Bron Wurber is a pig farmer with a degree in animal husbandry and a doctorate
in galactic politics. His pigs are specially trained and bred, and form a
special taskforce, P.I.G. - the Porcine Interstellar Guard. Their task in this
humorous tale is to help the people of the planet Towbri, and defeat the
monsters of the Ghost Plateau.
New York: Camelot (Avon), May 1968, 120pp., pbk. Cover and interior illustrations are those by John Schoenherr which appeared in Analog.
in: The Men From P.I.G. and R.O.B.O.T., p.11-66. London: Faber & Faber, 1974, hbk.
in: The Men From P.I.G. and R.O.B.O.T. London: Puffin, 1978, pbk. Cover: Peter Edwards. Reprinted December 1982 (ISBN: 0-14-031004-5).
in: The Men From P.I.G. and R.O.B.O.T. New York: Atheneum, March 1978, 144pp., hbk. Reprinted August 1978; March 1980.
Analog, May 1969, p.168. Review by P. Schuyler Miller.
" ... a good lively story whose gimmick is the use of mutant pigs to mop up
on interstellar skulduggery. Its theme, actually, is one that Ellis Parker
Butler used memorably, years ago and in name only: 'Pigs is pigs.' I wonder
where Harry Harrison got his inspiration and inside knowledge."