Hour of the Gremlins

By Gordon R. Dickson and Ben Bova

Book Overview

Filled with adventure, humor, and excitement, a thrilling trio of stories, by two science fiction masters, features Gremlins, Go Home, in which Baneen devises a plan so that he and his fellow gremlins... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0743435699
• ISBN13: 9780743435697
• Release Date: November 2002
• Publisher: Baen
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.1" x 6.1"

Customer Reviews

I bought it for 2 of the 3 titles included in this collection

I purchased this to get "Wolfling" and "Hour of the Horde". These were both stories that I had read some time ago and wanted to re-read them. For whatever reason, both stories made enough of an impact that I remembered them and wanted to find them again. They're fun to read, pretty short and although somewhat light they have some interesting ideas. I very happy that these out of print stories were put into this collection and reprinted.

3 novels under 1 cover

This is in fact an omnibus of 3 novels, not a sequel to the earlier collaboration of Dickson and Bova (called "Gremlins Go Home")Here's a brief summary of what we're treated to here:"Gremlins Go Home", a novel by Dickson and Bova, which explores the concept that aliens have been living here for hundreds of years (under the appearance of leprechauns, elves, etc.) and that they want to go back to their home... now made possible because of a NASA mission that finally reaches beyond the moon; will they have to hijack the rocket?"Hour Of The Horde", by Gordon Dickson (1970), is about an alien race that cruises galaxies to "deplete" all life, and their latest target is our solar system. An army of races from our system is put together to show resistance, including representation from Earth: an eclectic crew (to say the least!) from various planets is put together... will Earth prove that it is worthy?"Wolflings", also by Gordon R. Dickson (1968), is about an intergalactic empire ruled by aliens MUCH superior to Earth, which they consider "little primitive beings". Earth sends one of its best to the aliens' "homeworld", with orders to "observe" the situation. But he cannot simply see what he sees and do nothing...The 3 novels are COMPLETELY UNRELATED (other than the fact that Dickson wrote/co-wrote them), but are quite entertaining each in their own way. Some themes will now appear "deja vu", but considering they were written decades ago, years before TV shows started to put together interplanetary crews "à la Star Trek", those books are quite interesting.And because all 3 novels are quite good but out-of-print, I suggest this reasonably priced purchase, whether you're a Dickson fan or not. You'll get hours of entertaining sci-fi!