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''Star Smashers of the Galaxy Rangers'' (1973) is a comic science fiction novel by Harry Harrison. It is a parody of the space opera genre and in particular, the Lensman and Skylark series of E. E. "Doc" Smith. It also includes a homage to Larry Niven's ''Ringworld''.〔Larry Niven, ''N-Space'', pp. 123-24.〕 It is about two college students, Chuck van Chider and his friend Jerry Courtenay, who accidentally invent a device that can transport them through space, powered by a substance called "Cheddite", which is created by irradiating Cheddar cheese. Through a bizarre chain of events, Chuck and Jerry, their apparent mutual love interest Sally Goodfellow and their janitor-turned-KGB spy Old John find themselves flung into the far reaches of the galaxy, where they become involved in an intergalactic war that could change the universe forever. ==Reception== Theodore Sturgeon, describing the novel as "a Tom Swiftian, gee-whiz parody of the very worst that our severest and most ignorant critics lay on us," concluded that "I love this kind of thing at short-short length."〔"Galaxy Bookshelf", ''Galaxy Science Fiction'', February 1974, p.92〕 Wayne Barlowe included the Garnishee of ''Star Smashers of the Galaxy Rangers'' as one of the alien species he covered in ''Barlowe's Guide to Extraterrestrials''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Star Smashers of the Galaxy Rangers」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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