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Hokas Pokas
They're Baaaaack!

When a human thinks he's Napoleon Bonaparte. it's time to get out
a straitjacket. But when a Hoka thinks he's Napoleon Bonaparte,
you'd better believe it! Particularly since there'll bet hundreds of
other Hokas around who know for a fact that they're the French
army mon amis, even if they're on another planet light years away
from Earth, and the forces they're facing aren't the British but very
nasty warlike aliens who by all reason should be expected to make
mincemeat of of the Hokas.

But when it comes to Hokas, reason does not compute. These
friendly, fuzzy aliens who resemble large Teddy bears have a very
vivid imagination and have never quite grasped the difference
between human fiction and reality, or (in the present case},
between past history and the much later and rather different
present. Always bet on the Hokas. Even when a young lad and his
Hoka tutor find themselves stuck on a planet where they seem to
be scheduled to fulfill an ancient (and lethal) prophecy that neither
of them had ever heard of until now, Hokas as usual find that reatity
is merely optional and the good guys - and bears - always win,
quicker than you can say HOKAS POKAS
". . . the funniest s-f ever written."
- A Readers Guide to Science Fiction

"You aren't apt to find a more gleeful book of S-F."
- The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction

"I'll bet you can't read just one."
- Philadelphia Weekly Press
Publisher's Note: Hokas Pokas! has been published in parts.
This is the first unitary edition.

Paperback

Cover art by Michael Whelan,
designed by Patrick Turner

This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in
this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or
incidents is purely coincidental.

First printing, January 2000

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