No Phule Like An Old Phule
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From a New York Times bestseller, a commander of misfits runs a hunting expedition on an alien planet in a "madcap . . . welcome sendup of military sf" (Booklist). Desperate to kick Phule out of the Space Legion, General Blitzkrieg sends a crack team of environmental investigators—including celebrity canine Barky the Environmental Dog—to sniff out Phule and his unnatural disasters. It doesn't take long. Phule is hosting a group of big-game hunters who think they can bag a dinosaur on Zenobia. Needless to say, dinosaurs are not a native species. But cold, hard facts never stopped a Phule . . . And neither will Barky's cold, wet nose. Praise for the Phule's Company series: "A winning story . . . part science fiction, part spoof, part heart-warmer." —Publishers Weekly "Light without being frivolous, and displays Asprin's considerable expertise about fencing and things military, especially leadership." —Chicago Sun-Times "Reminiscent of 'M*A*S*H.'" —Analog Science Fiction and Fact Magazine
Robert Lynn Asprin
Robert Lynn Asprin grew up in the college town of Ann Arbor, Michigan. After serving in the army, he got a job as a cost accountant and saw nothing wrong with making a career out of arranging numbers, until he and a few friends wandered into a Society for Creative Anachronism event, where he quickly realized he had a perfect trifecta of talent: disruption, organization, and storytelling. Asprin put these talents to work to found the Great Dark Horde within the SCA, and the Dorsai Irregulars within the science-fiction fandom. The life of a cost accountant had lost its allure, but he had a family to support, so he decided to tell stories for money. Asprin’s first two books, The Cold Cash War and Another Fine Myth, demonstrated that he could write tragedy or comedy, science fiction or fantasy, with equal finesse. Then he got the idea for Thieves’ World® and changed the way authors, publishers, and readers thought about anthologies. Though Asprin died in 2008, the Great Dark Horde, the Dorsai Irregulars, and Thieves’ World® continue to this day.
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