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Saline Solution - Retief doing what's right. Quite clever.
Native Intelligence - The antagonists were pretty pitiful, but I guess it was smart on his part.
Policy - The bureaucracy here was *frustrating*, but well resolved.
Also, I know these stories were written in the 1960s, but the (lack of) women outside of secretarial or offscreen roles is honestly sad.
— Aug 07, 2020 11:01PM
Native Intelligence - The antagonists were pretty pitiful, but I guess it was smart on his part.
Policy - The bureaucracy here was *frustrating*, but well resolved.
Also, I know these stories were written in the 1960s, but the (lack of) women outside of secretarial or offscreen roles is honestly sad.
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Wicker Wonderland - Retief foils a plot on a floating city.
Courier - Retief foils a plot on a frozen world.
Protest Note - Retief foils a plot on a newly terraformed world.
Aide Memoire - Retief foils a plot against an alien species.
There's a lot of plot-foilin' around here.
— Aug 10, 2020 01:09AM
Courier - Retief foils a plot on a frozen world.
Protest Note - Retief foils a plot on a newly terraformed world.
Aide Memoire - Retief foils a plot against an alien species.
There's a lot of plot-foilin' around here.
David H.
is on page 493 of 592
Retief's War - The one novel in this collection/omnibus, it felt like an overly long standard Retief adventure. The alien Quoppina were fascinating, though, with all their various tribes (and wheels!). Women continue to be lacking, of course, and the cynicism is off the charts.
— Aug 09, 2020 11:01PM
David H.
is on page 333 of 592
Ultimatum - Funny misunderstandings.
The Prince and the Pirate - This one was OK. Never got a sense of why Retief was on their side.
The Castle of Light - The Groaci were really clever with their legal trickery. Funnily enough, Retief actually had nothing to do with their defeat this time.
I wouldn't say these are repetitive, but you can only deal with dumb bosses so often before it gets old.
— Aug 08, 2020 08:30PM
The Prince and the Pirate - This one was OK. Never got a sense of why Retief was on their side.
The Castle of Light - The Groaci were really clever with their legal trickery. Funnily enough, Retief actually had nothing to do with their defeat this time.
I wouldn't say these are repetitive, but you can only deal with dumb bosses so often before it gets old.
David H.
is on page 175 of 592
Sealed Orders - Retief's a great man of action, and a quick little solution. The aliens were pretty amusing, too.
Palace Revolution - Retief averts a massacre by appealing to baser instincts. Magnan's such a tool.
Cultural Exchange - I think my favorite of the three read here. Definitely silly and *very* bureaucratic indeed.
— Aug 07, 2020 05:47PM
Palace Revolution - Retief averts a massacre by appealing to baser instincts. Magnan's such a tool.
Cultural Exchange - I think my favorite of the three read here. Definitely silly and *very* bureaucratic indeed.
David H.
is on page 111 of 592
Diplomat-at-Arms - I really liked this novella, the first Retief story but told toward the end of his career.
Protocol - A short and silly look at upside-down protocol in contact situations.
The Brass God - Amusing, though hard to read due to the Hoogans' dialect.
(I had actually read these 3 stories before in 2013, but never continued with the book until now.)
— Aug 07, 2020 02:58PM
Protocol - A short and silly look at upside-down protocol in contact situations.
The Brass God - Amusing, though hard to read due to the Hoogans' dialect.
(I had actually read these 3 stories before in 2013, but never continued with the book until now.)