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Customer Reviews
Avg. Customer Review:
Twisted Humor & Alternate Universes in a Fantasy Wrapper, August
5, 2001

Reviewer
:

If you like the style of Laumer or of Roger Zelazny, this is a good book that you will
enjoy. This book features the character Lafayette O'Leary, who is the aforementioned
World Shuffler. The plot, tone, etc, is often reminiscent of Zelazny's "Nine Princes in
Amber". I like this book, more than the sequels (the last book in the series was difficult
for me to finish and it took me several tries). Personally, I enjoyed this first book (World
Shuffler) so much that I've read it three times in the past ten years. I just revisit it. And
various images, events, and phrases stick in my mind to never be removed. Must be good,
eh? --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
 Name: LAUMER, John Keith Aged: 67
Born: June 9, 1925 Where: Syracuse, New York
Died: January 23, 1993 Where: _ _ _
Interred: Florida National Cemetery, Bushnell, FL. Plot: 501, 32
Married: Janice Perkinson When: February, 1949
Awarded: _ _ _




Keith Laumer


Attended Indiana University, 1943-44; Stockholm University, 1948-49; received a
BA in architecture in 1950 from the University of Illinois. Became a staff member of
the University of Illinois in 1952. Served in the US Army in WW2 in Europe and
then did two odd hitches in the US Air Force, 1953-56 and 1960-65, attaining the
rank of Captain in the latter tour. In between the two military hitches, Laumer was
a member of the US Foreign Service in Rangoon, Burma. After the second hitch, in
1965, Laumer turned his attention to writing.

Laumer worked at his trade, creating a huge series of Retief stories, both shorts and
novels, Imperium tales, and the Bolo tank (which has taken on a life of its own since
Laumer's death with multiple writers). Keith's style is somewhat jarring to
traditional readers of fiction, punchy like Hemingway's with the words telling a
story rather than the story serving as a vehicle for the words. Laumer still has
many, loyal fans.

Thumbnail from a photo by Patti Perret.
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