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Harry Harrison; Robert Sheckley Bill, El Héroe Galáctico: En El Planeta de los Cerebros Embotellados
Editorial Grijalbo 8425324939 / 9788425324932 PAPERBACK Very Good
8425324939 Editorial Reviews n nProduct Description n"Grándote, fortachón, encefalograma plano: el ejército hizo de Bill el perfecto soldado de las galaxias, el perfecto peón de la épica lucha entre la cultura y la civilización terráqueas y todos los imperios del mal (son muchos) del universo, el perfecto fantaseador sexual y el perfecto aspirante a la muerte por cirrosis alcohólica. Pertrechado con dos brazos derechos -el que cuelga de su hombro izquierdo es negro, rescatado, tras la muerte de un camarada, por un cirujano militar poco escrupuloso-; un glorioso colmillo procedente del más sanguinario de los muy sanguinarios instructores de reclutas, y de un pie (o una sucesión de pies, todos insatisfactorios: ¿quién va a molestarse en buscar buenos píes a los soldados rasos?) en sustitución del que se había volado; no puede decirse que Bill hubiera triunfado en la vida, incluso procediendo de una granja. Pero el destino, siempre misericordioso con los más brutos, le iba a deparar las más estupendas, indeseables y emocionantes pruebas...
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Harry Harrison The Stainless Steel Rat Goes to Hell
Tor Science Fiction 0812551079 / 9780812551075 MASS MARKET PAPERBACK Good
0812551079 Editorial Reviews n nFrom Publishers Weekly nIn a distant future, with human civilization spread across the stars, Slippery Jim DiGriz, the Stainless Steel Rat, has flourished, first as a classically noble outlaw, then on the side of the law as a member of the elite Special Corps. When his beloved wife, Angelina, vanishes in the Temple of Eternal Truth, both love and duty drive the Rat to find out what happened. Rescuing his wife is easy enough; solving the rest of the mystery requires the help of Angelina, both their sons, several other Special Corps operatives and a company of Space Marines (going into at least one battle armed with nothing but 20-pound salamis). The villain is one Justice Slakey, a physicist who has solved the secret of traveling among multiple universes and replicating himself, and who is using these new powers to create a transuranic element that stops time and thereby confers immortality. If the Rat's long-running adventures (begun in 1961, with The Stainless Steel Rat) had ever been intended to be more than lightweight entertainment, the adolescent sexism and casual acceptance of the romantic myth of the noble outlaw might have long since become offensive. But as it stands, the novel offers fast action, abundant (if sometimes forced) humor, swarms of weird concepts and, for fans of the Rat, a welcome return (after The Stainless Steel Rat Gets Drafted, 1987) of what is probably Harrison's (King and Emperor, Forecasts, June 24) most popular series. nCopyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. n nFrom Booklist nIn the latest exploit of Slippery Jim DiGriz, well-known adventurer, bon vivant, criminal mastermind, and sometime upholder of the right (or at least his right), the Stainless Steel Rat (i.e., DiGriz) faces a foe deadlier and even more outrethan any he has faced before: the Powers of Darkness. When his beloved wife, Angelina, is foully kidnapped from a vacation planet, he, his son, and the usual collection of colorful cohorts must track her down, even unto Hell itself. Along the way, he gleefully battles assorted grim villains, vile powers, and, of course, the stodgy interference of more conventional forces of law and order. Fans of the Stainless Steel Rat will welcome this new chapter, the most outrageous yet, in Harrison's engaging and delightful saga. He has made this corner of the galaxy his own. Dennis Winters --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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