Keith Laumer : the lighter side

Two hapless heroes struggle with a world gone mad in a pair of whimsical science fiction novels that chronicle the misadventures of two hapless heroes caught in out-of-kilter spacetime clockwork. Keith Laumer: The Lighter Side 1 Keith Laumer: The Lighter Side 1 By Keith Laumer 1 THE RUTABAGA THATWALKED LIKE A MAN 3 BAEN BOOKS by Keith Laumer: 4 IN THE QUEUE 5 THE PLANET WRECKERS 11 THE PLANET WRECKERS 11 2 13 3 16 4 18 5 20 6 24 7 27 THE BODY BUILDERS 30 THE BODY BUILDERS 30 2 32 3 35 4 36 5 39 6 41 7 44 8 47 Time Trap 50 PROLOGUE 50 1 50 2 51 3 53 4 54 CHAPTER ONE 56 CHAPTER ONE 56 1 56 2 57 3 58 4 60 CHAPTER TWO 63 CHAPTER TWO 63 1 63 2 64 3 65 4 67 CHAPTER THREE 69 CHAPTER THREE 69 1 69 2 71 3 72 4 73 5 74 CHAPTER FOUR 76 CHAPTER FOUR 76 1 76 2 77 3 77 CHAPTER FIVE 81 CHAPTER FIVE 81 1 81 2 81 3 82 4 84 CHAPTER SIX 90 CHAPTER SIX 90 1 90 2 92 3 95 CHAPTER SEVEN 97 CHAPTER SEVEN 97 1 97 2 102 CHAPTER EIGHT 104 CHAPTER EIGHT 104 1 104 2 107 CHAPTER NINE 110 CHAPTER NINE 110 1 110 2 112 CHAPTER TEN 116 CHAPTER TEN 116 1 116 CHAPTER ELEVEN 122 CHAPTER ELEVEN 122 1 122 2 126 CHAPTER TWELVE 130 THE DEVIL YOU DON'T 134 THE DEVIL YOU DON'T 134 2 139 3 145 4 146 5 148 6 149 THE EXTERMINATOR 151 THE BIG SHOW 156 THE BIG SHOW 156 1 156 2 159 3 163 4 165 5 167 6 170 7 171 GOOBEREALITY 173 PROTOTAPH 191 The Great TimeMachine Hoax 194 The Great TimeMachine Hoax 194 1 194 2 198 3 219 4 225 5 233 6 239 7 246 8 253 9 259 10 264 11 273 12 280 13 285 14 291 Afterword 296 Two complete novels in one volume feature hapless heroes caught in an out-of-kilter spacetime clockwork: Chester W. Chester IV, who has inherited his great-grandfather's lifework--a super computer that can bring any situation or time to life; and Roger Tyson, who is being pursued through time by a motorcycle-riding, rutabaga-like alien in a world where eras millions of years apart have been combined into an insane smorgasbord of eons. Contains: In the Queue The Planet Wreckers The Body Builders The Devil You Don't The Exterminator (aka "A Bad Day for Vermin") The Big Show Goobereality Prototaph The Great Time Machine Hoax In his shabby room in the formerly elegant hostelry known as the Grand Atumpquah Palace, Jack Waverly pulled the coarse weave sheet up about his ears and composed himself for sleep.