The Fallible Fiend

L. Sprague De Camp

Original title: The fallible fiend

first published 1973 Baen Books, 1994 paperback 208 pages

(Red star sci-fi)

The Fallible Friend The protagonist, Zdim, is an indentured servant, some reptilian traits, who engages in something akin to rule-book slowdown. It may be somewhat of a stretch but there is some similarity with Till Eulenspiegel. The latter did usually impersonates a traveling journeyman when he arrived in a new township. He then interprets selective instructions in a literal, counter productive sense. Better known...

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Editions we hold

Fallible Fiend edition · 2012 · Orion Publishing Group, Limited · 9780575103436
The fallible fiend edition · 2002 · Thorndike Press · 277 pages
The Fallible Fiend paperback · 1994 · Baen Books · 208 pages · 9781555940539
Fallible Fiend paperback · 1992 · Baen · 208 pages · 9780671721282
The Fallible Fiend paperback · 1981 · Del Rey · 160 pages · 9780345293671
The Fallible Fiend paperback · 1978 · Sphere · 176 pages · 9780722129203
The fallible fiend edition · 1974 · Remploy · 143 pages

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