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A FEW GOOD CON MEN....

The starship crew was stuck on a planet where the well-meaning schemes of ivory tower social engineers had created a nightmare of battling gangs. So they pretended to be the "Royal Legions" from a distant star kingdom in hot pursuit of an unspeakably evil and nearly all-powerful villain who was hiding somewhere on the planet.

Things went even better than they had hoped, and the planet was rapidly becoming civilized . . . and then the real Royal Flagship showed up. They thought they were doomed, but instead the new arrivals (who also weren't quite what they claimed to be) thought the crew had shown just the sort of initiative and ingenuity that the Interstellar Patrol was looking for. So they were inducted into the Patrol.

And that was just the beginning. . . .

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"I am delighted that someone is making Christopher Anvil's work available once again. Especially the Interstellar Patrol stories. I've always loved Anvil's . . . peculiar sense of humor." —David Weber

"[Anvil is] insistently readable!" —The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction

Length: 608 pages	Word Wise: Enabled	Enhanced Typesetting: Enabled
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For two decades, Christopher Anvil had numerous stories in the leading science fiction magazines, and was a frequent and popular contributor to the leading magazine, Analog, where he consistently ranked high in the reader's polls, and had several stories nominated for Hugo and Nebula awards. Like Keith Laumer, he has a rare ability to combine fast-moving adventure with wry humor. His previous books for Baen were Pandora's Legions, Interstellar Patrol, Interstellar Patrol II: The Federation of Humanity, and The Trouble with Aliens. His other novels include Strangers in Paradise; Warlord's World; The Steel, the Mist, and the Blazing Sun; and The Day the Machines Stopped. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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"I'm delighted that someone is making Christopher Anvil's work available once again. Especially the Interstellar Patrol stories. . . . I've always loved Anvil's, ah, peculiar sense of humor . . . a delightful pleasure." --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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ASIN : B00BEQP5MM
Publisher : Baen Books; 1st edition (4 December 2013)
Language : English
File size : 1233 KB
Simultaneous device usage : Unlimited
Text-to-Speech : Enabled
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Not Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 608 pages

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James Bowman

You have to buy book 1 and 2 they are seriously good

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 22 December 2015

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Great years all together in 2 books

Colonel Steven

Excellent

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 January 2020

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Absolutely excellent.

Wulfstan

Great Old School SF

Reviewed in the United States on 1 July 2015

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Christopher Anvil was one of the most prolific authors of the Silver Age of SF, writing for John Campbell of Astounding/Analog from 1956. He is largely forgotten now, since he was overshadowed by the Great Masters of the Golden and Silver Age. Anvil wrote lighthearted tales often about alien opponents with superior powers losing out to the superior intelligence or indomitable will or gadget mastery of humans .

Per David Weber in the Intro: "An Anvil character triumphs by shooting the rapids, by caroming from one obstacle to another, adapting and overcoming as he goes. In many ways, his characters are science-fiction descendents of Odysseus, the scheming fast thinker who dazzles his opponents with his footwork. Of course, sometimes it's a little difficult to tell whether they're dazzling an opponent with their footwork, or skittering across a floor covered in ball bearings. But Anvil has the technique and the skill to bring them out triumphant in the end, and watching them dance is such a delightful pleasure."

The thing is- these stories have not become dated, they have stood the test of time. While rarely great classics (Pandora's Planet is an exception) they are eminently readable and even re-readable.

Anyone wanting some fun old school SF could do much worse that pick up this huge volume of excellent storie

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J. Jones

Great Stores from the 1960's

Reviewed in the United States on 23 March 2012

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This was our Science Fiction Book Club selection for March 2012. Everyone loved the stores and how Roberts and friends fell into a bad situation and always managed to come out a winner. One thing the women noticed in the stories. There were no women. Apparently only men were around and doing fun things in the future. It was interesting to see how Science Fiction stories have changed since Christopher Anvil wrote for the magazines of the times.

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An Old Hippy

Anvil is a very good author

Reviewed in the United States on 1 February 2016

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anvil is a very good writer.while he wrote his stories some years ago,they have stood the test of time quite well.he has a slant that in some ways reminds me of Eric Frank Russel.well worth buying,you will be able to read these books many times

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