent Green (1973). He was also (with Brian W. Aldiss) co-president of the Birmingham Science Fiction Group.
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Harry Harrison (born Henry Maxwell Dempsey) was an American science fiction author best known for his character the The Stainless Steel Rat and the novel Make Room! Make Room! (1966), the basis for the film Soylent Green (1973). He was also (with Brian W. Aldiss) co-president of the Birmingham Science Fiction Group.
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July 5, 2021
All told, this might be the worst of the series, but I'd still ignore the title to give you any hints as to its contents.
It's not really incoherent, but there is a difference between the first Bill, Galactic Hero that was written during Vietnam and a successfully pulling off a Catch-22 satire and revisiting Bill, Galactic Hero during the First Gulf War. Sure, the two were written during both conflicts and directly reference both with wordplay and satire, but this one somehow came across more as sadness.
That's not to say that there isn't a lot of strong attempts at humor, however. There are plenty of manly man things going on that are pitch-perfect with the absurdity. And there is a stark bare minimum of intelligence (and sometimes below the minimum!) in all things. Farmers, armies, heroism, and all the stupidest reasons for doing anything are showcased.
And yes, I remember, my emperor loves me. ;)
The book isn't horrible but did rather fall a bit flat and squirmy to me.
It's not really incoherent, but there is a difference between the first Bill, Galactic Hero that was written during Vietnam and a successfully pulling off a Catch-22 satire and revisiting Bill, Galactic Hero during the First Gulf War. Sure, the two were written during both conflicts and directly reference both with wordplay and satire, but this one somehow came across more as sadness.
That's not to say that there isn't a lot of strong attempts at humor, however. There are plenty of manly man things going on that are pitch-perfect with the absurdity. And there is a stark bare minimum of intelligence (and sometimes below the minimum!) in all things. Farmers, armies, heroism, and all the stupidest reasons for doing anything are showcased.
And yes, I remember, my emperor loves me. ;)
The book isn't horrible but did rather fall a bit flat and squirmy to me.
January 23, 2012
A really easy-to-read book that has plenty of fun in it. Bill would be a great 'hero' were it not for his over developed sense of self-survival. I think most people could relate to Bill!
As they say, people who like this sort of thing will like this.
As they say, people who like this sort of thing will like this.
February 28, 2019
7/10. Media de los 17 libros que he leído del autor : 7/10.
Ciencia ficción de humor exagerado donde Bill es una parodia de todos los heroes super-cachas que hayan podido existir.
Exagerado, esperpéntico, semiabsurdo, un humor bestia con el que no dejas de sonreir si te lo tomas tan a broma como lo ha hecho su autor al escribirlo.
Hay una serie de, creo, 7 libros pero son independientes, se pueden leer por separado. El comentario vale para todos ellos.
Yo empezaría a leerlo y si no te gusta este humor, pues lo dejas y en paz.
Ciencia ficción de humor exagerado donde Bill es una parodia de todos los heroes super-cachas que hayan podido existir.
Exagerado, esperpéntico, semiabsurdo, un humor bestia con el que no dejas de sonreir si te lo tomas tan a broma como lo ha hecho su autor al escribirlo.
Hay una serie de, creo, 7 libros pero son independientes, se pueden leer por separado. El comentario vale para todos ellos.
Yo empezaría a leerlo y si no te gusta este humor, pues lo dejas y en paz.
October 15, 2019
Bill is once again at the mercy of a lunatic officer with a scheme so stupid, only a 3rd grader would find it funny. Absolutely nothing funny ensues.
Well, at least I made it to the end of the series. I was kind of hoping it would end with Bill returning home to his life as a manure farmer, but no, the plot wasn't even that clever.
For context, this book was written in 1992, right after the first Gulf War, so it is filled with a lot of unfunny and unnecessary puns and comparisons.
I dunno, the whole thing just leaves me feeling very sad. I'm sure that was the authors' intent.
Well, at least I made it to the end of the series. I was kind of hoping it would end with Bill returning home to his life as a manure farmer, but no, the plot wasn't even that clever.
For context, this book was written in 1992, right after the first Gulf War, so it is filled with a lot of unfunny and unnecessary puns and comparisons.
I dunno, the whole thing just leaves me feeling very sad. I'm sure that was the authors' intent.
May 26, 2017
Good end to the series. With an option for sequels... Except for one earlier book, the series was entertaining with lots of jokes/references/satire on a variety of SciFi and political events. Relatively short books, good adherence to the theme by multiple writers, and light fun.
September 14, 2024
A fine ending to the series.
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January 3, 2016Nejbláznivější dobrodružství všech časů a vesmírů
Je dokonalým mezihvězdným kavaleristou: velký, silný a vlastní dokonale vymytý (vypitý) mozek. Prostě perfektní hrdina: ochotný udělat cokoliv, aby si zachránil krk. (Jedna z mála částí těla, která je původní.)
Kapitán Kadaffi, známější jako kapitán Cadaver, naverboval našeho superhrdinu – pro sebevražednou misi k planetě Eyerack. Bill prochází smrtícím tréninkem, na který nikdy nezapomene. Opravdu se Bill dostane na sebevražednou misi k Eyeracku? Přežije výbuchy bomb, blondýny a alkohol? Najde konečně milovanou nohu?
Je dokonalým mezihvězdným kavaleristou: velký, silný a vlastní dokonale vymytý (vypitý) mozek. Prostě perfektní hrdina: ochotný udělat cokoliv, aby si zachránil krk. (Jedna z mála částí těla, která je původní.)
Kapitán Kadaffi, známější jako kapitán Cadaver, naverboval našeho superhrdinu – pro sebevražednou misi k planetě Eyerack. Bill prochází smrtícím tréninkem, na který nikdy nezapomene. Opravdu se Bill dostane na sebevražednou misi k Eyeracku? Přežije výbuchy bomb, blondýny a alkohol? Najde konečně milovanou nohu?
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