agent of buffoonery

[makyo]

Over the past few months, johnaldis and I have been cataloguing the Warwick SF&F Society library. The library (which consisted of about 1500 books last time anyone counted) has a fairly diverse collection of books, ranging from modern classics of the genre, right through to utter drivel. Some of the latter is "of its time" - tat by today's standards, but

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[d_floorlandmine]

[snork]

[makyo]

It does conjure up some particularly entertaining images, doesn't it?

[d_floorlandmine]

Is the leader of the Hegemony called Ken?

[makyo]

Alas, not as far as I can tell. However, according to Dave Langford, John Prescott turns up in A E van Vogt's book The World of Null-A.

[blue_condition]

There's an evil interplanetary bandit called Fenelon in an early Jack Williamson novel ;)

[makyo]

Ooh, do you remember which one? We've got a few of his books too.

[blue_condition]

Can't remember - I read it ~30 years ago from my local library!