Keith Laumer

The general was bucking for his other star-and this miserable contraption bucked right back!

• Collected here for the first time in this massive omnibus collection are three novels and twenty-two short stories by multiple Hugo and Nebular Award nominated author, Keith Laumer. That's more than nine hundred pages of top notch adventure science fiction. This book is jammed packed with some of Laumer's best work including stories set in both the Retief and Bolo series. Laumer's experience as an officer in the United States Air Force and a diplomat...

The first completely automated Bolo, designed to operate normally without a man on board, was the landmark XV Model M, which performed remarkably well.

However, the always-present possibility of capture and use of a Bolo by an enemy was a constant source of anxiety to military leaders and, in time, gave rise to the next and fi­nal major advance in Bolo technology: the self-directing and self-aware Mark XX Model B Bolo, Tremendous.

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He was as ancient as time-and as strange as his own frightful battle against incredible odds! Before becoming a science fiction writer Laumer was an officer in the United States Air Force and a diplomat in the Foreign Service, adding a note of realism to many of his stories. One of science fiction's true luminaries

In Night of the Trolls Keith Laumer introduces us to one of his most popular inventions The Bolo. These are Super Tanks capable of defending or destroying mankind. Jackson a volunteer in an experiment with suspended animations awakens to discover 80 years have gone by and the world has fallen apart. With a the help of a bolo it is up to him to bring mankind back. Bolo to the Rescue!

Four walls do not a prison make, unless they look out upon a world that doesn't exist any more. Keith Laumer was a Hugo and Nebula award nominee! Before becoming a science fiction writer Laumer was an officer in the United States Air Force and a diplomat in the Foreign Service, adding a note of realism to many of his stories. One of science fiction's true luminaries.

Blast you, Retief! Your violent ways are the disgrace of Earth's diplomatic corps-but your salty jokes are worse! Before becoming a science fiction writer Laumer was an officer in the United States Air Force and a diplomat in the Foreign Service, adding a note of realism to many of his stories. One of science fiction's true luminaries.

This is a great collection of action short stories by Keith Laumer from "The Golden Age of Science Fiction". Featured here: "Cultural Exchange", "The King Of The City", and "The Night Of The Trolls".

Great collection of action short stories by Keith Laumer from "The Golden Age of Science Fiction". Featured here: "The Star-Sent Knaves", "The Long Remembered Thunder", "The Night of the Trolls", "The Frozen Planet", "The Big Trip Yonder", and "2 B R 0 2 B".

The Boyars have spent the past sixty years terraforming the planet Flamme, clearing jungle, descumming the seas, irrigating deserts and establishing forests. Now the Aga Kaga have decided to move in and claim it as their own. The Under-secretary of the CDT refuses to support the Boyars with anything more than a diplomatic note. It's up to Retief to deliver it and convince the Aga Kaga to abandon their claim. "Don't worry. I'll keep the peace, if...