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Summary: Not his best effort....
Review: ...and that's what really [bothered me] about this novel. I was [pulled] in by an amusing title concept and having read some of his other work took it on faith that this novel would be as enjoyable as all of his others....WRONG.... Since wasting my hard earned $$ on this cookie cutter assembly of short stories, I've learned to read at least the first chapter of a novel instead of just the back cover. Lesson learned...
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Summary: Davey Crockett in Space (without much Space)!
Review: As many others probably have been, I was roped into this one by the pretty cover, which has nothing to do with the actual story line. Our poor misinformed Terran heroes, facing the mighty Dilbians (too big to be Hokans, and, really, to be funny) on their own planetary turf, still emerge victorious in several incredible (and slightly implausable) "Rescue the Fair-Maiden" scenarios. But, as an evidently retreaded pulp collection, it's still a decent read for a bad weather afternoon, or, even better, as a late night "read yourself to sleep".
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Summary: Reprint from a Master of SF
Review: First, ignore the title and the cover art, however clever and amusing they may be. None of the three stories in this volume has much to do with providing weapons to the ursinoid Dilbians, whose culture shuns the use of weapons (for that matter, they're not so hot with tools either). Second, fans of Dickson should be advised this book is an omnibus edition of three previously released works, "Spacial Delivery", "Spacepaw", and "The Law-Twister Shorty". I found these stories to be rather entertaining as something of a guilty pleasure, but overall I wasn't terribly impressed with the storytelling or the world-building. The Dilbians were amusing in their backward-thinking, but at times they tended to be a bit too, how should I say it?, "folksey". The manner in which the human characters were identified and thrust into the situations in these stories was too counterintuitive and far-fetched to be believable; nevertheless it did provide for some interesting problems for the human characters to puzzle over as they interacted with the Dilbians. Overall, not a great read but not too bad either.
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Summary: A bearable read
Review: First, ignore the title and the cover art, however clever and amusing they may be. None of the three stories in this volume has much to do with providing weapons to the ursinoid Dilbians, whose culture shuns the use of weapons (for that matter, they're not so hot with tools either). Second, fans of Dickson should be advised this book is an omnibus edition of three previously released works, "Spacial Delivery", "Spacepaw", and "The Law-Twister Shorty". I found these stories to be rather entertaining as something of a guilty pleasure, but overall I wasn't terribly impressed with the storytelling or the world-building. The Dilbians were amusing in their backward-thinking, but at times they tended to be a bit too, how should I say it?, "folksey". The manner in which the human characters were identified and thrust into the situations in these stories was too counterintuitive and far-fetched to be believable; nevertheless it did provide for some interesting problems for the human characters to puzzle over as they interacted with the Dilbians. Overall, not a great read but not too bad either.
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Summary: Reprint from a Master of SF
Review: For those of you who have yet to collect all you can of Gordon R. Dickson, this volume will make it possible to collect three of his light SF tales inexpensively. I'm sorry to say I've heard that Gordon R. Dickson died 31 Jan 2001 from asthma complications. He was one of my favorite authors. While his Dorsai SF and Dragon Knight fantasy series were my favorites of his works, pretty much everything he published was worth reading. I hope SF publishers will find some good editors and republish more collected editions of his works.
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Summary: Worth a laugh or two
Review: If you liked Dickson's earlier novel "Hoka" then you'll probably also like this one. Written in a similar style, it's lighthearted and amusing in all the right places but probably not the sort of book that you'll put away on the shelf to read over and over again.
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Summary: Worth a laugh or two
Review: If you liked Dickson's earlier novel "Hoka" then you'll probably also like this one. Written in a similar style, it's lighthearted and amusing in all the right places but probably not the sort of book that you'll put away on the shelf to read over and over again.
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Summary: so, which reprint is it?
Review: It would be real nice to know if this is a reprint of Spacial Delivery or Spacepaw, or a new volume in that series. They were both good, fun books, so if you don't know them, read and enjoy. I won't get it til amazon or someone tells me what it is.
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Summary: Too big to be funny
Review: The three storrys in this books are neither really funny like the "Hoka" tales, for that the bears here are just too big, nor is there much suspense. Oh, granted, they are all well written and not unpleasant to read. However one would wish that Gordon R. Dicksons last book were more memorable.
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Summary: Too big to be funny
Review: The three storrys in this books are neither really funny like the "Hoka" tales, for that the bears here are just too big, nor is there much suspense. Oh, granted, they are all well written and not unpleasant to read. However one would wish that Gordon R. Dicksons last book were more memorable.
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