Bolo [Paperback]

Keith Laumer (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Ace (July 1, 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0441069975
• ISBN-13: 978-0441069972
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,839,019 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars My Introduction to Bolos, May 17, 2005

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Old Soldier - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bolo (Paperback)

Picked up this old collection by chance in a public library. I believe that this is the first collection of Bolo stories.

The first story - "The Night Of The Trolls" - is a little slow.

Then comes a Retief story with "Courier." Not much Bolo action in this one but Retief is hilarious.

The third story, "Field Test" hooked me on Bolos. If the end of this story hits you in the gut - you are a Bolo fan. If not, find something else to read.

The rest of the stories are strong and will leave you looking for more Bolo adventures.

5.0 out of 5 stars Bolo, October 24, 2011

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James R. Lohr (Arlington, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bolo (Paperback)

This is the one that started the whole Genre of the supertank. A good read, lots of background for all the later follow-on stories that really fleshout this story-line. Keith Laumer, excellent writer.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I read this on a friends recommendation..., July 12, 2002

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Paladin08 (Folsom, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bolo (Paperback)

I enjoyed the different short stories that represented different times in the future. On one of the short stories I was really wanting that to be an entire novel instead of just a short story (Retrief was awesome!).

Similar to my review on Theives' World the stories are great but there are very thin threads tying it all together and no real following of a select group of characters.

A good read and I hear that the rest of the books in the series are the same and just as enjoyable as the first.