Odyssey

This collection of three novels by the creator of Retief features three heroes on interstellar adventures.Contents:Galactic Odyssey (aka Spaceman!) was first serialized in IF magazine (May-July, 1967) and first published in novel form by Berkley in 1967."A Trip to the City" (aka "It Could Be Anything") was first published in Amazing, January 1963."Hybrid" was first published in The Magazine of F&SF in November 1961."Combat Unit" (aka "Dinochrome") was first published in The Magazine of F&SF in November 1960."The King of the City" was first published in Galaxy in August 1961."Once There Was a Giant" was first published in The Magazine of F&SF in November 1968.Dinosaur Beach was first published by Scribner's in 1971. An omnibus edition containing a selection of the author's acclaimed action-packed space adventures chronicles the adventures of Billy Danger, who seeks refuge from a blizzard in what turns out to be an alien starship; Ravel, a time-traveling agent out to ensure the future of humankind; and Baird Ulrik, a killer-for-hire forced into a dangerous and distasteful mission. Original. I remember hearing somewhere that freezing to death is an easy way to go; but the guy that said that never tried it.