George W Harris schrieb:
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> And, of course, Harry Harrison's E.E. 'Doc' Smith
> parody "Star Smashers of the Galaxy Rangers" involved
> the premise of Earth discovering a war between two alien
> powers.

Did?nt he also wrote a novel about two alien races who *pretend* to
fight each other, so that the primitive earthlings support them?

Bye
Ingo

In article <fkbngi$kd3$2@news01.versatel.de>,
Ingo Siekmann <Ingo-Siekmann@web.de> said:

> George W Harris schrieb:
>
>> And, of course, Harry Harrison's E.E. 'Doc' Smith parody "Star
>> Smashers of the Galaxy Rangers" involved the premise of Earth
>> discovering a war between two alien powers.
>
> Didn't he also wrote a novel about two alien races who *pretend*
> to fight each other, so that the primitive earthlings support
> them?

Yes, in fact that was a YASID that raised here last summer that
turned out to be Harrison's INVASION EARTH.

To be precise, though, in that story it wasn't two alien races per
se that were running the scam, but rather a small group of deserters
from both sides in a genuine war between their species.

--
William December Starr <wdstarr@panix.com>