They're Baaaack!
When a human thinks he's Napoleon Bonaparte, it's time to get out a straitjacket. But when a Hoka thinks he's Napoleon Bonaparte, you'd better believe it! Particularly since there'll be hundreds of other Hokas around who know for a fact that they're the French army, mon amis, even if they're on another planet light years away from Earth, and the forces they're facing aren't the British but very nasty warlike aliens who by all reason should be expected to make mincemeat out of the Hokas.
But when it comes to Hokas, reason does not compute.
These friendly, fuzzy aliens who resemble large teddy bears have a very vivid imagination and have never quite grasped the difference between human fiction and reality, or (in the present case), between past history and the much later and rather different present. Always bet on the Hokas. Even when a young lad and his Hoka tutor find themselves stuck on a planet where they seem to be scheduled to fulfill an ancient (and lethal) prophecy that neither of them had ever heard of until now, Hokas as usual find that reality is merely optional and the good guys—and bears—always win, quicker than you can say
". . . the funniest s-f ever written."
-A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction
"You aren't apt to find a more gleeful book of S-F."
—The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction
"I'll bet you can't read just one."
—Philadelphia Weekly Press
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Product ReviewThis is the light hearted, fun loving whimsy that I adore about Gordon R Dickons stories. He makes you laugh while not insulting your intelligence. G.R.Dickson we miss you...
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Product ReviewThe Hokas are just plain fun. This is sci-fi for chuckles and more than one belly laugh, with the odd astute observation on the human condition thrown in. Those looking for serious speculative fiction and carefully reasoned science please look elsewhere.
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Product ReviewThe Hoka ride again. SF's funniest aliens continue their satiric look at human history and popular entertainment in one of the genres most beloved series.
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