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Rats, Bats & Vats (Hardcover)

by Dave Freer (Author), Eric Flint (Author) "DOWN IN THE BUNKER the music issuing from Chip Connolly's small portable radio stopped ..." (more)
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Freer (The Forlorn) and Flint (Mother of Demons) join forces in this lighthearted SF offering set on the colony world of Harmony and Reason, which is being invaded by the dreaded, insectoid alien Magh'. Chip, a former sous-chef and "vat"Aa human bred for hard laborAfinds himself trapped behind enemy lines with the rats and bats of the title, genetically engineered animals designed for close-quarters combat, stealth and plenty of off-color wisecrackery. But when Virginia Shaw, a daughter of the yuppie Shareholder class, gets caught behind enemy lines with her alien tutor, and Chip and Co. rescue her, the sexual sparks start to fly. Chip and Ginny recognize that their class hatred is an obstacle to defeating the Magh'; when the two learn to cooperate, everyone soon lends a hand or paw or wing, refurbishing a rusty old farm tractor, on which animal and human careen through Magh' defenses. Although the military SF plot is peppered with its share of Dirty Dozen-esque cliffhangers, the sharpest moments in this giddy entertainment are those where the rodents blithely skewer human mores. (Sept.)
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On the planet HAR (Harmony and Reason), vat-grown humansDalong with genetically enhanced rats and batsDwage a seemingly endless war against the alien Magh' (or Maggots). Coauthors Freer (The Forlorn) and Flint (1632) present a seriocomic epic of military fiction, complete with suicide missions, impossible odds, and an unlikely boy-meets-girl romance. A good choice for hard-core aficionados of blood-and-guts military sf.
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Read this book!, July 2 2003
By C. H. Marzolf Jr. "My bookshelves groan" (Woodland, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: RATS, BATS & VATS (Mass Market Paperback)
This is a prime example of what great fun sci-fi can be in the hands of a good author. Genetically engineered bats, rats, and "vats" (human clones serving as indentured servants) combine with the sci-fi staple of vicious bugs who imperil a small human colony in a fast read. There's a recipe for explosives and how to make a brandy flamethrower! Flint is an imaginative writer, there are few others who would make genetically engineered bats Irish anarchists at heart, and a cloned sous chef a hero.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding!, Aug 27 2002
By M. Swierczek "keeper_of_the_wolf" (Pottstown, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: RATS, BATS & VATS (Mass Market Paperback)
Original, fast paced, hilarious at points, fascinating... this is the best science fiction adventure novel I have ever read. Period.

The original space colonists of a distant planet and their descendents live like kings with a subordinate social class composed of "Vats", cloned humans used for menial labor. Small but deadly insect-like alien invaders arrive and begin waging trench warfare against the unprepared settlers. The vats are drafted and sent into battle, along with hurriedly genetically engineered talking rat and bat helpers.

The story picks up when one hapless vat, 6 bats, and 7 rats are separated from the main force by a cave-in and forced to look for another way back to friendly territory. The seize-the-day attitudes of the little soldiers, facing a naturally short life span compounded by a high risk of death in combat, is the icing on the cake of one hell of an entertaining story. I couldn't put it down.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great book, goofy title, Feb 12 2002
By Paul L. Bischoff "chi-thing" (Charleston, SC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: RATS, BATS & VATS (Mass Market Paperback)
Excerpts from a note I wrote to Dave Freer:

--I just finished reading Rats, Bats and Vats, and I wanted to tell you some things.
First, thank you.
Second, thank you.
Third...well, you get the idea.
I haven't enjoyed a story so much since Neal Barret Jr.'s Stress
Pattern. For some reason, it seems to be very difficult for folks to write books that are both engaging and humorous, but you pulled it off marvelously. And I very nearly didn't read it at all as I was somewhat put off by the title. It sounded as though it would be Macbeth's witches on acid, or something equally bizarre.--

Do you like good SF? Do you like a good chuckle with your story?
Then read this book.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Just an all around 'Good Read'!
I can't tell you how great it is to once again get a hold on the kind of solid, fast moving, witty, and well-plotted science fiction that got me sold on the genre to begin... Read more
Published on Oct 18 2001 by shaulieh

4.0 out of 5 stars Very enjoyable
Don't like the cover, as it gives the wrong feel to the contents. This is not a ha-ha, funny book. This is a "life [stinks], don't it" book. Read more
Published on Oct 17 2001 by Jan Benn

4.0 out of 5 stars Very enjoyable
Don't like the cover, as it gives the wrong feel to the contents. This is not a ha-ha, funny book. This is a "life [stinks], don't it" book. Read more
Published on Oct 17 2001 by Jan Benn

4.0 out of 5 stars This is fun!
This book manages to combine military SF, comedy (both slapstick and wordplay), satire, class wars, cloning, and genetic engineering with a little romance and still come out... Read more
Published on May 13 2001 by Anne M. Marble

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book; let me try to keep the review simple...
A human colony is invaded and mankind, on taking the advice of another race of aliens, tries to use world-war one-like tactics, which fail totally. Read more
Published on Mar 1 2001 by Michael Valdivielso

5.0 out of 5 stars Romance, Mayhem and Humor
What more could you want? The heroes are heroic, albeit somewhat reluctant, the heroine is vulnerable but staunch and the villains are villainous. Lots of fun. Read more
Published on Jan 20 2001 by Charles R. West, Jr.

5.0 out of 5 stars A very fun read
Rats, Bats, and Vats review by Sun Shadow

Authors: Eric Flint and Dave Freer Publisher: Baen Books

We open on the planet of Harmony and Reason, or as the locals affectionally... Read more

Published on Dec 5 2000 by sunkitty

5.0 out of 5 stars Future-world struggle against alien corporate interests!
'Rats, Bats and Vats' blasts off in a future world forgotten by the rest of the known human universe, the heros, a mixed species cyber-adjusted strikeforce, find themselves... Read more
Published on Oct 11 2000

5.0 out of 5 stars Funny, intelligent, and even redeeming
Not my usual sub-genre -- military sf (sort of, anyway). Boy, am I glad I picked it up. I laughed a lot, the ideas were great, the characters surprisingly interesting (who... Read more
Published on Oct 3 2000 by Brenda Cooper

5.0 out of 5 stars Fast-paced capers with a dash of spicy innuendo and a genero
Dave Freer cooks up high explosive fun in RB&V. The humouris as wickedly sharp as the Solingen chef's knife wielded by thebook's 'don't-wannabe' hero, Chip Connolly. Read more
Published on Sep 27 2000 by L-J Baker

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