I received another book from the SFBC (Science Fiction Book Club) on Monday
which qualifies as "Traveller-esque", and so will add it to the list I
posted a couple days back. This book is called "McLendon's Syndrome", and
is by Robert Frezza (pub 1993). It falls into the same general category
as the "Angel's Luck" trilogy: the "Hapless Merchant" type of story. Piles
o' bad puns, SF/F literary references galore (especially the various bars
in the central city), the obligatory funny aliens, and a rather blatant
slam of the modern legal system (American, that is) which points out why
heroes just aren't what they used to be...
James Kundert [email removed]
There was a young lady named Bright,
Whose speed was much faster, much faster than Light.
She departed one day in a relative way,
And returned on the previous Night.
--Albert & the Heart of Gold