The Hal Spacejock Series

"Fast, funny, quirky, enthralling comedy adventure" - Tom Holt

"Simon Haynes is the Australian Terry Pratchett" - Midwest Book Review

The Hal Spacejock series is published by Fremantle Press and distributed by Penguin Australia

Who is Hal Spacejock? Everyone knows a character like Hal Spacejock - he's the guy who plugs a 12-volt lantern into a mains socket and burns his house down. He's the guy who does his own plumbing and floods the neighbour's house. He's the guy who visits three stores to save a few bucks on a hammer, then blows a hundred and twenty on a laser-guided tape measure with built-in bottle opener.

In short, Hal's your regular, everyday guy. He just happens to have a two-hundred ton spaceship, and he's none too flash with the controls.

Hal Spacejock is one of the most memorable figures in sci-fi. Joules Taylor

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If you see the dreaded words "Science Fiction" and imagine yourself buried in reams of technical detail and endless futuristic gadgets, relax. There are two kinds of science fiction: Hard SF - where the characters and plot are secondary to the scientific detail, and Entertaining SF - where the interaction between the characters is paramount. OK, I lied about 'Entertaining', I just didn't want to call it 'soft'.

In Spacejock books cars hover and spaceships fly, and I'll leave it to the scientists to invent them in time for the future.

If you want to know more about Hal's history, click here.

The Books

Australia: Stocked in Dymocks and A&R (Out now)

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