Keith Laumer
1925-1993

You've got to know Retief, if you don't, it's about time you met him, up close and personal.  Very silly, but great fun, like Harry Harrison's "Stainless Steel Rat" Series.

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The following Keith Laumer books can be downloaded for free at Baen books:

Retief!
Odyssey
The Lighter Side


Retief


Envoy to New Worlds
(1963)


Envoy to New Worlds
Aide Memoire
Cultural Exchange
Palace Revolution (aka Gambler's World)
 Policy (aka The Madman from Earth)
 Protocol (aka The Yillian Way)
Sealed Orders (aka Retief of the Red-Tape Mountain)



Galactic Diplomat


Galactic Diplomat
Richard Powers

Galactic Diplomat
The Brass God (aka Retief, God-Speaker)
The Castle of Light
Courier (aka The Frozen Planet)
Native Intelligence (aka The Governor of Glave)
The Prince and the Pirate
Protest Note (aka The Desert and the Stars)
Saline Solution
Ultimatum (aka Mightiest Qorn)
Wicker Wonderland (aka The City that Grew in the Sea)




Retief's War
Don Dixon

Retief's War
The daring 27th-century hero faces his greatest challenge as a galactic policeman on the planet of Quopp, with Ambassador Longspoon uniting Quopp & evil Groaci trying to destroy it!



Retief & the Warlords
Wayne Barlowe

Retief & The Warlords
Across the galaxies, against wrongdoers and rogues! Only Retief--the indomitable champion of the underdog and the 27th century diplomacy--can seal the peace between the battling earthlings and the lobster-like aliens known as Haterakans...


Retief:  Ambassador To Space


Retief:  Ambassador
 to Space
Richard Powers

Retief: Ambassador to Space
Dam Nuisance
The Forbidden City (aka Retief, War Criminal)
The Forest in the Sky
Giant Killer
Grime and Punishment (aka Clear as Mud)
Trick or Treaty
Truce or Consequences




Retief's Ransom

Retief's Ransom

Lumbaga was not the galaxy's most desirable planet.  The inhabitants were virtually immortal, hopelessly eccentric, conglomerations of free-living organs, whose sole hobby was mayhem, indivdual or in groups.
But even the most obscure chunk of galactic realestate attracks its quota of rival overlords, and Lumbaga, unpromising as it seemed, was a bone of contention between Terra and the Groac.  Of course it was the Groaci who first resorted to dirty pool, interferring with the inalienable rights of the Lumbagan organs to combine with whom they chose, and so creating a class of Super-Lumbagans which greatly disturbed the balance of power.  How Retief, most ingeneous and conniving of Terran diplomats sets out to foil the machinations of the Groaci . . .


Retief of the CDT


Wayne Barlowe

Retief of the CDT
Ballots and Bandits
Internal Affair (aka Retief, Insider)
Mechanical Advantage (aka Retief, the Long-Awaited Master)
The Piecemakers
Pime Doesn't Cray


Retief At  Large


Robert Adranga

Retief at Large
Ballots and Bandits
The Brass God (aka Retief, God-Speaker)
The Castle of Light
Cultural Exchange
Dam Nuisance
The Forbidden City (aka Retief, War Criminal)
Grime and Punishment (aka Clear as Mud)
Mechanical Advantage (aka Retief, the Long Awaited Master)
The Piecemakers
Pime Doesn't Cray
Saline Solution
Wicker Wonderland (aka The City that Grew in the Sea)


Retief: Emissary to The Stars


Wayne Barlowe

Retief: Emissary to the Stars
The Garbage Invasion
The Hoob Melon Crisis
The Negotiators
Retief & the Warlords
The Troubleshooter

Added to this collection by the 1979 Pocket Book edition were the following three stories:
The Forest in the Sky
Giant Killer
Trick or Treaty


Retief: Diplomat At Arms


Wayne Barlowe

Retief: Diplomat at Arms
Courier (aka The Frozen Planet)
Native Intelligence (aka The Govenor of Glave)
The Prince and the Pirate
Protest Note (aka The Desert and the Stars)
The Secret
Truce or Consequences
Ultimatium (aka The Mightiest Quorn)




Retief to the Rescue

Retief to the Rescue
The planet Furtheron is at war! It's Crawlies against Creepies. To bring peace, Yankee Stadium sports-type arenas are built in hopes of sidetracking their agressive behavior.



The Return of Retief
Wayne Barlowe

The Return of Retief

Retief, already on probation for undiplomatic behavior, earned himself the assignment of parleying with the Ree, a vast and powerful race expanding into human territory, when he urged force against them.

Retief in the Ruins


Wayne Barlowe

Retief in the Ruins
Retief in the Ruins
There Is a Tide
The Woomy


Retief and the Pangalactic Pangeant of Pulchritude


Wayne Barlowe

Retief and the Pangalactic Pageant of Pulchritude
Retief and the Pangalactic Pageant of Pulchritude
Retief's Ransom

Retief must use all of his diplomatic skills when he chaperones Earth's entrant to a pangalactic beauty pageant on the planet Boondock, where beauty is in the eye--or eyes--of the beholder.



Reward for Retief
Gary Ruddell

Reward For Retief

Retief's latest assignment is on Zany-Doo, a wild , undeveloped planet whose residents have a marked dislike for Terrans...



Retief and the Rascals

Retief  and the Rascals

Terran diplomat and interplanetary troubleshooter Jame Retief must stop the belligerent, five-eyed Groaci from invading the beleaguered planet of Bloor, which is already plagued by violence between rival gangs.

Retief Unbound


Robert Adranga

Retief Unbound
Envoy to New Worlds
Retief's Ransom


Retief!


Richard Martin

Retief!
 Diplomat-at-Arms
 Protocol
 The Brass God
 Sealed Orders
 Palace Revolution
 Cultural Exchange
 Saline Solution
 Native Intelligence
 Policy
 Ultimatum
 The Prince and the Pirate
 The Castle of Light
 Retief's War
 Wicker Wonderland
 Courier
 Protest Note
 Aide Memoire





2nd Pocket Book printing
O Chagavicia

1st Pocket Book printing, 1984



 

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