Galactic Capers of the Amazing Conroy

The Amazing Conroy #2-4,6

by Lawrence M. Schoen

Four novellas of the Amazing Conroy
BARRY’S TALE The Amazing Conroy travels to the edge of Human Space to attend the best barbecue competition in the galaxy.
CALENDRICAL REGRESSION Reggie, Conroy’s buffalito, has been abducted! To rescue him Conroy must aid extraterrestrial librarians with a conspiracy and regress a volunteer back through centuries of past lives to untangle the origin of the Mayan calendar.
BARRY’S DEAL A black-market auction for a bottle of the galaxy’s most unobtainable liqueur lures Conroy to Triton where he’ll need to pull off an alien diplomatic coup, hypnotize Earth’s wealthiest industrialists, and beat a casino at its own game.
TRIAL OF THE CENTURY Reggie’s internal nuclear furnace is growing unstable. To save him, Cornoy must surrender to alien justice — a trial in a telepathic court where everyone already knows he’s guilty!

264 pages, Hardcover

First published August 22, 2020

About the author

Lawrence M. Schoen holds a Ph.D. in cognitive psychology, is a past Astounding, Hugo, and Nebula finalist, twice won the Cóyotl award for best novel, founded the Klingon Language Institute, and occasionally does work as a hypnotherapist specializing in authors’ issues.

His science fiction includes many light and humorous adventures of a space-faring stage hypnotist and his alien animal companion. Other works take a very different tone, exploring aspects of determinism and free will, generally redefining the continua between life and death. Sometimes he blurs the funny and the serious. Lawrence and his wife live near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He has bested both Multiple Myeloma and Leukemia and is a chimeric cancer survivor. The Universe is not yet done with him.

Reviews

[Joseph K.]

Love the Conroy stories

I love the Conroy stories, the characters in them are fun, they get into all sorts of situations, there are aliens, cute buffalitos, and are just fun to read. I was glad to see these stories filled in some of the backstory between the other stories in this universe that I have read. I definitely recommend this series and the other books set in this universe.

[Gilbert Griffith]

Well this book was a nice surprise.
A great change from normal SF novels I've been reading lately.
Very interesting to read about hypnotism which I assume is based on a lot of factual information.
I liked the aliens too.

[Buggz79]

A fun romp into a world where humans have already made contact with hundreds of galactic civilizations. Our intrepid adventurer and his faithful indestructible bovine make quite a team.