✍ Scribed by Harry Harrison
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
SUMMARY:
Bill was a peaceful farm boy until he was lured by the martial music of apassing recruitment sergeant, drugged, and made to enlist in the EmpireSpace Corps. His basic training is sheer hell, but somehow he manages to stay alive and achieve the rank of Fusetender 6th Class in the process.En route to an engagement with the lizard-like Chingers, Bill'sspaceship is involved in a supreme conflict and -- by accident -- Bill isthe man who saves the ship and wins the day. A grateful Galaxy awards him its highest accolade: the Purple Dart, to be presented by the Emperor himself on the fabulous aluminium-covered planet Helio. And then his adventures really start to take off in the most bizarre and surprising ways . . .
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**Bill, the Galactic Hero** is written by Harry Harrison who is also the author of _Deathworld_ , _Make Room! Make Room!_ (filmed as _Soylent Green_), the popular Stainless Steel Rat books, and many other famous works of SF. "Simply the funniest science fiction book ever written."--_New York Times_
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