I am always finding books that I cannot believe that I have not yet recommended for Book of the Week yet… which is good, right? Means that I’m not about to run out yet. Well, this week’s is The Complete McAuslan, by George MacDonald Fraser. It’s the full collection of Fraser’s short stories – very lightly fictionalized – about a certain British junior officer’s time in service just after World War II: an officer who is not named McAuslan. No, Private McAuslan is his nemesis, or albatross, or curse, or… just read the stories, all right? You’ll howl with laughter, hopefully. Fair warning, though: the most absurd stuff? Probably all happened. That’s how these things go.
And so, adieu to The Proteus Operation.
So… How does this stack up to Laumer’s “Retief” bits?
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(yes, “go read it and see” is a good answer)
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Been a while since I read the Retief stuff, but this stuff doesn’t suffer by comparison. A bit smaller scope, though. IIRC.
Here’s tae us!
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