The Robin Flies Again — Mimi Riser

“Star Wars” meets “Robin Hood” and gets bushwhacked by “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy”…

An oddball space opera vignette of fate and friendship, displaced heroes (not to mention the holoid), and an unlikely reunion in the far-flung future. Performed against the backdrop of a galactic war, of course. Can't have a space opera without one of those, now can we? Oh, yeah, and there's a bionic blonde bombshell and a blue dwarf, too (but he's just a bit player, so to speak).

(Note: This story is also available in the eccentric collection “Breaking the Thought Barrier.”)