Along with the alien culture being more believable by including slang (such as "yar" for yes and "nar" for no), Mowry's creative disruption is seen as astute. As Rupert Neethling of infinity plus states, "One has to wonder whether Eric Frank Russell applied firsthand knowledge of espionage or sabotage when writing his 1957 classic, Wasp. At the very least, he seems to have had access to some kind of saboteur's checklist." As Russell was in the Royal Air Force during World War Two, he may well have had firsthand experience of the operations of the British Special Operations Executive agents who were trained to disrupt the Nazis in occupied Europe in much the same way as Mowry does in Wasp. Galaxy reviewer Floyd C. Gale praised the novel, saying "Russell has invested this hard-boiled yarn with plenty of action and authenticity." Dave Langford reviewed Wasp for White Dwarf #76, and stated that "Fast and funny - but less so than Granada'''s definitive editions, which like Dobson's hardback gained much from Russell's later (1958) revisions." Post-9/11 reception James Nicoll has noted that Wasp "reads differently post-9/11 than it did before 9/11". James Sallis, writing in The Boston Globe, discusses how prescient Russell now seems. Wasp'' "gives off jolts of shock that Russell could not have anticipated." Sallis quoted Russell, References External links Wasp preserved at the Internet Archive (alternate link) 1957 British novels Novels by Eric Frank Russell British science fiction novels 1957 science fiction novels English novels Novels set on fictional planets Fiction set around Sirius British spy novels