Villainy Victorious (Mission Earth) [Paperback]

L. Ron Hubbard (Author)

Book Description

Series: Mission Earth | Publication Date: June 1, 1988

"Once more," said Flay, "I am going to ask you politely and then we will really get to work on you. Where has this base crew gone?"

"I DON'T KNOW!" screamed Bolz.

"Hit him!" said the colonel.

It was the last order he ever issued in this life.

The blow hit the button remote in Bolz's pocket.

There was searing flash throughout the hangar!

The Death Battalion, the warship, the Blixo, the crea, Captain Bolz and Oh Dear glowed, suddenly outlined in the incandescence. They shifted color upward from red to yellow to violet. They went black. They turned to silica, momentarily holding shape, then they became molten glass.

The Death Battalion, sent by Apparatus Chief Lombar Hisst to take control on Earth, was gone.

But had Heller, the Countess Krak, and the dying Emperor of Voltar survived?

The insane Lombar Hisst, out of control on Voltar, holds the fate of Earth and the entire Voltar Confederacy in his clenching hands.

Here is truly VILLAINY VICTORIOUS, the ninth, heart-stopping volume in L. Ron Hubbard's best-selling dekalogy.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Ironic, exciting, romantic and hilarious." -- Orson Scott Card

"Science Fiction with a sense of humor and a real page turner." -- Donald Kingsbury "Courtship Rite"

"Wry humor abounds--but never lets you relax for very long." -- F.M. Busby "The Demu Trilogy"

About the Author

L. Ron Hubbard's legendary writing career spanned more than half a century of enduring literary achievement and creative influence, encompassing more than 250 published novels, novelettes, short stories and screenplays in every major genre. Among his best-selling and classic speculative fiction trend-setters are "Battlefield Earth," "Fear," and "Final Blackout."

Product Details

• Paperback: 410 pages
• Publisher: Bridge Publications (CA) (June 1, 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 159212030X
• ISBN-13: 978-1592120307
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.2 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,470,960 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

With 19 New York Times bestsellers and more than 230 million copies of his works in circulation, L. Ron Hubbard is among the most acclaimed and widely read authors of our time. As a leading light of American Pulp Fiction through the 1930s and '40s, he is further among the most influential authors of the modern age. Indeed, from Ray Bradbury to Stephen King, there is scarcely a master of imaginative tales who has not paid tribute to L. Ron Hubbard.

Customer Reviews

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Awful..Smut, November 8, 1999

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Fosky Bob "human" (Vacaville, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Villainy Victorious (Mission Earth Series) (Paperback)

The decision to throw Soltan Gris in prison in vol. 7 and remove him as narrator is really hard to defend. There's nothing that couldn't have been done better with Gris still running around the Confederacy wreaking havoc. Monte Pennwell was an atrocious idea. I suspect Hubbard died before the series was finished with someone else finishing it off, assuming the Pennwell identity to mask a different writing style. (Else Hubbard is truly a master of voice..since most writers carry their writing tone in everything they write)

Skip over the chapters involving Teenie, unless you're a undersexed teenager. Awful, awful stuff. Base two books around the worst characters (Teenie and Madison) in the series? What were they thinking?

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A fast, fun read., December 26, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Villainy Victorious (Mission Earth Series) (Paperback)

I used to think the sex in some of the Mission Earth books was too perverted to be real...and then came the Internet. The Mission Earth series could be subtitled "A Parody of Earth." It is hilarious. Hubbard also works in some strange new concepts of space and time. Funnier and faster than Heinlein, but just as profound.

5.0 out of 5 stars ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS I'VE EVER READ, January 6, 2012

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JoJo Zawawi "JoJo" (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Villainy Victorious (Mission Earth) (Paperback)

I've read the entire Mission Earth series (back in the day when they first came out), and am currently re-reading them.

The only problem I have with the Mission Earth books is that they are SO good, I CANNOT PUT THEM DOWN and thus I lose quite a lot of sleep until I'm done with each book! When they were first coming out, I would eagerly await each book and then stay up all night long reading it. I've found the same to be true with all of my friends who've read this fantastic series.

Fast-paced, high adventure with incredible writing. I could go on, but suffice it to say, these are great books.

These authors have all found Hubbard's writing to be great -- Robert E. Heinlein, Larry Niven, Frank Herbert, Frederik Pohl, Jerry Pournelle, Robert Silverberg, Roger Zelazny, Jack Williamson, Eric Kotani, Algis Budrys, Andre Norton, Theodore Sturgeon, Anne McCaffrey, and many more. Do you really so many great writers would have such flawed taste themselves?

Hubbard was one of the greatest of the pulp fiction writers back in the golden age. And his later writings were just as good.