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Hal Spacejock No Free Lunch
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BOOK DETAILS

  • Paperback
  • Jun.02.2008
  • 9781921361081

Simon gives an overview of the book:

A cunning rival determined to ruin Hal's business, an attractive trainee peace officer facing a dangerous investigation and a planet with more bugs than a new operating system ... When Hal and Clunk set out to make a fresh start, this wasn't exactly what they had in mind. Now Hal must choose: take on the rival to save his own business, or help the trainee with her first - and possibly last - investigation? Whatever he decides, it's No Free Lunch for Hal Spacejock!
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A cunning rival determined to ruin Hal's business, an attractive trainee peace officer facing a dangerous investigation and a planet with more bugs than a new operating system ... When Hal and Clunk set out to make a fresh start, this wasn't exactly what they had in mind.

Now Hal must choose: take on the rival to save his own business, or help the trainee with her first - and possibly last - investigation?

Whatever he decides, it's No Free Lunch for Hal Spacejock!

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Hal looked like he was going to throw the Navcom across the room, but instead he tried a new tack. ‘Navcom, if I cross your battery wires, would you explode in a raging fireball or just go phut?’

‘What kind of question is that?’

‘I’m thinking of turning you into an improvised hand-grenade.’

‘And I’m thinking you can go phut yourself.’

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About Simon

Simon Haynes is the author of four Hal Spacejock novels, a number of articles on writing and publishing, and several short stories, one of which collected an Aurealis Award in 2001. He divides his time between writing fiction and computer software, with the occasional round...

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Published Reviews

Jan.14.2008

I started reading and before I knew it, a few hours later, I was almost done with the book! Yes, I’m a fast reader…but I was hooked from the start.

Jan.14.2008

In the best/worst tradition of anti-hero stories like Red Dwarf, The Brittas Empire and Some Mothers Do Have ‘Em, this may at first engender fascinated annoyance. It is best to...