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A Plague of Demons And Other Stories
by Keith Laumer
 
 A Plague of Demons
was first serialized as
The Hounds of Hell 
in
 If 
magazine(Nov-Dec., 1964) and reissued as a novel in 1965 by Berkley. "Thunderhead" wasfirst published in
Galaxy
in April, 1967. "End as a Hero" was first published in
Galaxy
in June, 1963. "Doorstep" was first published in
Galaxy
in February,1961. "Test to Destruction" was first published in
 Dangerous Visions
(HarlanEllison, editor), Doubleday 1967. "The Star-Sent Knaves" (aka: "Time Thieves")was first published in
Worlds of Tomorrow
in June, 1963. "Greylorn" was first published in
 Amazing 
in April, 1959. "Of Death What Dreams" was first published in
Worlds of Tomorrow #24
(1970) and then reissued in
 Five Fates
, published by Doubleday, 1970.
 
KEITH LAUMER:THE CREATOR OF RETIEF ANDTHE MASTER OF SCIENCE FICTION ADVENTURE
"Spare, clean prose style and muscular storytelling technique . . . Iconsider him to be one of the three or four authors who had the greatestinfluence on me throughout my life, as both a reader and a writer." — 
David Weber
"For those who are confronting Laumer for the first time . . . I envy you:you are about to discover a prose stylist whose single aim is to pleasureyou." — 
Harlan Ellison
"One of the most productive and popular writers of science fiction." — 
Ben Bova
[Laumer's Retief stories are] "Some of the funniest, cleverest, and most(unfortunately) realistic stories ever written about life at the sharp end of international relations. You're about to have fun." — 
David Drake
"[Laumer's
 Dinosaur Beach
is] unrivalled not only in its class, but in aclass by itself." — 
Gordon R. Dickson
"[Laumer's Retief is] a James Bond figure among helpless bureaucrats . . .adventure tales that are brisk, light and sardonic. . . ." — 
 Publishers Weekly
"Laumer is a master of both science fiction and mystery." — 
 Seattle Times
"[Laumer's Retief stories offer] satirically wild SF adventures . . .improbable plot-twists and slapstick action." — 
 Kirkus Reviews
"Keith Laumer is one of science fiction's most adept creators . . .suspenseful action makes this story a first-rate thriller." — 
 Savannah News-Press
"Hilarious! Swinging! Brilliant!" — 
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