Through Time And Space With Benedict Breadfruit

Benedict Breadfruit is the man the galaxy calls when things go gloriously, absurdly wrong. On distant worlds where a dying god is really a giant intelligent lichen, where space lice are a menace to starship hulls, where battered robots still "amble," and where a simple pumpkin can become a matter of royal law, Breadfruit brings a calm, baffling confidence to every crisis. He is part scientist, part diplomat, part cosmic smart aleck—and always ready with a solution no one else would ever think of. Through Time and Space With Benedict Breadfruit is a delightfully offbeat collection of science-fiction satire, packed with rapid-fire wordplay, outrageous inventions, and interplanetary misunderstandings. Randall Garrett revels in the sillier side of the future, turning alien customs, bureaucratic absurdities, and linguistic accidents into a parade of clever jokes and inventive concepts. For readers who enjoy classic science fiction with a mischievous grin, this is a trip through the stars where the punch lines are as strange as the planets themselves. Bright, witty, and wonderfully weird, Benedict Breadfruit's adventures prove that in the universe, there's no problem too bizarre for a little ingenuity—and no situation that can't be made worse, or better, by a perfectly chosen pun. This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.