Hour of the Gremlins [Mass Market Paperback]

Gordon R. Dickson (Author), Ben Bova (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 27, 2004

Hour Of The Horde by Gordon R. Dickson: The voracious and merciless Horde roved the galaxies, stripping whole star systems of all life. As they advance on the Milky Way, a galaxy-wide force is hastily arrayed to stop them. But Miles Vander, the warrior sent by Earth to join the defence, must first convince his alien crewmembers that he is just as good a soldier as they. Wolfing by Gordon R. Dickson: Earth was only a primitive outpost, its people dubbed primitive "wolfings" by the rulers of the galactis empire. Jim Kell was sent to the High-Born rulers' Throne World, with orders only to observe - until he cast away his orders from Earth and proved himself a Wolfling indeed. Gremlins Go Home by Gordon R. Dickson and Ben Bova: Suppose that elves, gremlins, and leprechauns are really tiny aliens marooned on Earth for hundreds of years. They want to go home, and human technology finally can make it possible - it they can get aboard NASA's Mars rocket and hijack it! Pity the poor human who has to help them with the big heist...

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 544 pages
• Publisher: Baen (April 27, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0743488261
• ISBN-13: 978-0743488266
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,680,706 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars 3 novels under 1 cover, February 2, 2003

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eveoflove (North York, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hour of the Gremlins (Paperback)

This is in fact an omnibus of 3 novels, not a sequel to the earlier collaboration of Dickson and Bova (called "Gremlins Go Home")

Here's a brief summary of what we're treated to here:

"Gremlins Go Home", a novel by Dickson and Bova, which explores the concept that aliens have been living here for hundreds of years (under the appearance of leprechauns, elves, etc.) and that they want to go back to their home... now made possible because of a NASA mission that finally reaches beyond the moon; will they have to hijack the rocket?

"Hour Of The Horde", by Gordon Dickson (1970), is about an alien race that cruises galaxies to "deplete" all life, and their latest target is our solar system. An army of races from our system is put together to show resistance, including representation from Earth: an eclectic crew (to say the least!) from various planets is put together... will Earth prove that it is worthy?

"Wolflings", also by Gordon R. Dickson (1968), is about an intergalactic empire ruled by aliens MUCH superior to Earth, which they consider "little primitive beings". Earth sends one of its best to the aliens' "homeworld", with orders to "observe" the situation. But he cannot simply see what he sees and do nothing...

The 3 novels are COMPLETELY UNRELATED (other than the fact that Dickson wrote/co-wrote them), but are quite entertaining each in their own way. Some themes will now appear "deja vu", but considering they were written decades ago, years before TV shows started to put together interplanetary crews "à la Star Trek", those books are quite interesting.

And because all 3 novels are quite good but out-of-print, I suggest this reasonably priced purchase, whether you're a Dickson fan or not. You'll get hours of entertaining sci-fi!

4.0 out of 5 stars I bought it for 2 of the 3 titles included in this collection, July 12, 2008

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Mitchell A. Kaplan - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hour of the Gremlins (Mass Market Paperback)

I purchased this to get "Wolfling" and "Hour of the Horde". These were both stories that I had read some time ago and wanted to re-read them. For whatever reason, both stories made enough of an impact that I remembered them and wanted to find them again. They're fun to read, pretty short and although somewhat light they have some interesting ideas. I very happy that these out of print stories were put into this collection and reprinted.