Bill's in trouble again. A hideous outer-space infection has transformed one of his feet into a satyr's hoof; he has two right hands; the nurses at the hospital where he lies recovering from his last escapade are steel robots. But soon he's off again in search of science fiction's greatest cliches.
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1.0 out of 5 stars
Just not funny, sorry.,
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This review is from: Bill, the Galactic Hero On the Planet of Tasteless Pleasure (Bill, the Galactic Hero) (Paperback)
There just wasn't anything funny or intelligent in this incomprehensible stream-of-consciousness babble. I was introduced to the first two BTGH books a long time ago by a friend and enjoyed them. I have also read several of the Stainless Steel Rat series and various others by Harry Harrison. I recently decided to start picking up the BTGH series and this is the second follow-up book in the series I have been disappointed with (the other being the planet of zombie vampires) and I think I won't be reading any more.
I'm not sure what the snide jabs at other authors is about either. They would be redeemable IF funny but they just come across as lame and petty, particularly in a book with such a low caliber of writing. Given what I have read of HH in the past, the temptation is to believe this junk was churned out by the co-author and rubber-stamped by HH with his signature. That may be unfair though, Harrison's work has been a little uneven from time to time and maybe this was just a sustained low-point. Either way, if you enjoyed the adventures of Bill in the first two books, you may want to pretend this one doesn't exist.
4.0 out of 5 stars
If you've read any cheese-ball sci-fi and loved it this is for you,
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This review is from: Bill, the Galactic Hero On the Planet of Tasteless Pleasure (Bill, the Galactic Hero) (Paperback)
If this is your first consideration of the Bill the Galactic Hero series consider this: 1) Do you like to laugh? 2) Do you laugh easily?
If you answered yes to either of these questions, preferably both, you'll enjoy this book. As is common with most of Harrison's writing it relies on a number of sci-fi stereotypes and blows them out of proportion with hysterical results.
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