“Young man,” Harkaman reproved, “the conversation was between Lord Trask and myself. And when somebody makes a statement you don’t understand, don’t tell him he’s crazy. Ask him what he means. What do you mean, Lord Trask?”
Space Viking has got to be one of the leading “way more rational than its title sounds like” books out there. I wonder if Piper actually named it that or if it was some bright-eyed publisher.
This, plus the earlier positive mention of Space Viking on LW, has me reading it. Halfway though, I’ve just realized that it’s basically a novelization of a .*craft style RTS game.
From Space Viking, by H. Beam Piper:
Source:
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/20728/20728-h/20728-h.htm
Space Viking has got to be one of the leading “way more rational than its title sounds like” books out there. I wonder if Piper actually named it that or if it was some bright-eyed publisher.
Awesome book, made my night.
This, plus the earlier positive mention of Space Viking on LW, has me reading it. Halfway though, I’ve just realized that it’s basically a novelization of a .*craft style RTS game.