Bill, The Galactic Hero
Ratings15
Average rating3.3
Creative, classic sci-fi
Not another boring sci-fi about serving the army, although still describing very familiar and painful army drafting in the beginning, with a lot of fantastic features—dangerous, out of nowhere spies, simple conversations about life, a lot of really funny situations. And the harsh reality of the army service is just to the point, unlike Starship Troopers.
It’s just one old fashioned, sci-fi idea after the other in really various environments. Also some descriptions, which are very few here overall, are really imaginative.
However, the ending is a bit too rough.
Makes me want to reread The Stainless Steel Rat and other great Harrison's stories.
Creative, classic sci-fi
Not another boring sci-fi about serving the army, although still describing very familiar and painful army drafting in the beginning, with a lot of fantastic features—dangerous, out of nowhere spies, simple conversations about life, a lot of really funny situations. And the harsh reality of the army service is just to the point, unlike Starship Troopers.
It’s just one old fashioned, sci-fi idea after the other in really various environments. Also some descriptions, which are very few here overall, are really imaginative.
However, the ending is a bit too rough.
Makes me want to reread The Stainless Steel Rat and other great Harrison's stories.
