The hero of Paul Ableman's Vilp (1962) is Clive Witt, a novelist in
search of a hero for his new novel. He advertises for suitable
applicants, and from seventy-three replies he selects three:
Professor Guthrie Pidge, a zoologist; Pad Dee Murphy, an
Irish-Burmese peasant; and Harry Glebe, the inventor of the
renowned earth-borer. Clive's novel, though, progresses slowly. His
three heroes refuse to mix their very disparate elements into a
harmonious whole. Eventually, Clive scraps it and harnesses his
team of heroes to a new work, an exciting science fiction tale
called The Silver Spores. In this, mankind meets the Vilp! The
novel ends with the 5,000 strong Vilp Galactic Council communing in
space at an incredibly high telepathic level. 'Excellent... vital,
taut, brilliantly imaginative' Anthony Burgess
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