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by Keith Laumer

Author:

Keith Laumer

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978-0312828516

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0312828519

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English

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St. Martin's Press (July 1, 1978)

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The ultimax man. 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.

The ultimax man. All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form. Baen Publishing Enterprises 260 Fifth Avenue New York, . First Baen printing, June 1987. Printed in the United States of America. Distributed by SIMON & SCHUSTER 1230 Avenue of the Americas New York, . by. Laumer, Keith, 1925-1993. Books for People with Print Disabilities. Internet Archive Books.

Keith Laumer (1925-1993) John Keith Laumer was an American science fiction author born in Syracuse, New York. Prior to his career as a writer, Laumer was an officer in the United States Air Force

Keith Laumer (1925-1993) John Keith Laumer was an American science fiction author born in Syracuse, New York. Prior to his career as a writer, Laumer was an officer in the United States Air Force. After war service, he spent a year at the University of Stockholm, and then took two bachelor's degrees in science and architecture at the University of Illinois. His first story, Greylorn, was published in 1959, but he returned to the Air Force the following year, only becoming a full-time writer in 1965

The Ultimax Man is a 1978 science fiction novel by Keith Laumer. An expansion of the short story "The Wonderful Secret", it was first published by St. Martin's Press.

The Ultimax Man is a 1978 science fiction novel by Keith Laumer.

The Ultimax Man book. Keith Laumer (aka . Laumer, J. Keith Laumer) is best known for his Bolo storie John Keith Laumer was an American science fiction author

The Ultimax Man book. Keith Laumer) is best known for his Bolo storie John Keith Laumer was an American science fiction author. Prior to becoming a full-time writer, he was an officer in the . His brother March Laumer was also a writer, known for his adult reinterpretations of the Land of Oz (also mentioned in Keith's The Other Side of Time). Keith Laumer) is best known for his Bolo stories and his satirical Retief series.

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Summary: A man is kidnaped by an alien and trained mentaly and phsycially to become superhuman. Some of his talents include matter transmission, matter conversion, levation and telepathy. These are just a few of his talents and once gained he must use them to solve a mystery for all mankind.

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Akirg

In 1970, Keith Laumer was in the process of writing this book, and he had a severe and ultimately debilitating stroke before he could finish, and it shows.

The first half is great: Damocles Montgomerie is a gangster who had been shot and severely wounded, only to have his life saved by a mystery man. But this mystery man turns out to be a space alien, and he has plans for Damocles-namely to make him into a superman with extreme intelligence and skills, as well as strong physical power. Damocles complies, but the alien threatens to destroy him with his experiment done, and Damocles takes the alien's spaceship to the alien's own world, despite desperate pleading from the alien that he would be left stranded on Earth.

Unfortunately, the second half is a disjointed mess, with events and characters that seem to appear at random. It turns out Damocles had been tricked by the alien and he was meant to come here, but the story has become a mess, as if Laumer had an ending planned but couldn't for the life of him recall what he intended it to be.

Vijora

Good start, confusing after that.

Laumer had his stroke while writing this book and it shows. The first half is coherent and well-paced. The last half wanders and is disconnected. It took him a few years to recover from his stroke so he could finish the book and I suspect he forgot where he was going with the plot. A shame because the first half showed a lot of promise.

4 stars for the first half. 2 for the second half.

Rolorel

In The Ultimax Man, an alien abducts a common criminal for an experiment - to imbue him with all of the knowledge and skills of human history...to make him a true superman; the Ultimax Man. But, once our hero reaches the pinnacle of all of this knowledge and all of these skills, what next? He breaks the bonds of his creator and sets himself free in search of where to go from here.

This is an interesting story that is better at getting to the third act than finding a satisfying ending to our character's story. As another reviewer put it, once he is free it is all down hill from there. In the end I was pretty disappointed with what promised to be, but failed to deliver.

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A Guide to my Book Rating System:

1 star = The wood pulp would have been better utilized as toilet paper.
2 stars = Don't bother, clean your bathroom instead.
3 stars = Wasn't a waste of time, but it was time wasted.
4 stars = Good book, but not life altering.
5 stars = This book changed my world in at least some small way.

Manazar

The other reviewers have provided good synopses of this book. I had the curse of reading the first half in Analog, where it went by the title "The Wonderful Secret." The serial version ended with Dammy stealing the space vehicle to head out to the stars. Years later, when I finally read the entire book, I was disappointed that the second half really did not go anywhere, and I also found the stream-of-consciousness narration difficult to follow. Overall, an interesting book, with a humanistic premise that we're all capable of being the best in the Galaxy (or at least "Class 2, Special") and capable of kicking anyone's tail feathers who messes with us.

Yanthyr

This book is not in the class of Laumer's Retief books. The 1st half is relatively straight-forward but the rest is a hodgepodge of activity--attempting, I believe, to combine SF with mystery. The ending has a twist, but wasn't very satisfying IMHO. Still, there's some innovative thinking and a good quote: "What one doesn't understand seems arbitrary and meaningless."

Eyalanev

Simple enough premise about an everyman, abducted by a human-appearing agent and trained to utilize his mind to its fullest. The alien-turned-handler finds the tables turned on him as he realizes he has created an intellect and power superior to his own mind and technology. I first read this book when I was 15 and for years found it not even listed in Laumer's biblio. I would recommend locating this book for any Laumer fan due to its rarity, and definitely loan it to any avid sci-fi middle schooler.