Retief Retief is Back Author:Keith Laumer, Eric Flint (Editor) A Collection of Stories — Retief is a very junior diplomat when these stories begin(as edited and arranged by Eric Flint) and they follow him through his career. He never rises very high, because he is more concerned with results than appearances. As a result, he gets the job done, but never finds approval of his superiors, who are ... more »only concerned with how it looks.
Contents:
Extraordinary Diplomats, essay by David Drake;
* Diplomat-at-Arms, 1960;
* Protocol (aka The Yillian Way), 1962;
* The Brass God (aka Retief, God-Speaker), 1965;
* Sealed Orders (aka Retief of the Red-Tape Mountain), 1962;
* Palace Revolution (aka Gambler's World), 1961;
* Cultural Exchange, 1962;
* Saline Solution, 1963;
* Native Intelligence (aka The Governor of Glave), (1963;
* Policy (aka The Madman from Earth), 1962;
* Ultimatum (aka Mightiest Qorn), (1963;
* The Prince and the Pirate, 1964;
* The Castle of Light, 1964;
* Retief's War, 1966;
* Wicker Wonderland (aka The City That Grew in the Sea), 1964;
* Courier (aka The Frozen Planet), 1961;
* Protest Note (aka The Desert and the Stars), 1962;