Bill, the Galactic Hero on the Planet of the Hippies from Hell
Harry Harrison, David Bischoffscience fiction > military science fiction
Bill, the Galactic Hero on the Planet of the Hippies from Hell is also known as Bill, the Galactic Hero on the Planet of Ten Thousand Bars.
Bill is the perfect starship trooper: big, strong and completely brainwashed. He'll also do almost anything to save his neck. Now he's been sent to Barworld, home planet of the finest beverages in the universe. But can Bill survive an entire planet of blondes, booze and bathtubs of champagne?
Harry Harrison
Harry Harrison (born Henry Maxwell Dempsey, 1925–2012) was an American science fiction (SF) author, best known for his character the Stainless Steel Rat and for his novel Make Room! Make Room! (1966). The latter was the rough basis for the motion picture Soylent Green (1973). Harrison was (with Brian Aldiss) the co-president of the Birmingham Science Fiction Group.
Aldiss called him "a constant peer and great family friend". His friend Michael Carroll said, "Imagine Pirates of the Caribbean or Raiders of the Lost Ark, and picture them as science-fiction novels. They're rip-roaring adventures, but they're stories with a lot of heart."
Novelist Christopher Priest wrote in an obituary, "Harrison was an extremely popular
Bill, the Galactic Hero :: Series
Harry Harrison wrote the first two books in the series. The rest were penned by other writers and edited by Harrison.
