The Keith Laumer MEGAPACK®: 21 Classic Stories

By Keith Laumer

Keith Laumer emerged as one of the modern masters of science fiction in the 1960s and 1970s, creating such memoriable characters as Retief of the CDT and the Bolos. This collection assembles 21 of his great tales, including stories in both of those series. Here are:

INTRODUCTION: KEITH LAUMER
THE FROZEN PLANET [Retief]
GAMBLER’S WORLD [Retief]
THE YILLIAN WAY [Retief]
THE MADMAN FROM EARTH [Retief]
RETIEF OF THE RED-TAPE MOUNTAIN [Retief]
AIDE MEMOIRE [Retief]
CULTURAL EXCHANGE [Retief]
THE DESERT AND THE STARS [Retief]
SALINE SOLUTION [Retief]
MIGHTIEST QORN [Retief]
THE GOVERNOR OF GLAVE [Retief]
THE KING OF THE CITY
THE LONG REMEMBERED THUNDER
THE NIGHT OF THE TROLLS [Bolo]
THE STAR-SENT KNAVES
GREYLORN
IT COULD BE ANYTHING
A BAD DAY FOR VERMIN
END AS A HERO
DOORSTEP
A TRACE OF MEMORY [novel]

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Wildside Press
• Release date: Sep 13, 2020
• ISBN: 9781479453672

Keith Laumer

John Keith Laumer (June 9, 1925 – January 23, 1993) was an American science fiction author. Prior to becoming a full-time writer, he was an officer in the United States Air Force and a diplomat in the United States Foreign Service. His older brother March Laumer was also a writer, known for his adult reinterpretations of the Land of Oz (also mentioned in Laumer's The Other Side of Time). Frank Laumer, their youngest brother, is a historian and writer.

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