DiLouie reads from his latest science fiction novel in which two weary soldiers try to get rich by robbing an entire planet.
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DiLouie (Paranoia) flavors Kipling's The Man Who Would Be King with a dash of Joe Haldeman's The Forever War to create this rollicking military SF farce. Lawrence Dobbs and Timothy Muldoon are long-service NCOs in the Colonial Marines—very long service, over 800 years. They're the kind of men who can conquer a planet all by themselves, but times have changed, and it's just not the same Federation they signed up for. When they hear of a world where the natives have discovered the secret alchemical formula for gold, they gather up a team and make plans to rob the place blind. DiLouie spices up Dobbs and Muldoon's adventures with loony ideas, from a computer virus that plays dice games with fate to a doomsday machine containing the maniacal consciousness of the last emperor of planet Xerxes. Fans of humorous science fiction will find plenty to enjoy in this time-traveling, galaxy-crossing romp. (May) 
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Review

-DiLouie flavors Kipling-s -The Man Who Would Be King- with a dash of Joe Haldeman-s The Forever War to create this rollicking military SF farce. Fans of humorous science fiction will find plenty to enjoy in this time-traveling, galaxy-crossing romp.--Publishers Weekly
"The Great Planet Robbery is highly recommended to science fiction fans everywhere and deserves a place on community library sci-fi shelves."-Midwest Book Review