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We're big game hunters. And we're after the biggest game in the known universe.
The Pondoro Wolverine -- also known as the greer.
Smart. Fast. And deadly. The hunter who taught me to stalk them had to grow a new leg to replace the one a greer boar ripped off.
The greer fight to death -- and a little beyond -- because they have a great secret to protect. Which is all right with me and my robot.
That secret is the trophy we've come to collect.
Dead or alive...
On the strength of being a publishedwriter, he was promoted to reporter at the Florida Times-Union in Jacksonville, Florida, beginning a career in journalism which led him from the Bahamas to Pennsylvania to the state of Washington. He continued to write creatively, and had some fiction and nonfiction
magazine sales. But he found journalism a beguiling mistress, due to the twin incentives of a steady paycheck and seeing his byline on page one.
In 1978 he left journalism for public relations, and was a public informationofficer for three different state agencies in Arizona and Washington state. He edited a monthly tabloid for the Arizona Game and Fish department, which "required" him to spend days on end out in the wilds with a gun or fishing rod, doing research. In Washington, he headed up a negotiating team which settled major litigation between the state and local Indian tribes over tribal sales of untaxed liquor. And he won a Clio, a Telly, and other writting awards for TV commercials which promoted traffic safety.
He left state service 1993 and returned to full-time fiction writing. Bloodsport, his second science-fiction novel, was published in 1998 by HarperPrism. He has two grown children, Beau and Heather. He and his wife, Wanda, live in the small logging community of Buckley, Washington, with a cranky cat and a gun-shy Lab retriever.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A burned out journalist find new meaning for living,
By fhd@mail.lcc.net (College Station, TX) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Bloodsport (Mass Market Paperback)
Kieth Ramsey is a journalist. He was once a great writer and a great hunter. He perceives himself as a failure marking time until death takes him. Through a wild set of unlikely circumstances he decides to hunt the Pondoro Wolverine on an obscure planet in the back of beyond. Pondoro has nothing to offer in the way of minerals or other business opportunities, so the locals have started a hunting industry. The Pondoro Wolverine is at the top of the food chain. It hunts the hunter in ways that change the people that come for the hunt do not understand. The coward finds courage. The brave man begins to doubt his worth.Kieth Ramsey is accompanied by Ball, a spherical cyborg that revels in reviling people. Ball is not what he appears. Ramsey is not what he appears. The Pondoro Wolverines are not what they seem. This is a Hemmingway hunt story combined with a mystery and a spy story. It has two climaxes instead of one. The end of the book resolves almost nothing. You will NEVER guess what is going to happen next. The only flaw in the book is that the world of Pondoro is not painted in well. The people are put in pretty well, but the context is not put in real well.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Original,
By Amanda (CA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Bloodsport (Mass Market Paperback)
I love Burkett's writing...and I love his characters, especially his hero, and his subtle humor. I also love the worlds he has created, the creatures, and the other characters. Bravo, Burkett
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Timely, thought-provoking story that entertains thorougly!,
By RitaJerry@aol.com (California) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Bloodsport (Mass Market Paperback)
Writers often speak of "finding their voice." William R. Burkett, Jr., seems to have no problem with this. He writes in many voices, all of them believable and authentic. Whether coming from inside the mind of eerily intelligent alien beasts, speaking in the first person as somewhat jaded yet still romantic adventurer/journalist Keith Ramsey, or, best of all, emanating from Ball, THE most memorable robotic character to be penned in many years, Burkett's "voice" rings true and compelling. The story of BLOODSPORT is one timely for the late 20th century, as we contemplate exactly how intelligent animals might be (American Sign Language tutored gorillas are reality; can conversing with dolphins be far behind?). In light of newly discovered areas and levels of intelligence among other species, we are left to wrestle with the issue of what should be our new relationship with these species. The alien beings in BLOODSPORT tempt us to label them "beasts" while making as shrink ever more from such labels. Further timeliness lies in BLOODSPORT's use of robotics and cyberspace. The questions of what is "real" and what is "human" underscore this fast-paced story of a hunter who seeks what he thinks will be his ultimate prey. Suprise after plot twist after unexpected development move the story along, while well-defined characters (earthlings, aliens, and robots alike) and vivid descriptions of a time and place far from here should hold any reader's attention. A plot element it would be unfair to divulge leads us to hope a sequel is planned.
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