Interstellar Patrol
Edited and compiled by Eric Flint. Cover art by Mark Hennessey-Barratt.
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...
Publisher's Note: A short portion of Interstellar Patrol was previously published in Strangers in Paradise. This is the first unified publication of the Interstellar Patrol saga.
"I am delighted that someone is making Christopher Anvil's work available once again. Especially the Interstellar Patrol stories. I've always loved Anvil's... peculiar sense of humor." – David Weber
"[Anvil is] insistently readable!" – The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
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Christopher Anvil
Christopher Anvil (born 1922) is a pseudonym used by author Harry C. Crosby.
Christopher Anvil began writing science fiction in the early 1950s, publishing stories in the vintage SF magazine Imagination in 1952 and 1953. In 1956 he debuted in Astounding, the leading magazine in the field, with his story "The Prisoner." That was the beginning of an avalanche of stories for Astounding (and Analog, as the magazine was retitled in 1960) which combined fast-paced adventure plots with a pointed satirical sensibility, puncturing dogmas and bureaucracies both human and alien. His stories in Astounding/Analog frequently took first place in the magazine's reader polls, and were nominated for Hugo and Nebula awards. His work also appeared in such SF magazines as Galaxy and Amazing Stories. He lives in New York state.
Interstellar Patrol
Interstellar Patrol consists of two books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
