Status Updates From The Star Kings

In the first half of the book, about the only autonomous action of the protagonist was to kiss the beautiful princess. But now he is firing atomic pistols, smashing skulls, and operating subspectrum radio transmitters like a pro ;-).

On the one hand, this feels a little bit simplistic for its 1947/49 publication date. But on the other hand, this is really Space Opera in the Soap Opera sense, and quite a bit of fun. I do hope the protagonists gets to to a bit more agere, though - up to now he's mostly just on a fantastic ride...