The Keith Laumer Reader - Volume I — Keith Laumer

WORLDS of the IMPERIUM: For Brion Bayard, the discovery of an alternate world to Earth where history took a different turn in the road was not a pleasant experience. His kidnapping brought him some startling revelations.THE FROZEN PLANET: There are four planets in the group, he said. Two double planets, all rather close to an unimportant star listed as DRI-G 33987. They're called Jorgensen's Worlds, and in themselves are of no importance whatever.THE NIGHT of the TROLLS: The machine's job was to defend its place against enemies—but it had forgotten it had friends!RETIEF of the RED-TAPE MOUNTAIN: Retief knew the importance of sealed orders—and the need to keep them that way!THE NIGHT of the TROLLS: The machine's job was to defend its place against enemies—but it had forgotten it had friends!MIGHTIEST QORN: Sly, brave and truculent, the Qornt held all humans in contempt—except one!A TRACE of MEMORY: He awoke and lay for a moment looking up at a low ceiling, dimly visible in a faint red glow, feeling the hard mat under his back. He turned his head, saw a wall and a panel on which a red indicator light glared.A TRACE of MEMORY: He awoke and lay for a moment looking up at a low ceiling, dimly visible in a faint red glow, feeling the hard mat under his back. He turned his head, saw a wall and a panel on which a red indicator light glared.