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Subject: Re: Bullard of the Space Patrol
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2024 08:56:36 -0700
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Lee Gleason <lee.gleason@comcast.net> writes:

> 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.
>
> --
> Lee K. Gleason N5ZMR
> Control-G Consultants
> lee.gleason@comcast.net

Could this be the "John Grimes" of the Survey Service series by
A. Bertram Chandler? Similar space opera circumstances, but Bullard was
confined to the Solar System, whereas Grimes had FTL and many more
planets to explore.
  -Don-