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Summary: A Trace of Memory
Review: Always been a fan of Keith Laumer but this is one of his best. His books are full of wit and one liners. Hard to believe this book is out of print. I've read every book I could find by Keith Laumer and this is one of his best. I must have read this book 20 times at least. When I go on a short trip and am not reading anything else, i bring this book to re-read. Its full of action and humor. A great story from a great but under rated writer. I wish the science fiction book club would re-issue this book.
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Summary: A Trace of Memory
Review: Always been a fan of Keith Laumer but this is one of his best. His books are full of wit and one liners. Hard to believe this book is out of print. I've read every book I could find by Keith Laumer and this is one of his best. I must have read this book 20 times at least. When I go on a short trip and am not reading anything else, i bring this book to re-read. Its full of action and humor. A great story from a great but under rated writer. I wish the science fiction book club would re-issue this book.
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Summary: Begging for a reprint!
Review: Fabulous book! Worth reading over and over again (I have for 15 years or so). Wonderful imagery and plot. Please someone convince the publisher to do another reissue of this title! I have been trying for over a week to remember the title or the author and finally remembered a few minutes ago only to find out it is out of print. I am willing to drive from Seattle to Portland (to Powell's bookstore!) this Saturday to find a copy. That is how good this book is!
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Summary: Not a Laumer fan...but I'll make an exception
Review: for this particular book. I read it in one day; I couldn't put it down. Yes, please, get it back in print. And it really is too bad Laumer choose to head in the Bolo and Retief direction..although a little known out-of-print book of his short stories, _It's a Mad, Mad, Mad Galaxy,_ is hilarious. So that makes two of his books that should be back in print.
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Summary: More action than than a bond movie. Great read!!
Review: I read this book over a dozen times when I was younger and it was like seeing a good movie again and again. The story is credible in that the hero is just an ordinary man who gets involved, by accident, with a mysterious stranger who is not what he seems. The book combines SF with what is like a detective story combined with an action thriller to produce a story that keeps you reading until the end of the book. The descriptive powers of Mr. Laumer are excellent and make you almost believe you can feel the emotions experienced by the hero. Should be made into a Spielberg movie.
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Summary: Get this book back in print, please!
Review: I read this book when I was young and still have my original copy of it from 1963 -- much, much the worse for wear. It's one of Laumer's best, and I'd love to replace it. In fact, that's what I was trying to do when I visited this page (having just reread -- well, re-devoured the entire book yesterday). THE PLOT: A free-spirited but down-on-his-luck former intelligence agent hooks up with a gentleman named Foster, who wants some help figuring out who he is. And that's all I'm going to tell you, except that the process of discovering his identity takes place on two planets and involves the truth behind a well-known legend. THE ACTION: Nonstop. If you like Heinlein and Robinson, this book's for you. Unfortunately you can't buy it at the time I'm writing this review. So let's reprint it, please!
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Summary: The most action packed into a book that I have ever seen
Review: In my opinion this was Keith Laumer's best work! It is a book of only 2 or 3 hundred pages but he hss packed enough excitement into the story that it seems much longer. The story begins on Earth and crosses intersteller space to another planet with a completely different plot. Great reading. I would love to have a new copy. Please reprint it!!
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Summary: It's OK, I wouldn't say it's his best
Review: It's got one of the usual Laumer plots - an unusually gifted mentor (with a long lifespan) teaches a moderately ordinary guy incredible stuff with which the guy can conquer incredible odds and live in an exotic place. It's a good read and I can understand people wanting to read it again after a few years. His stuff is like that. But this isn't the book I'd recommend to a first-time Keith Laumer reader. (Dinosaur Beach, probably...)
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Summary: Excellent, easy read
Review: Keith Laumer has a vivid imagination and an uncluttered style that make this book a simple, one-sitting read. The twists and turns of plot are exciting, unexpected, and highly original. This little known work should be read by all serious SF fans.
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Summary: Excellent - I have sought it forever - PRINT IT AGAIN!
Review: Like others commenting, I read the book in my youth - in a reasonable spanish translation. I have since tried to buy it in english - without luck. Of the very many sci-fi books I have read - this one stands up there with "childhood's end" and "door into summer". What a pity Mr. Laumer chose to head in the Bolo direction - good but ... sought
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