Bill Crider:
> I've just been re-reading a book called (in its
hardcover edition)
> DEADFALL. It was written by Keith Laumer, and I have
the paperback,
> retitled FAT CHANCE, which was also the title of the
movie starring
Michael
> Caine.
Bill, I have read the same edition,. As I'm sure you know
Laumer was mainly a science fiction author .He wrote Worlds
of Imperium alernate worlds series and made use of his
experience as a US diplomat in the popular Retief series
which spoofed the State Department and diplomats in general.
I always likened his books to Chinese food because they were
fast moving and exciting as you read them, but an hour after
you had finished, you didn't remember anything about them. It
seems Deadfall/Fat Chance had the usual effect on me.
Mark
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