The second in a series of novels continuing the adventures of Bill, the
Galactic Hero.
Bill now has a satyr's foot, and is in a military hospital seeking a
replacement. Then he's attacked by a real female satyr, who pulls him under
the sea and introduces him to a "world of unspeakable and endless pleasures!"
New York: Avon, January 1991, 213pp., ISBN: 0-380-75664-1, pbk. Cover: Michael W. Kaluta and Steven Fastner. Illustrated by Michael W. Kaluta.
London: Gollancz, 6th June 1991, 213pp., hbk. ISBN: 0-575-04981-2, hbk. Cover: Michael W. Kaluta and Steven Fastner.
London: Gollancz, February 1992, 213pp., ISBN: 0-575-05248-1, pbk. Cover: Michael W. Kaluta and Steven Fastner.
as: Bill, el Héroe Galáctico en el Planeta de Los Placeres Insípdos. Barcelona: Grijalbo, 1993, 222pp. Translated by Diana Falcón. [Spanish]
as: Die Welt der Unaussprechlichen Wonnen. Munich: Heyne, 1995, 219pp., ISBN: 3-453-07976-0, pbk. Translated by Hilde Linnert. Cover: Andreas Reiner. [German]
Praha: Classic And, 1996, 158pp., ISBN: 80-85782-62-6. Translated by Alexandra Boloňská. [Czech]
as: Bill Linnunradan Sankari Mauttoman Mielihyvän Planeetalla. Helsinki: Like Kustannus Oy Ltd., 1997, 208pp., ISBN: 951-578-456-5. Translated by Arvi Tamminen. [Finnish]
Moscow: (Eksmo), 1999, 448pp., ISBN: 5-04-002403-7. Also contains Bill, the Galactic Hero on the Planet of Zombie Vampires. [Russian]
Fear, August 1991. Revew by Mark Caswell.
The Guardian, 24th October 1991. Review by Tom
Shippey.
"A monument of unwearying parodic aggression. Here poor Bill is
transported, satyr's foot and all, from Colostomy IV to the Fields of
Ozymandias and the fabled land of Absurd Fantasy, where he meets most of
popular fiction from Greg Bore to Stephen Thing. This book will not make
friends in the trade."
Interzone #52, October 1991, p.66. Review by Wendy Bradley.
Bill, the Galactic Hero Series