No Phule Like an Old Phule (Phule's Company Series #5)

by Robert Asprin, Peter J. Heck

Overview

From a New York Times bestseller, a commander of misfits runs a hunting expedition on an alien planet in a “madcap . . . welcome sendup of military sf” (Booklist).
 
Desperate to kick Phule out of the Space Legion, General Blitzkrieg sends a crack team of environmental investigators—including celebrity canine Barky the Environmental Dog—to sniff out Phule and his unnatural disasters. It doesn’t take long. Phule is hosting a group of big-game hunters who think they can bag a dinosaur on Zenobia. Needless to say, dinosaurs are not a native species. But cold, hard facts never stopped a Phule . . . And neither will Barky’s cold, wet nose.
 
Praise for the Phule’s Company series:
 
“A winning story . . . part science fiction, part spoof, part heart-warmer.” —Publishers Weekly
 
“Light without being frivolous, and displays Asprin’s considerable expertise about fencing and things military, especially leadership.” —Chicago Sun-Times
“Reminiscent of ‘M*A*S*H.’” —Analog Science Fiction and Fact Magazine

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781614754619
Publisher:	WordFire Press
Publication date:	06/30/2022
Series:	Phule's Company Series , #5
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	307
Sales rank:	134,523
File size:	974 KB

About the Author

Robert Lynn Asprin was an American science fiction and fantasy author, best known for his Myth Adventures and Phule’s Company series. As an active fan of the genres, he was a member of the Society for Creative Anachronism, a co-founder of the Great Dark Horde, and founder of the Dorsai Irregulars. He was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation for The Capture in 1976. Asprin died in 2008 at the age of 61 having published over fifty novels and several short stories. Peter Jewell Heck is an American science fiction and mystery author, best known for his “Mark Twain Mysteries” and Phule’s Company series. He was an editor for Ace Books and is a regular reviewer for Asimov’s Science Fiction and Kirkus Reviews.

Editorial Reviews

The Barnes & Noble Review
No Phule like an Old Phule, the fifth installment of Robert Asprin's hilarious Phule's Company saga (Phule's Company, Phule's Paradise, et al.), pits the legendary Willard Phule -- a.k.a. Captain Jester -- and his misfit soldiers of Omega Company against their most ferocious enemy yet: a genetically enhanced celebrity canine named Barky the Environmental Dog.

As usual, every villainous being in the universe is seemingly conspiring against Jester and his unconventional company of legionnaires. While General Blitzkrieg -- a bloated commanding officer who is obsessed with dishonoring Jester -- is sending Omega the worst recruits available, he also has his hands in a plot to publicly disgrace the company by sending a rigorous ecological observation team to the planet Zenobia for a surprise audit. The eco-team, fronted by the aforementioned media star Barky, is the least of Jester's worries, however. While dealing with the annoying pooch -- who relentlessly sniffs out pollution and other "dangers to the natural balance" -- Jester must also accommodate a group of powerful high-rollers who have come to Zenobia to hunt native reptilian creatures rumored to resemble predatory dinosaurs. Add to the plot Jester's meddlesome father (who happens to be a billionaire weapons magnate) and a bumbling pair of would-be kidnappers, and Jester has himself one rip-roaring snafu!

The madcap members of Omega Company -- which include Sushi, Do-Wop, Super-Gnat, Tusk-anini, Roadkill, and Chocolate Harry -- are like a cross between the Dirty Dozen and F-Troop. Fans of Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels and Piers Anthony's Xanth series who have yet to experience Asprin's wit should give this laugh-out-loud saga a try. Paul Goat Allen

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