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Star Smashers of the Galaxy Rangers Harry Harrison 9781932100839 Books

I originally read this in high school. Ran across "Barlowe's Guide to Extraterrestrials" which reminded me of it. Very dated now (the commie reds are the big threat). But it is a great parody of its genre and a lot of fun... especially the last few paragraphs. Should totally be brought to the big screen - would be a great cult classic!


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Star Smashers of the Galaxy Rangers Harry Harrison 9781932100839 Books Reviews

I am prompted to write because I just finished reading a comparable book, Douglas Adams' Hitch Hikers' Guide to the Galaxy, after hearing the radio shows many years ago. THHGTTG doesn't make its way into prose very well, and seems really dated.
By contrast, Harrison's is really sharp satire, and he uses the liberties that science fiction gives him to make his points with great force and absurd humour.
If we discover a species is stupider than we first thought, can we eat them? Who should one side with in a war; a cruel democracy or a kind dictatorship? And when does hero-worship cross the line into homoeroticism?
Harrison raises issues of politics, racism, sexism and a thousand other touchy subjects in a hilarious and outrageous book.
The galaxy's star-fleet being led by a souped-up 747 is a delightful image which sticks in my mind from this book.
Oh, and I think Harrison raided his legal textbooks to name the aliens. A garnishee is a claim you can make over someone's wages or property, and Lord Percy was an English Judge.
This book deserves to be in print again....and, especially, tobe made into a high-budget movie.
Yes it IS a parody, But what a parody! This has everything you could wish for if you grew up with Tom Swift, Tom Swift and His Flying Lab (The New Tom Swift Jr. Adventures No. 1) eagerly awaiting the next book; discovered E. E. Smith The Skylark of Space and eagerly awaited HIS next book; while at the same time absorbing all of the rest of science fiction at the maximum rate of intake! This is E. E. Smith in the Style of Victor Appleton! The star of the story is the Flying Lab (I loved that plane - exactly the same size as a Lockheed C-5A or a 747, but VTOL - and 10 years earlier!). The unexpected discovery of the space drive (X = cheese!?!) just like Skylark Of Space. The exponential escalation of the technology (each new alien species, no matter how horrible looking, becomes good buddies and speaks English with a British accent, and contributes the next order of magnitude of power, which the boys incorporate into the plane in a few minutes.) It has Tom Swift's loyal old negro janitor (who turns out to be a KGB physicist spy) who becomes one of the heroes of the story. It has the stereotypical girl cheerleader who tags along and faints or is captured by monstrous tentacled aliens at all of the right places. One of my favorite books was Spacehounds Of IPC Spacehounds of IPC, where the chain of engineering challenges probably affected my attitude toward engineering and my life career choices. There is an homage to that slice of ship as one of the alien allies is rescued from just such a slice. There are the immortal, wise, alien observers of the Lensman series. First Lensman (The Lensman Series, Book 2) And of course the evil, telepathically controlling alien bad guys that no one had ever seen! The masterful conclusion brought thousands of alien races and thousands of allied spaceships all together at... Hula Hoop World! Ringworld

You either don't get or you will love it. It not only needs to be in print again; there needs to be a movie!
When you buy second hand it is always a crap shoot. One person's mint condition is another person's good. I started off knowing this book would have issues. I was pleasantly surprised to find it only had the issues represented! The seller found a really decent copy of the best Roast of 1930-40 dime science fiction novels.

If you haven't read the old stuff or watched early sci-fi, you may not get the humor of this book. It is richly planted with eye rolling tidbits like Chuck Von Chieder the son of the Von Chieder Chedder magnate. Chuck had blonde hair, blue eyes, tons of money, muscles, and brains as well as a cyclotron in his shed. He also had the heart of the buxom, blonde head of the cheerleaders, but his heart was only for science... well... and for... read the book.
Ok, I am a great fan of Harry Harrison. I think he's a magnificent author. But, this book, is the biggest piece of trash I have read. I have a version printed in 1976, copyrighted in 1973 and it reads like something from the 1940s in attitude, content and style. If it's supposed to be serious, it's not, because you can't take it seriously; if it's supposed to be funny, it also misses the mark. If I wanted people to become fans of Harry Harrison and his work, I would steer them away from this book. I can not imagine what anyone was thinking to suggest this be reprinted again in the 2000s.
Disjointed
I split my sides laughing.
Never a dull minute. It made you wonder what would be coming next. Didn't really like the ending but we all can't be writers
I originally read this in high school. Ran across "Barlowe's Guide to Extraterrestrials" which reminded me of it. Very dated now (the commie reds are the big threat). But it is a great parody of its genre and a lot of fun... especially the last few paragraphs. Should totally be brought to the big screen - would be a great cult classic!