Interstellar Patrol, Christopher Anvil
Interstellar Patrol, Christopher Anvil
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Interstellar Patrol

Author: Christopher Anvil, Eric Flint

Narrator: Eric Michael Summerer

Unabridged: 17 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 05/26/2020

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction


Synopsis

A FEW GOOD CON MEN . . .

The starship crew was stuck on a planet where the well-meaning schemes of ivory tower social engineers had created a nightmare of battling gangs. So they pretended to be the "Royal Legions" from a distant star kingdom in hot pursuit of an unspeakably evil and nearly all-powerful villain who was hiding somewhere on the planet.

Things went even better than they had hoped, and the planet was rapidly becoming civilized . . . and then the real Royal Flagship showed up. They thought they were doomed, but instead the new arrivals (who also weren't quite what they claimed to be) thought the crew had shown just the sort of initiative and ingenuity that the Interstellar Patrol was looking for. So they were inducted into the Patrol.

And that was just the beginning . . .

About Christopher Anvil

Christopher Anvil was a pseudonym used by author Harry C. Crosby. For two decades he had numerous stories in the leading science fiction magazines, including Analog, where he consistently ranked high in the reader's polls, and had several stories nominated for Hugo and Nebula awards. Anvil's books include Pandora's Legions, Interstellar Patrol, Interstellar Patrol II: The Federation of Humanity, The Trouble with Aliens, The Trouble with Humans, War Games, and Rx for Chaos.


Reviews

Goodreads review by YouKneeK on April 28, 2015

Interstellar Patrol is an anthology of loosely-related short stories taking place primarily in space or on alien planets. There isn’t much back story provided but, from a few little snippets, I was able to at least glean that the stories were set around the 2200’s and the characters are humans who e......more

Goodreads review by Jon on September 23, 2017

"Interstellar Patrol is a fair collection of short stories about humans living on planets other than earth.......more

Goodreads review by Brandon on October 01, 2020

About a number of organizations set in the future, with a wry sense of deadpan humor: The Interstellar Patrol that has ships that kidnap pirates for recruiting, the Space Force, the PDA for colony development......more

Goodreads review by Aki on July 12, 2024

Couldn't finish it. It just didn't hold my attention.......more

Goodreads review by Marshall on December 03, 2020

I loved this book, however, I would recommend reading this one second before reading part 2. Yes, read this one last... the next book just feels like it fits better and I read them back to back. It just gave more insight on the ship to me and some other key details that just fit better with the chart......more