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Ai! Pedrito When Intelligence Goes Wrong
by L. Ron Hubbard, Kevin J. Anderson
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Galaxy Press (1998-06)
ISBN: 1592120032
EAN: 9781592120031
Dewy Decimal #: 813
Hardcover: 359 pages
SKU: 28997
Condition: Collectable Like New
Comments: THE HARDBACK BOOK! GALAXY PRESS, 1998. THE UNABRIDGED 1ST EDITION. HARDCOVER W/GILT LETTERING, DUST JACKET AND PAGES ARE NEW! Rapid shipping w/FREE tracking. GREAT PACKAGING . Air Mail.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
It has ben said that somewhere in the world you have an exact double. This rocket-ride of a novel ignites with the sudden cry of "Ai! Pedrito!", as Naval Lieutenant Tom Smith discovers that his exact look-alike is the notorious South American revolutionary and spy, Pedrito Miraflores. Inspired by a real incident in the life of L. Ron Hubbard, "Ai! Pedrito!" is a fun-to-read, compelling novel of what can sometimes happen when intelligence goes wrong.
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Customer Reviews
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Hopelessly dated, don't bother
Rating  (1)
Date: 2005-12-21
4 out of 4 customers found this reveiw helpful
I picked up a hardback copy of this book at one of the local "dollar stores" in my town, and even at that price, I think I paid too much for it. While I highly respect Kevin J. Anderson's work, this is hardly among his best. Every so often, a Modern Day Established Writer is asked to finish the outline or a beginning of a story by a Respected Writer of Days Gone By, and sometimes it actually works. "Ai! Pedrito!" is *not* such a case.
The characters seem to be cut from old school "flat" (read "two-dimensional") cloth. For no apparent reason (other than Hubbard's apparently boundless ego, perhaps?), not one but *two* attractive young women can't wait to get the unwilling hero into bed faster than the speed of light. (Most women with whom I've interacted with in the real world *don't* act this way.) It was annoying when Robert A. Heinlein did it in his adult novels, and it doesn't wear well here, either.
I don't remember how many chapters I read before I *finally* realized "Ai! Pedrito!" was supposed to be a slapstick case of mistaken identities. Maybe Hubbard wrote more readable books than this one, but I'd recommend something completely different by Kevin J. (or his pseudonym K.J.) Anderson instead.
Move along. You don't need to read this book... ever.
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Ridiculous
Rating  (3)
Date: 2004-08-26
4 out of 4 customers found this reveiw helpful
I admire Kevin J. Anderson's work but this one is pretty awful. Most of the scenarios are so unbelievable. One page you've got the main character, Smith, throwing bananas and humvees, next thing you know he's swimming with alligators. Everyone in the book is incredibly stupid. No one takes Smith seriously even when he complains throughout the book.
The story goes through amazingly fast and pointlessly. You often ask why they're doing this and that. Bottomline: Read this only if you feel like watching a retarded comedy action movie. Anderson is trying to be funny (he succeeds once in a while) but otherwise fails utterly.
I give it three stars because it was mildly readable and it somehow made me finish it in three days.
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This book is horrible
Rating (1)
Date: 2004-07-13
8 out of 9 customers found this reveiw helpful
I've never rated a book this low, it's so bad I could not finish it. I did manage to make it over halfway. No research has gone into this novel, and basically anything can happen. Tom Smith is given a free trip to a South American country because he's the exact look alike of Pedrito who is a revolutionary. Once he gets into South America he's mistaken for Pedrito, and Pedrito takes his place in America. The problem is anything can happen and the characters are unrealistic to say the least. Women only want to have sex and get married. They have no personalities. If I were female this book would offend me. This book jumps from one unrealistic scene to another. For example, Tom Smith who has never flown a plane before manages to evade 2 F-14 jets piloted by the CIA. He does this while flying a decrepit plane for the first time. The reasoning for his escape is that the trained jet pilots were not used to chasing anything this slow so they could not shoot him down. Tom Smith furthermore has no brain and just does what others direct him to do. If someone tells him to stand while a boat is searching for him, with the intention of shooting him, he simply stands up in his canoe. As if that scene is not ridiculous enough after they spot him, he jumps in the water and swims towards the boat. Apparently the crocodiles assume that he's leading them towards food, since they attack and eat all of the people on the boat. For some reason the boat manages to sink at this instant to allow this. To add to this ridiculous scenario one of the underlings asks his boss what they should do about the crocodiles as he's being eaten. Also, apparently in South America there are huge snowstorms that come out of nowhere. Nothing is this novel is logical. The most disappointing aspect of this book is that Kevin J Anderson is capable of writing so much better. I have read a lot of his other work, and it is far superior to this. Most of his other novels I would in fact recommend. Also, this is apparently based on an event that transpired in L. Ron. Hubbard's life. I would take this with a grain of salt. Hubbard is the creator of Scientology and Dianetics, and has been proven to embellish his past.
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Not the best I have read.
Rating (3)
Date: 2002-11-22
3 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
If you like spies and espionage, this would be a book for you. Ai! Pedrito! starts out a little slow and has a loose plot but, in the whole time there is something happening. This book provides a good mental image of what is happening almost like a movie. This book was a joy to read along with a funny twist. What do you think would happen if a South American revolutionary terrorist leader would switch places with an elegant, proper, and an identical twin of him that was a high ranked Naval Intelligance Officer? To find out you need to read this book. It will keep you guessing the whole way through.
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Ai Pedrito a classic in the making.
Rating  (5)
Date: 2002-11-06
0 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
Sure to be a best seller, "Ai! pedtito" will appeal to everyone from you teacher to your great aunt betty. I personelly think this was the most creative thriller ever concived by man. So if you are tired of sitting down and being bored, then this is the perfect book for you to read. If you ask me, this is the perfect book for anyone from teenagers to senior citizens.
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