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Summary: Truely funny science fiction
Review: A really good book if you like science fiction, but are looking for something a little off the beaten path. Phule is similar to Sgt. Bilko, but in outer space. If you like the Myth serious this is a good book to try. Asprin keeps the humor going throughout the book much like his Myth books. I definitly recommend this to anyone looking for a good laugh that could last a few hours.
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Summary: Good story - No "Phule-ing"
Review: After reading and enjoying Aspirin's Myth series, I was very excited by the appearance of this book. The brief comments on the book jacket piqued my interest, and the book did not disappoint me. This book's writing style is more advanced than the Myth series, but still relies on puns and mis-conceptions to provide humorous writing. This book is one of my favorite choices for light reading due to the verbal repartee between the characters. Phule is a multi-millionaire who decides to buy an officer's commission into the disreputable branch of the space army. His superiors are unsure of what to do with him, not wanting to endanger one of the richest men in the universe, nor to appear that they are giving him a cushy job after he make a rather serious mistake. Their decision: to send him to an out-of-the way mudball of a planet to command a group of misfits. Their reasoning: If Phule fails to shape the company up, he would be just another link in a long line of failures, but if he succeeded, the army would be better off. All in all, an enjoyable read. The characters are well thought out, believable, and the plot flows smoothly from the first page to the last. Phule and his butler take advantage of their charisma and financial resources, not to mention an unusual management style to take this group of misfits and shape them into a company that can be proud of itself.
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Summary: A Good, Phun Read
Review: An enjoyable, light book. There's nothing really wrong with the book, but it's certainly not literature. If you're tired of wading through books that make you think too much, try this one. A great way to spend an afternoon.
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Summary: A Good, Phun Read
Review: An enjoyable, light book. There's nothing really wrong with the book, but it's certainly not literature. If you're tired of wading through books that make you think too much, try this one. A great way to spend an afternoon.
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Summary: Military Satire Anyone?
Review: Anyone familiar with the Myth Adventure series is familiar with Robert Asprin's ability to write comedy. He now applies his style to the far future where the Foreign Legion is now the Space Legion. The Legion is still the place where the dregs of society want to go to `get lost and not be found.'
That is except for our protagonist, Capt. Jester, whose identity is not only revealed, but celebrated. What makes this a great book is that in all of this military satire and situational comedy there is also some lessons being taught. Robert has made this book a great example of not only `making the best of your situation' theme, but to "use your situation to your advantage." And, he does this in such a way that you don't even know your being taught anything! Another story/book that does this, aggressively, is by Dean Ing called: Pulling Through. Half story...half survival guide!!
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Summary: Entertaining diversion, can't quite capture the Myth magic
Review: Beeker, the stereotypically proper British butler, chronicles the adventures of his employer and hero Willard Phule, a gazillionaire turned military man in the very distant future. Phule is backed by nearly limitless financial resources, and his insistence on prioritizing a mission-accomplished over the army's conservative regulations brings him in direct conflict with his superiors, who are annoyed by his priveleged background and want nothing more than to see him fail in a big way.
This book is written in a very lighthearted manner, and brings out all sorts of stereotypical characters who are subjected to Aprin's own sly brand of humor. Asprin hasn't departed from his myth series as much as one might assume. While he's jumped from medieval to interstellar, the central idea (reworking time-honored plots while a bad-news-bears team of misfits triumphs against all odds) remains the same.
Something about this book lacks the heat of the early Myth books. The character of Phule is less sympathetic than Skeeve, perhaps because he possesses both confidence and money in abundance, which undercuts his underdog status. There's also the fact that technology is never going to be as fun as magic.
I feel like Asprin lost his way a bit toward the end of the Myth series, and just went in the wrong direction when trying to recapture the freshness and originality that the early Myth books provided in abundance.
Despite these complaints, Phule's Company is the kickoff to an amusing series, and Asprin's ability to make us chuckle remains unchanged. The comedic bits, both subtle and broad, are well-done, and the action is exciting, if somewhat predictable.
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Summary: Fabulous and funny
Review: He blends Military life, yuppies and ruffians in ONE plot. Entertaining to the Core, I will read it again and again over the years. So shall You!
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Summary: Fun!
Review: I borrowed this book from a friends. I coundn't believe how funny it is. As a Trekkie, its very hard for me to find militarish books that I like. This one beat them all. The only other book I have found that could possibly be compared was the Trek book, How Much For Just The Planet. Phule's Company was better! A great book and I hope to read the rest! .
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Summary: It made me laugh.
Review: I don't usually get a real laugh from book reading but on several occasion I caught myself laughing out loud. I enjoyed this book throughout the time I was reading it. It never let me down and offered an interesting look on how anyone within the army that has a great deal of money and a personal butler can get a ragtag company to respect and follow their orders. This isn't a disappointing book if you're not looking for a deep rooted philosophical scifi because this is more lighthearted and just fun.
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Summary: Some of the best sci-fi I've ever read
Review: I loved this book! I read it over and over again, and so will you. I can't really add anything that the other reviewers didn't already say, but it's all true. I wish Asprin would write more "Phule" books: I think they're his best series, and definitely better than the "Myth" books.
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