Anyone ever heard of Harry Harrison- HE penned The Stainless Steel Rat and the Deathworld Trilogy... Some of my favorite books of all times, he also did a graphic novellette kinda thing that was so so (among many many other projects)
http://www.iol.ie/~carrollm/hh/booklist.htm#novels
<- above you can click on each entry for the book cover and a synopsis - I highly recommend checking out Deathworld #1 and Stainless Steel Rat #1 (Damn that guy kicked out the sequels...)
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www.harryharrison.com )