David Cowie wrote:
> On Thu, 01 Jan 2004 15:57:49 -0800, Tim Bruening wrote:
>
> > I'm looking for the name an author of a book in which a spaceship uses
a
> > cheese sandwich to go faster than light. The crew visits an alien
> > planet on which the dominant race is being attacked by their own food
> > animals, whose minds have been taken over by an evil force.
>
> This might be _Star Smashers of the Galaxy Rangers_ by Harry Harrison.
> Features the FTL "Cheddite" drive, powered by, um, cheese (or near
> equivalent) that has had something done to it. (Apologies for vagueness,
> but it's been 25 years since I read it).
> Did the good aliens learn English from the planet "BBC Radio Three"? If
> they did, then it is SSOTGR.
I think it was a toasted cheese sandwich, possibly after it was eaten.
I also remember the protagonists battling the evil force on a Ring
World, which the evil force had taken over part of.
I also remember the evil force taking over the minds of farm animals and
causing them to fight against the planet's dominant race.
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