The Bill, the Galactic Hero Series (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Harry Harrison
- First Published: 1965
- Type of Work: Novels
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—future war
- Time of Work: The distant future
- Setting: Various spacecraft and imaginary planets
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction, Adventure
- Subjects: Future, Other worlds, Space ships, stations, or vehicles, War, Heroes or heroism, Espionage or spies, Hypnotism, Feet
- Locales: Space, Fictional planets
The Plot
The Bill, the Galactic Hero series was begun in 1965, as a single novel. That novel ends with an afterword, with Bill as a recruiting sergeant, suggesting that no sequels were planned. In 1989, the series was continued. A note by Harry Harrison was added to later printings of the original novel, informing the reader that Bill had many other adventures before becoming a recruiting sergeant.
Bill, the Galactic Hero begins with Bill, a white farm boy whose ambition is to become a Technical Fertilizer Operator, being forced into the Space Troopers. A hypnotic...
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