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From: ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>)
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Subject: Re: Bullard of the Space Patrol
Date: 16 Aug 2024 15:21:52 GMT
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In article <XeJvO.486231$MC82.108243@fx17.iad>,
Lee Gleason  <lee.gleason@comcast.net> wrote:
>On 8/14/2024 11:24 PM, Don_from_AZ wrote:
>> Recent posts involving libraries and how people got started reading SF
>> got me thinking about my first experiences in finding books at the
>> library. I'm sure I encountered Asimov and Heinlein there fairly early
>> on, but the book that made the earliest strong impression was "Bullard
>> of the Space Patrol" by Malcolm Jameson. "Who?" you may well ask. Not
>> nearly as well known as other Golden Age authors, he apparently wrote
>> mostly short stories and novellas.
>> 
>
>  I remember reading this when from the library, so many years ago. This 
>talk about it reminds me that there was another novel/collection of 
>stories out at about the same time, that was similar - the 
>(mis)adventures of a young Space officer. Anyone recall this other set 
>of stories? I remember there was one story where the young officer 
>subdued a gang of space pirates by dosing them with oxytocin, which made 
>them too friendly to continue with taking the ship.
>

Lancelot Biggs.
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