Phule's Company

Phule's Company, Book 1

By: Robert Asprin

Narrated by: Noah Michael Levine

After being court-martialed by the Space Legion for ordering the strafing of a treaty-signing ceremony, multimillionaire Willard Phule receives his punishment: He must command the misfit Omega Company on Haskin's Planet, a mining settlement on the edge of settled space. At his duty station, he leverages his personal money and a knack for managing people to get the company to come together as a unit. Phule convinces the governor to leave the contract for an honorary duty up for competition between the Space Legionnaires and the Regular Army. The Army sends some of their most elite troops to take part in the competition, but Phule's company operates with their own unique tactics....

©1990 Robert Asprin (P)2017 Tantor

Worth a listen

I bought this series a few years ago in paperback but when I found it on audible I just had to get it again it’s still so very lol funny.

Happy surprise

I haven’t read science fiction for awhile and I wasn’t much interested in comic science fiction but much like Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novels these surprised me by how well written and funny they were, will read book 2 soon!

Phule's Company

I never write reviews because I have been so disappointed in the past after purchasing books based on reviews...BUT !! I haven't even gotten half way through this book ; but It has made me laugh!! Hard to find good titles and I certainly hope Robert Asprin follows up on this new series!!

Screwball Comedy

Think M*A*S*H meets science fiction with a bit of Jeeves and Wooster thrown in for flavour and you get the idea.

Phule's Company has arrived! You're welcome!

A very enjoyable story that's quick to get through. Odd characters and military high jinx ensue. Essentially, if you were to combine a space military story with an old 80's college film, this is what you'd get. The narrator did a great job portraying various characters through voice variation. When speaking in his normal voice, Mr. Levine sounds rather like Steven Blum. The only problem some people may have with the story is that there's so much setup during most of the book it feels like one giant prologue. Personally, I had no problem with that. If you enjoy misfits in a sci-fi environment, be sure to give this one a look.