Jim Fulner reviewed Their Majesties' Bucketeers by L. Neil Smith
2 stars
I did not like this book. I read it because I absolutely loved the earlier books in the series, particularly the first one "The probability Broach" however their majesties bucketeers is barley related. To the point I ever contacted the author to see if LibraryThing had the series in correct order. returnreturnThis story takes place at an earlier time than that of Win Bear, on a far away planet before they had contact with Earth. The dominant species on their home world has three of everything (three arms/legs/three genders/etc.) and since Smith wrote it, of course they love guns!returnreturnThese unbeliever crab people can't stand water. To the point they discuss what is basically evaluation and the idea they they ever had to consume water to live, let alone lived in it. Also Smith is obsessed with smoking in this one. I don't understand why some science fiction writers feel the …
I did not like this book. I read it because I absolutely loved the earlier books in the series, particularly the first one "The probability Broach" however their majesties bucketeers is barley related. To the point I ever contacted the author to see if LibraryThing had the series in correct order. returnreturnThis story takes place at an earlier time than that of Win Bear, on a far away planet before they had contact with Earth. The dominant species on their home world has three of everything (three arms/legs/three genders/etc.) and since Smith wrote it, of course they love guns!returnreturnThese unbeliever crab people can't stand water. To the point they discuss what is basically evaluation and the idea they they ever had to consume water to live, let alone lived in it. Also Smith is obsessed with smoking in this one. I don't understand why some science fiction writers feel the need to go to extents to show "look these guys do daily things, slightly different than we do." I read some Star Wars authors who oppressed about the way Han Solo drank his "coffee" too, so its not just Smith. returnreturnAnyway the story, for what there is, about a professor of science who is murdered, he happened to dare hint that creationism might not be the thing. There is some internal struggles, you forget they are crab people, then OMG water, we can't go outside. WOW a car with a roof, and a rain coat, why did we never think of these things. Well we will just say we know who killed him hoping that makes the killer admit it. The end.