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It was the perfect solution-put highly connected Captain Willard Phule in charge of the worst dregs of the Space Force. Sure, Phule's Company may be a band of rejects and misfits, but they did manage to save the day with their unorthodox methods. Embarrassed, the Space Force may have found the perfect equation for disaster: Assign Phule's pack of oddballs to save the Fat Chance Casino from a criminal take over. Phule's Company may stop the mob . . . but who will save the casino from them?Tags
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Captain Jester and his troops have been assigned to protect the Fat Chance casino on Lorelei from a takeover by organized crime.
Willard Phule and Beeker are at it again, proving that their band of misfits and criminals are actually pretty good at what they are hired to do. Beeker remains one of my favorite characters along with Chocolate Harry and his hawg. The hired actors filling in for the undercover Legionaire bring some flavor to the troops for this assignment. Nice, lighthearted fun read.
Captain Jester and his troops have been assigned to protect the Fat Chance casino on Lorelei from a takeover by organized crime.
Willard Phule and Beeker are at it again, proving that their band of misfits and criminals are actually pretty good at what they are hired to do. Beeker remains one of my favorite characters along with Chocolate Harry and his hawg. The hired actors filling in for the undercover Legionaire bring some flavor to the troops for this assignment. Nice, lighthearted fun read.
Captain Willard Phule and his misfit Omega Company are assigned to protect the Fat Chance Casino on a resort space station from a mob takeover. Phule utilizes his immense wealth and unconventional, smart tactics to train his crew, formerly the laughingstock of the Space Legion, into an effective unit to combat organized crime.
This is another trip down memory lane for me, as I've had the Phule's Company series for years and have been a long-time Asprin fan.
Phule's Paradise was hard to grade; I was waffling between "It was OK" and "I Liked It", finally deciding to round to the middle. It's not that there was anything really wrong with the book, or the story, or the characters. But for a book series that bills itself as a "comedy", I didn't find it very funny; I don't remember chuckling even once. The plot was predictable (although, to be fair, I've read the thing several times, but not in the last four moves, so I might have subconsciously remembered how it went), and a lot of the characters felt flat.
I think if I were reading it for the first time, or reading show more it when we haven't been in a pandemic for over a year, I would probably enjoy it more. I mean, I obviously liked it enough to read it several times and hold onto the books for fifteen years. But for now, it just gets what it got. show less
Phule's Paradise was hard to grade; I was waffling between "It was OK" and "I Liked It", finally deciding to round to the middle. It's not that there was anything really wrong with the book, or the story, or the characters. But for a book series that bills itself as a "comedy", I didn't find it very funny; I don't remember chuckling even once. The plot was predictable (although, to be fair, I've read the thing several times, but not in the last four moves, so I might have subconsciously remembered how it went), and a lot of the characters felt flat.
I think if I were reading it for the first time, or reading show more it when we haven't been in a pandemic for over a year, I would probably enjoy it more. I mean, I obviously liked it enough to read it several times and hold onto the books for fifteen years. But for now, it just gets what it got. show less
Please read my review from the first book of the series. This book has the same set of issues.In a word, well written, but not that funny.
DNF @ Ch9
Not as enjoyable as the first book.
Not as enjoyable as the first book.
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Be all that you can be... in Phule's Company:
Clumsy, inane, sloppy, reckless, idiotic.
They're the laughingstock of the military. Their latest mission: to guard an intergalactic casino called the Fat Chance from an unlikely criminal takeover...
The odds are against the oddballs.
Be all that you can be... in Phule's Company:
Clumsy, inane, sloppy, reckless, idiotic.
They're the laughingstock of the military. Their latest mission: to guard an intergalactic casino called the Fat Chance from an unlikely criminal takeover...
The odds are against the oddballs.
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Robert Lynn Asprin was born June 28, 1946 in St. Johns, Michigan to Daniel and Lorraine Asprin. Asprin attended the University of Michigan from 1964-65. In 1965, Robert served in the U.S. Army until mid-1966. Asprin then began a career as an accountant, moving up to cost accountant in a small subsidiary of the Xerox Corporation in Ann Arbor in show more 1976. In 1975, Asprin began working upon a science-fiction novel called Cold Cash War. Asprin sold this idea to St. Martin's Press and soon found himself a published writer. When other publishers approached him for a second novel, Asprin revealed that he had written up a draft of a comedy-fantasy work originally entitled The Demon and I, but they felt that he shouldn't stray far from the science-fiction of his first work. So Asprin began work on The Bug Wars. While working on The Bug Wars, Asprin was approached by Donning Publishing, and asked if he had a submission for their new publishing house, Starblaze. Asprin showed them The Demon and I, which Donning quickly accepted. At the last minute the title was changed to the familiar Another Fine Myth, which became quite popular. With that, Asprin quit his job and started his career as a fulltime freelance writer. Asprin wrote and edited over 50 books. He died of a myocardial infarction at home in his bed on May 22, 2008. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Phule's Paradise
- Original publication date
- 1992
- First words
- The view from General Blitzkrieg's window was uninspired to say the most, surveying a cramped parking lot and a blank wall badly in need of repainting or tearing down.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Well, this afternoon's broadcast not only alerted our colleagues as to the opportunity now available at the Fat Chance, it also made some of our traditional adversaries aware that Mr. Phule is now among the ranks of casino owners . . . and I don't think he's even begun to realize what's in store for him there.
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