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Title: Galactic Odyssey
Series: ———-
Author: Keith Laumer
Rating: 5 of 5 Stars
Genre: SF
Pages: 129
Words: 37K
This, along with Sentenced to Prism, is one of my most read books. This is the fourth time I’ve read it since 2000 and I know I read it at least 3 times between 1990 and 2000, quite possibly 4 or 5 times. However, my recent re-read of Sentenced and my reaction to it, helped prepare me for this re-read. I had almost the same reaction, ie, a wistful disappointment but because I was expecting it, it didn’t change how I viewed the book like it did for Sentenced.
At under 150 pages, this is a very short story and so much happens, that its serial roots are quite obvious this time around. I hadn’t noticed it in previous reads, but this time around it was rather glaring.
While I still enjoyed this, I think, that just like with Sentenced, the time of re-reading this particular story is over. I’ve changed enough that this doesn’t engage the same way on the emotional level like it has in decades past. Sometimes getting older and changing isn’t all that it’s cracked up to be 
★★★★★
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Well to have enjoyed it through so many decades is a triumph for the little book, you can retire it with honours.
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Yeah, sadly, I think there are a whole slew of books that I have enjoyed as a young man that won’t make the journey with me. Time to accept that I guess
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I agree with Fraggle. Time to let it go. Four times is enough.
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Phhhht, reading is serious business.
At least Dune won’t age out on me….
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You never know…
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And thoughts like that keep me up at nights 😦
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ooops sorry
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No worries.
By the time I’ve changed, I simply won’t care about it anymore 🙂
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Yes, but what about tonight?!
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Life has gotten incredibly busy, so I’m sacking out as soon as my head hits the pillow. No time for thinking, hahhahahaa 🙂
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A blessing, in a way.
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Definitely getting plenty of sleep!
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What kind of ideas did this book give you about men’s fashion. The belt is a cool accessory, but that collar looks high maintenance. And is that Blackpool Pleasure Beach tower in the background?
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Oh man, that cover. I think this was when I realized that sometimes covers lie, completely. The main character is actually a young black man, the woman involved has black hair and there is not a robot in sight. Aye yi yi.
This did teach me that style is cyclical and gave me hope that one day kilts will be cool again.
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Oh, it’s a robot, I thought it was a set of side-tables…
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I’m sure it doubles as that. Space is at a premium in the future after all.
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Hm. Got this briefly confused with Green Odyssey by Philip Jose Farmer.
No other comment. In fact, I didn’t even read the post.
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Thankfully, this is about 1000 times better than any filth Farmer could have written, so it has that going for it 😀
I’ll keep that last sentence in mind for future reviews and try to front load everything into the title, hahahahahaa 😉
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Woah now, show us where on the chart Philip Jose Farmer hurt you…
(Have only personally read 2 books by Farmer: Green Odyssey and To Your Scattered Bodies Go, so have no strong opinons.)
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Have only read To Your Scattered Bodies Go myself.
But that was enough for me to form my own strong opinion about him 😀
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You know it should be treasured when it survives the test of time like that. Do you have a physical edition of it?
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I did. It was just a paperback though (I don’t think it ever got a hardback edition), so I don’t know if I kept it when I downsized my books last year.
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