The second in a series of novels continuing the adventures of Bill, the
Galactic Hero.
Bill is sent to the planet Tsuris to obtain a mysterious secret weapon. Bill
doesn't have much by way of brains, but the Tsurians take to him anyway -
mainly because they have a lot of brains without much by way of bodies. Can
Bill escape with the secret weapon and his own brain intact?
New York: Avon, 1990, 249pp., ISBN: 0-380-75662-5, pbk. Cover: Michael W. Kaluta and Steven Fastner. Illustrated by Michael W. Kaluta.
London: Gollancz, April 1990, 240pp., ISBN: 0-575-4757-7, hbk. Jacket: Michael W. Kaluta and Steven Fastner.
London: Gollancz, 6th June 1991, 240pp., ISBN: 0-575-05004-7, pbk. Cover: Michael W. Kaluta and Steven Fastner.
as: Bill, el Héroe Galáctico en el Planeta de Los Cerebros Embotellados. Barcelona: Grijalbo, 1993, 277pp. Translated by Diana Falcón. [Spanish]
as: Die Welt Der Essbaren Gehirne. Munich: Heyne, 1994, 315pp., ISBN: 3-453-07767-9, pbk. Translated by Hilde Linnert. Cover: Andreas Reiner. [German]
as: Bill Linnunradan Sankari Pullotettujen Aivojen Planeetalla. Helsinki: Like Kustannus Oy Ltd., 1996, 200pp., ISBN: 951-578-237-6. Translated by Arvi Tamminen. [Finnish]
Praha: Classic And, 1996, 158pp., ISBN: 80-85782-57-X. Translated by Jarmila Vergrichtová. Cover: Boris Valejo [Czech]
Fear, August 1991. Review by Mark Caswell.
"The good parts are very amusing but most of the so-called humour is too
groan-inducing for words."
Interzone #41, November 1990, p.70. Review by Wendy Bradley.
Locus # 352, May 1990. Review by Scott Winnett.
The Times, 2nd August 1990, p.20b. Review by Tom
Hutchinson.
"The authors are on to a winner with their loser-hero, who, against all the
rules of heroism, never initiates action - but has it happen to him ... A
bit overdone."
Bill, the Galactic Hero Series