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It could almost have been Earth - or so thought Ensign Alexander Braithwaite Jones, who crash-landed on the planet Taka, 500 light-years from the Solar System. Then he met the Hokas, a race of teddy-bear-like aliens, with the astounding ability to transform outdated Earth stories into riotous real life adventures.

From the guns and slang of an Old West saloon to a hair-raising drug bust in Victorian England led to the by a button-nosed, pipe-puffing Hokan Sherlock Holmes, the Hokas demand that Alex Jones live it all along with them.

Suddenly his ordinary military career is changed into a crazy world of intergalactic adventure, as he tries, without much success, to bring his furry, alien charges along the road to civilization, sanity, and a m ore respectable social rating in the Interbeing League.

Table of Content:

• The Sherrif of Canyon Gulch
• Don Jones
• In Hoka Signo Vinces
• The Adventure of the Misplaced Hound
• Yo Ho Hoka!
• The Tiddleywink Warriors
• Incredibly Secret

Charlie Stuart, young scion of the Scottish royal family, long nourished a secret desire for adventure - an escape from his dreary books, his sheltered life. When his father realized that, for Charlie to grow into the full Stuart heritage he must face the rigors of the real world, the young man's dreams had a chance of coming true.
But Charlie's private fantasies had never included Talyina, a planet 200 light-years from earth and ruled by a ruthless usurper. And he had never envisioned himself as a galactic savior. Yet, young Charlie, late the classroom dreamer, suddenly found himself the only man in the galaxy capable of averting inter-planetary war!

One Hoka is a threat to human sanity. Two Hokas are a menace to civilization. And three Hokas... Heaven help the galaxy, in this hilarious science fiction adventure from two of the best writers in the genre.

Table of Contents:

• Prologue - (1983) - essay by Poul Anderson and Gordon R. Dickson
• Joy in Mudville - (1955) - novelette by Poul Anderson and Gordon R. Dickson
• Undiplomatic Immunity - (1957) - novelette by Poul Anderson and Gordon R. Dickson
• Full Pack (Hokas Wild) - (1957) - novelette by Poul Anderson and Gordon R. Dickson
• "The Bear that Walks Like a Man": An Ursanoid Stereotype in Early Interbeing Era Poplular Culture by S*ndr* M**s*| - shortstory by Poul Anderson and Gordon R. Dickson
• The Napoleon Crime - (1983) - novella by Poul Anderson and Gordon R. Dickson

One Hoka is a threat to human sanity. Two Hokas are a menace to civilization. And three Hokas... Heaven help the galaxy, in this hilarious science fiction adventure from two of the best writers in the genre.

Table of Contents:

• Prologue - shortstory by Gordon R. Dickson and Poul Anderson
• The Sheriff of Canyon Gulch - (1951) - novelette by Poul Anderson and Gordon R. Dickson
• Interlude I - shortstory by Gordon R. Dickson and Poul Anderson
• Don Jones - (1957) - novelette by Poul Anderson and Gordon R. Dickson
• Interlude II - shortstory by Poul Anderson and Gordon R. Dickson
• In Hoka Signo Vinces - (1953) - novelette by Poul Anderson and Gordon R. Dickson
• Interlude III - shortstory by Poul Anderson and Gordon R. Dickson
• The Adventure of the Misplaced Hound - (1953) - novelette by Poul Anderson and Gordon R. Dickson
• Interlude IV - shortstory by Poul Anderson and Gordon R. Dickson
• Yo Ho Hoka! - (1955) - novelette by Poul Anderson and Gordon R. Dickson
• Interlude V - shortstory by Poul Anderson and Gordon R. Dickson
• The Tiddlywink Warriors - (1955) - novelette by Poul Anderson and Gordon R. Dickson
• Interlude VI - shortstory by Poul Anderson and Gordon R. Dickson
• Joy in Mudville - (1955) - novelette by Poul Anderson and Gordon R. Dickson
• Undiplomatic Immunity - (1957) - novelette by Poul Anderson and Gordon R. Dickson
• Mysterious Message - (1957) - shortstory by Poul Anderson and Gordon R. Dickson

If a human thinks he's Napoleon, it's time to get out a straitjacket. But when a Hoka thinks he's Napoleon, you'd better believe it! Just remember that with Hokas, reality is merely optional....

Table of Contents:

• Full Pack (Hokas Wild) - (1957) - novelette by Poul Anderson and Gordon R. Dickson
• The Napoleon Crime - (1983) - novella by Poul Anderson and Gordon R. Dickson
• Star Prince Charlie - (1975) - novel by Poul Anderson and Gordon R. Dickson

Opar, the lost colony of Atlantis, is hidden deep in the heart of Africa, awash with incredible riches. From this ancient city comes Hadon, an impoverished but ambitious young man who sets out to win the great games of Klakor, and thus become king of the Khokarsan Empire. As his quest for the throne leads him into the wild lands beyond the empire's edge, Hadon finds himself embroiled in a bloody civil war.

Fabulous Opar, whose ruins and primitive priestess were memorable features of great Tarzan novels, was the birthplace of the warrior-hero Hadon.

This was twelve thousand years ago, a time when great inland seas made Central Africa a land of mighty cities and high civilizations.

Hadon was the rightful claimant to the throne of that long-forgotten empire, but his was no easy route to power. Instead he had become the hunted prey of a tyrant's armies, accursed by the tyrant's gods, and fighting for his very life.

Philip José Farmer, chronicler of Tarzan Alive, brings it all back to live in an exciting novel to stand alongside the famous jungle books of Edgar Rice Burroughs himself.

NO ONE WANTS TO BE A HERO!

Heroism - a punishment for only the worst criminals. Those sentenced to the fate of a hero are forced to fight on the front lines against deadly centers of contagion that rot the land and turn its creatures into roving armies of violent beasts. And if a hero dies, their only reward is being brought back to life so they can continue the never-ending battle. But when Xylo Forbartz, a member of Penal Hero Unit 9004 and a convicted goddess killer, comes face-to-face with a new goddess, the pact they forge might just be enough to change the world...

NO REST FOR THE WICKED!

Xylo and his unit of penal heroes may have defeated the immortal demon lord Iblis and saved Mureed Fortress, but their punishment goes on. New enemies emerge--demon lord with the ability to don a human disguise and a band of assassins bent on killing Teoritta--plunging the city of Ioff into chaos and destruction. With the addition of a dragon knight who couldn't care less about human life and a mysterious artilleryman, Penal Hero Unit 9004 finds itself sinking ever deeper into a vortex of combat and conspiracy!

RACE TO RECLAIM THE CAPITAL!

The Second Capital has fallen to the Demon Blight, and it's up to the combined forces of the Noble Alliance, the Ninth Order of the Holy Knights, and Penal Hero Unit 9004 to retake it. But first, they must establish a base on snowy Mount Tujin, facing legions of faeries along the way. And once again, the heroes take the most dangerous role--serving as decoys! Meanwhile, as things on the battlefield take a grim turn, a pair of refugees stumble through the freezing wilderness, holding an important key to winning the war ahead.