ANALOG SF – September 1967. Editor: John W. Campbell. Cover artist: Kelly Freas. Overall rating: **½

CHRISTOPHER ANVIL “The King’s Legion.” Novelette. Federation of Humanity #19. Continuation and perhaps final episode of Anvil’s Paradise series. (*) Roberts, Hammell, and Morrissey take on pirates, the Planetary Authority, and the Space Force before realizing that have been recruited into the famed Interstellar Patrol. The series is getting tiresome. (2)

(*) Footnote Added: I do not know whether what I then called Anvil’s “Paradise” series coincides with what was his larger “Federation of Humanity” series, which did continue on for another couple of dozen more stories.

JACK WODHAMS “The Pearly Gates of Hell.” A deadly comic story of suicide in a world where suicide is definitely forbidden. (5)

MACK REYNOLDS “Fiesta Brava.” Short novel. A United Planets story. Section G sends out four unlikely looking agents to help in the overthrow of a reactionary planetary government similar to that of Spain’s. The big feature is their choice of leader through bullfight competition. Part of Reynolds’ thesis is that people get the government they deserve. Only moderately entertaining. **

E. G. VonWALD “Important Difference.” Contact Scouts discover that the monster aliens have human form. (2)

VERGE FORAY “Lost Calling.”After 20 years of schooling by alien teachers, Mirni does not know what he has been trained for, but he is successful at it. (3)