Agent X i aktion

by Robert Sheckley

Paperback, 1966

Status

Available

Call number

823.91

Library's review

Frankrig, Paris, ca 1965
En amerikaner, William P., bliver rekrutteret som agent.

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James Bond pastiche skrevet med et glimt i øjet og måske en vis funktionspromille.

Publication

[Kbh.] : Steen Hasselbalch, 1966 :

Description

All secret agents need to look out for William Nye, now known as Agent X. His recruitment was simple and his legend is brilliant but unearned. Somehow, he thinks he's the best there is, and we all know how pride goeth before a fall. The master of SF hilarity and biting social satire creates a spy world that has gathered praise from the greats of the genre.   From the very beginning of his career, Robert Sheckley was recognized by fans, reviewers, and fellow authors as a master storyteller and the wittiest satirist working in the science fiction field. Open Road is proud to republish his acclaimed body of work, with nearly thirty volumes of full-length fiction and short story collections. Rediscover, or discover for the first time, a master of science fiction who, according to the New York Times, was "a precursor to Douglas Adams."  … (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member datrappert
Ridiculous but enjoyable story of an American in Paris recruited for a one-time spy mission who finds himself invited back for a much more dangerous mission a few weeks later. In the meantime, the spy service has seen fit to give him a larger-than-life reputation as "Agent X". Not the knee-slapper
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the blurbs on and inside the cover would lead you to expect. Instead, there is an amusing sense of ironic detachment interspersed with righteous indignation and sudden urges for self-preservation. This appears to have been written with a bottle of some sort of spirits close at hand.....
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LibraryThing member DinadansFriend
A good deal short of Sheckley's best ideas, this is a kind of James Bond pastiche. I wasn't impressed.
LibraryThing member ikeman100
Pretty good space spy thriller by Sheckley. Fun read.

Language

Original language

English

Physical description

145 p.; 18.7 cm

Local notes

Omslag: Ole Vedel
Omslaget viser et mand i jakkesæt. Hans hoved er erstattet af et stort rødt X
Indskannet omslag - N650U - 150 dpi
Oversat fra amerikansk "The game of X" af Michael Tejn
Hasselbalchs billigbøger, bind 380

Pages

145

Library's rating

Rating

(19 ratings; 3.3)

DDC/MDS

823.91
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