- Paperback
- Publisher: BERKLEY MEDALLION (1965)
- ASIN: B0014E9TK8
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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Classic Retief -- James Bond in Outer Space,
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This review is from: Retief's War (Jaime Retief Series #3) (Paperback)
The secret to the Retief series is their strong tongue-in-cheek attitude. Taken at face value, the unimaginative reader might stumble over the sub-moronic aliens, the unlikely settings, or the fact that reality seems to often stand on it's head, for no obvious reason. But if you read these series as a parody of the James Bond series, then you can relax and enjoy the experience. And the subtext of Mankind as having a noble, heroic streak is the best ego boost I get from Sci-Fi. Let other authors portray humans as weak, greedy, venal, flawed : Laumer's Retief is a hero in the strongest sense of the word. If the future holds people like Retief, then maybe Mankind will survive to grow out of our weaknesses.
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Happy Go-Lucky Brawling Fun!,
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This review is from: Retief's War (Jaime Retief Series #3) (Paperback)
If you are looking for a fun book which doesn't take the world too serious then this is it!This book was a great change from the typicaly long and extensively developed books which are becoming more and more common nowadays. Though not a deep and moving book (which I appreciate) it does provide many inovative ideas about possible (if improbable) alien species; their lovable too. You really get into saving the aliens and bagging the bad guys, all in the Retief fashion (two fisted diplomat, James Bond in space?), of course. Lots of laughs.
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This review is from: Retief's War (Jaime Retief Series #3) (Paperback)
I got this by request for my son's birthday. He loved it and has decided that Laumer is his favorite author!
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