# Bill, the Galactic Hero

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- Book: [Bill, the Galactic Hero](https://www.bookquiver.com/harry-harrison/bill-the-galactic-hero) ([Bill, the Galactic Hero.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/harry-harrison/bill-the-galactic-hero.md))
- Authors: [Harry Harrison](https://www.bookquiver.com/harry-harrison)
- Publisher: Gollancz
- ISBN: 978-14-7320-531-4
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2015-05-14
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

It was the highest honour to defend the Empire against the dreaded Chingers, an enemy race of seven-foot-tall lizards. But Bill, a Technical Fertilizer Operator from a planet of farmers, wasn't interested in honour - he was only interested in two things: his chosen career, and the shapely curves of Inga-Maria Calyphigia. Then a recruiting robot shanghaied him with knockout drops, and he came to in deep space, aboard the Empire warship Christine Keeler. And from there, things got even worse...