Bill is sent to Barworld, home planet of the finest beverages in the universe.
His mission: to find a time portal and stop an evil conspiracy. A tale of
comix, commie-bashing, and hippy-assassins.
Published in the UK as Bill the Galactic Hero on the Planet of the Hippies from Hell.
New York: Avon, September 1991, 214pp., ISBN: 0-380-75666-8, pbk. Cover and illustrations by Mark Pacella.
as: Bill the Galactic Hero on the Planet of the Hippies from Hell. London: Gollancz, October 1992, ISBN: 0-575-04983-9, hbk. Jacket: Mark Pacella.
as: Bill the Galactic Hero on the Planet of the Hippies from Hell. London: Gollancz, May 1993, 214pp., ISBN: 0-575-05526-X, pbk. Cover: Mark Pacella.
as: Bill, el Héroe Galáctico en el Planeta de Los Diez Mil Bares. Barcelona: Grijalbo, 1993, 214pp. Translated by Diana Falcón. [Spanish]
as: Der Planet der Zehntausend Bars. Munich: Heyne, 1995, 205pp., ISBN: 3-453-0789-2, pbk. Translated by Hilde Linnert. Cover: Andreas Reiner. [German]
Praha: Classic And, 1996, 154pp., ISBN: 80-85782-56-1. Translated by Petra Andělová. [Czech]
Moscow: (Eksmo), 1999, 448pp., ISBN: 5-04-002500-9. Also contains Bill, the Galactic Hero: The Final Incoherent Adventure. [Russian]
The Times, 23rd January 1993. Review by Tom
Hutchinson.
"The authors once again raise the spoof on roughneck supermanic SF with the
further adventures of the moronic muscleman who treats planets as punchbags
and saurian aliens with xenophobic contempt. A little of this belligerent
innocent abroad goes a long way, the further the better, say some cynics
but there's enough rough-hewn jokiness to carry me along with him."
Vector, December 1993. Review by Martin Sutherland.
Bill, the Galactic Hero Series