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3.36 AVERAGE
3.36 AVERAGE
Read this many years ago, but I'd forgotten how damn funny it was. It's a piss take of Robert Heinlein's Starship Troopers, which was in turn a military satire.
Bill's misadventures show how little control a soldier actually has over his/her own destiny, and how bloated and mindless a military bureaucracy can become. Despite being written a vey long time ago, the humour holds up very well.
Bill's misadventures show how little control a soldier actually has over his/her own destiny, and how bloated and mindless a military bureaucracy can become. Despite being written a vey long time ago, the humour holds up very well.
Another gem from the library quick picks section. This book made me laugh out loud several times and I was so eager to discover what happens to poor Bill that I found myself up early on Sunday Morning to finish this book. The characters are well written the plot comical and the pace was good. I will be looking up others in the series by this aythor and I look forward to several more easy reads filled with laughter.
Non funny enough. The main character is barely present in the story, he's more a NPC
Reading some of the Grandmasters of Science Fiction. Probably not his best. And not so awful I couldn’t finish it. But certainly not the “laugh a page” experience it was made out to be. Just okay. I’ll have to try something in the Stainless Steel Rat series before casting further judgement.
Brilliantly funny and a biting satire on war.
The sequels start off bad and get progressively worse.
The sequels start off bad and get progressively worse.
fast-paced
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
No
While this book was probably biting satire when it was released it now comes across as campy schlock.
Funny, funny, funny.....a classic of the much under-rated SciFi comedy genre
adventurous
funny
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Bill, The Galactic Hero, is a character that reminds me of Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C. A naïve country boy who gets drawn into unexpected adventures starting with the military. Yes he goes through his training he starts realizing everything he thought he knew, was a sham. Harry Harrison commentary on propaganda through his series of books. I first came aware of Harry Harrison with "the stainless steel rat" series. I would recommend anything that he writes
It's short, it's funny, it's clearly a 'speaking' piece. If you like scifi, read it.