Greylorn by Keith Laumer, Science Fiction, Adventure, Fantasy, Space Opera - Laumer, Keith
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DESPERATE MISSION TO THE STARS Earth is doomed. A scourge called the Red Tide is devouring the planet. The only hope of the dying population is to find a lost colony in the stars. However the starship "Galahad" sent to find that colony has a problem. Mutiny! Commander Greylorn must bravely deal with a discouraged crew . . . And then even a bigger problem. Dreadful aliens called the Mancji living in a high-G environment who seem to have developed a taste for human flesh. Keith Laumer hit the spaceways running in this, his first of many tales of science fiction action and adventure.

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DESPERATE MISSION TO THE STARS Earth is doomed. A scourge called the Red Tide is devouring the planet. The only hope of the dying population is to find a lost colony in the stars. However the starship "Galahad" sent to find that colony has a problem. Mutiny! Commander Greylorn must bravely deal with a discouraged crew . . . And then even a bigger problem. Dreadful aliens called the Mancji living in a high-G environment who seem to have developed a taste for human flesh. Keith Laumer hit the spaceways running in this, his first of many tales of science fiction action and adventure.
Autorenporträt
John Keith Laumer (1925 - 1993) was an American science fiction author. Prior to becoming a full-time writer, he was an officer in the United States Air Force and a diplomat in the United States Foreign Service. His older brother March Laumer was also a writer, known for his adult reinterpretations of the Land of Oz (also mentioned in Laumer's The Other Side of Time). Frank Laumer, their youngest brother, is a historian and writer. Keith Laumer is known for the Bolo and Retief stories. Stories from the former chronicle the evolution of super tanks that eventually become self-aware through the constant improvement resulting from centuries of intermittent warfare against various alien races. The latter deals with the adventures of a cynical spacefaring diplomat who constantly has to overcome the red-tape-infused failures of people with names like Ambassador Grossblunder. The Retief stories were greatly influenced by Laumer's earlier career in the US Foreign Service. In an interview with Paul Walker of Luna Monthly, Laumer states "I had no shortage of iniquitous memories of the Foreign Service."