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   Bill, The Galactic Hero, by Harry Harrison  
 
  Novel, first publication in June 1965 , latest edition in June 2001
 
 
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  It was the highest honor to defend the Empire against the dreaded Chingers, an enemy race of seven-foot-tall lizards.

But Bill, a Technical Fertilizer Operator from a planet of farmers, wasn't interested in honor-he was only interested in two things: his chosen career, and the shapely curves of Inga-Maria Calyphigia. Then a recruiting robot shanghaied him with knockout drops, and he came to in deep space, aboard the Empire warship Christine Keeler. And from there, things got even worse...

From the sweltering fuse room aboard the Keeler, where he loses an arm while blasting a Chinger spaceship, to the Department of Sanitation far below the world-city of Helior, where he finds peace, job security, and unlimited trash...here is Bill, a pure-hearted fool fighting a deluxe cast of robots, androids, and aliens in a never-ending losing battle to preserve his humanity while upholding the glory of the Empire.

 
 
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  • Aliens - Extra-terrestrials
  • Galactic Empires, Leagues & Federations
  • Humor - Comedy - Satire
  • Military SF - Military Fantasy
  • Robots - Androids - Cyborgs
  • Space Opera - Space Epics - Space Romances

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