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Summary: Makes the A-Team look like Shakespeare
Review: Imagine you are watching the A-Team on a small-screen TV. Now imagine that your are also watching a second TV (both small-screen and black and white), tuned to Battlestar Galactica. Imagine further that you are repeatedly striking your forehead with a brick, causing both pain and a substantial reduction of your IQ. You now have roughly reproduced the experience of reading this book.
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Summary: A Phun Read
Review: Like its predecessor, "Phule's Company," this book is a light, fun read. The only thing I really didn't like about it was the very end. If Asprin had left out the last page and a half, I'd have been very happy. However, he added that last bit to provide a hook to later books. I just don't think he needed that and it detracted from the ending of this book. Other than that, though, I recommend this book for anyone looking for some light reading.
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Summary: A Phun Read
Review: Like its predecessor, "Phule's Company," this book is a light, fun read. The only thing I really didn't like about it was the very end. If Asprin had left out the last page and a half, I'd have been very happy. However, he added that last bit to provide a hook to later books. I just don't think he needed that and it detracted from the ending of this book. Other than that, though, I recommend this book for anyone looking for some light reading.
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Summary: Phule's Company goes into action
Review: Much of Phule's Company is devoted to introducing the reader to the main characters. Now that that is done, Phule's Company finally gets off the ground in a full-blown adventure. They find themselves assigned to "easy duty" as security guards at a casino at a resort space station called Lorelei. The casino is threatened by a hostile takeover from the mob. Suspicious from the beginning, Phule assigns part of his company to go undercover at the casino, hiring actors to replace them. But when the team arrives on Lorelei, they realize that much of the hostile takeover is already underway, and Phule has to out-manuever a ruthless crime boss. Things turn nasty, and the company has to come together to save their commander.
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Summary: Still pretty darned good!
Review: My only complaint is that Asprin tries to bring in the actors as main characters, but maintain the previous ones. I still don't know the new characters, so they should have been left as just minor characters. The only characters I really got to know better were Beeker & Rembrandt. Too many characters really bogs down a book.
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Summary: Still pretty darned good!
Review: My only complaint is that Asprin tries to bring in the actors as main characters, but maintain the previous ones. I still don't know the new characters, so they should have been left as just minor characters. The only characters I really got to know better were Beeker & Rembrandt. Too many characters really bogs down a book.
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Summary: Asprin is the next best fantasy writer after Piers Anthony !
Review: Phule's Paradise is one of those books that you'll want to reread over and over again. It is a classic which will forever stand the test of time. The only bad thing about it was that it had to end. I look forward to the next installment to this wonderful series and hope that this will not interfere with the continuation of the MYTH series as well. Robert Asprin is one of the true giants of his field! e
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Summary: Asprin - A sure cure for the blues!
Review: Robert Asprin strikes again with this charming missive about what many of us dreamed the military to REALLY be.
Although it will become instantly clear to anyone who has ever served in the armed forces that this story is total fiction, it will be perfectly clear to all readers that this is a tongue in cheek glimpse of life in the "Perfect" world.
His mix of characters ranges from the totally believable to the out of this world.
He shows us what it can be like to work together, while following the leadership of one who believes in himself absolutely, and at the same time developing relationships with beings from different backgrounds... In other words; life in ANY medium to large city in the world!
The humor is refreshing and light.
His characters are believable without being too far out...
Mr. Asprin uses the fact that we do not actually KNOW whether there are other sentient races in the universe, and raises the possibility of "What If...?" for our perusal.
I think that if you are in the market for a truly entertaining romp through the make believe world of the Space Legion, then it will be well worth your while to take time out to check out this story.Happy Reading
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Summary: Great fun, and can I please have some more...
Review: The common thread amongst the reviews is "Where's the third book?" and it's a sentiment I heartily concur with. Asprin's "Phule" books are a great addition to the ranks of real humour in SF and like the rest of you I keep looking...and looking...and looking for more. They're the one book I can pick up ANY time I want an enjoyable read, and time and time again they provide. Time for book three please...and four...and more
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Summary: Trapped in Paradise
Review: The old gang is back again and this time they have been hired as casino security, there are some old faces and new ones but it is still very much worth the read.
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