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These are simple stories with no real surprises. To put it simply the book begins with a bunch of people who are telling war stories - without actually going to war. So they go to war, where they find things are fairly obvious (shooting, dying, etc) with nothing exciting. So they come back and tell whoppers about what happened in the war. The only real problem I had with these stories is that there are lots of characters in this bar and it's hard to keep them all straight as I progressed through the three versions of their lives.


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The Outpost Mike Resnick Books Reviews

A collection of rogues and heroes meet at an out of the way bar - really out of the way - on a planet at the fringes of human occupied space. It seems to be the only thing there. They share tall tales of their exploits and learn of an approaching war and that the alien invaders have just destroyed the Human Space Navy fleet sent to stop them. So after finishing a last round of drinks they go to do what heroes do. When they return, well, most of them anyway, they relate their tales for posterity.

This isn't serious science fiction, nor is it intended to be. It is however an enjoyable romp, which is a bit Gulliver's Travels and a bit Spider Robinson with maybe a hint of Douglas Adams. It is a fun read.
I've been a Resnick fan for years, although I usually find his books in the back corners of used books stores or through eBay auctions. Mike's written alot of books, and it's unfortunate that most of them are out of print. What keeps me coming back for more are the continual themes of humanity that are present in all of his novels. No matter how whiz-bang golly gee his space operas become, his characters always remain fundamentally human. (Kirinyaga, Dark Lady, Miracle of Rare Design, and The Soul Eater being my favorites.
With "The Outpost," however, I don't see any of that. These characters are sophomoric cliches and the stories seem written for 13 year old boys. He gives most of the dialogue to a sex-deprived, foul-mouthed preacher who spends a quarter of every page lusting after the female characters.
The different stories and the changes of perspective are a nifty gimmick, but I didn't care about the characters enough to make it worthwhile. As a whiz-bang space opera it succeeds admirably, but if you're looking for something along the lines of Resnick's deeper work, pay a visit to a used book store or alot of his older stuff is available there.
This is an old fashioned escapist collection of very short stories told in a bar room setting.A bar on the farthest reaches of the inner frontier of the gallaxy and patronized by only the toughest and craziest inhabitants of the universe. Both human and otherwise.
It is reminiscent of the early Spider Robinson Callahan's series before that went downhill and serious.
Anyone looking for the more dramatic Resnick stories needs to go elsewhere. This is humor pure and simple. No deep meanings or charectarizations. There's no time as the stories come fast and furious. This is the type of book I look for when I'm taking a break from more serious science fiction.
It's full of interesting though lite charectors telling stories of shape changing aliens, space opera like adventures, fortunes (in the form of whole palnets and even systems) won and lost and even an interesting bar/card trick.
Admitedly it's not exactly what I expected when I picked up the copy but I am more than pleasantly suprised. Hope you are too.
Mike Resnick writes in such a way that you think you're having a conversation with him. Not an interview kind of conversation, but a "Hey! Let's get some beers and I'll tell you a story." If you love sci-fi, puns and general humor, this book is for you.
Like many of the other reviewers have already said. This is really more of an anthology of stories than one solid one they are all interconnected through the backdrop of an impending war. I have never read a Mike Resnick story before but I found this one entertaining enough to want to read others. This story did a good job at being humorously entertaining while doing a good job of developing the characters. It did start to bog down a little in the third part but over all a very good read. I look forward to reading one of his novels.
This is sort of "stream of consciousness" story, where you have a group of galactic "anti-heros" (think Han Solo or Boba Fett) gathered in a bar telling wild stories. Are the stories true or just tall tales? The reader gets to figure it out. Not your conventional "conflict/conflict resolution" story, but a lot of fun.
Not like Resnick at all. There isn't a complete story to read, but a bunch on mini stories told by different characters. I would not recommend it.
These are simple stories with no real surprises. To put it simply the book begins with a bunch of people who are telling war stories - without actually going to war. So they go to war, where they find things are fairly obvious (shooting, dying, etc) with nothing exciting. So they come back and tell whoppers about what happened in the war. The only real problem I had with these stories is that there are lots of characters in this bar and it's hard to keep them all straight as I progressed through the three versions of their lives.