The Far Frontier

by William Rotsler

Playboy Press #16633, 1980. Stated First Printing in fine condition.

Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction

236 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 6, 2015

About the author

William "Bill" Rotsler was an American cartoonist and graphic artist; author of several science fiction novels and short stories, and television and film novelizations, and non-fiction works on a variety of topics, ranging from Star Trek to pornography; a prominent member of science fiction fandom; and a sculptor, primarily in metal, who contributed to the art at the entrance to the Los Angeles Police Department headquarters.

Pseudonyms:
Victor W. II Appleton, William Arrow, Andrew Garth, John Ryder Hall, Cord Heller, Latham Hilliard, Linda Holland, Harmony Holt, Lothar Korda, Honey Malcom, Hord Markham, Clay McCord, Howard Scott Miles, Clint Randall, Beverly Sorenson, Beth Waring, Fletcher Westflag.

Reviews

[Craig · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a fun shoot-'em-up Western horse opera set on the frontier world of Zikkala in Rotsler's far future Zandra sequence. There are claim jumpers and ambushing natives and a pretty lady who runs the best saloon in town and smart horses and all such brickabrackery of the genre. It's not great literature, but it's entertaining fun, published by Playboy Press with a cool Gino D'Achille cover. Recommended for Firefly fans.