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Planet of Adventure

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Macmillan, Aug 15, 1993 - Fiction - 544 pages
Stranded on the distant planet Tschai, young Adam Reith is the sole survivor of a space mission who discovers the world is inhabited--not only by warring alien cultures, but human slaves as well, taken early in Earth's history. Reith must find a way off planet to warn the Earth of Tschai's deadly existence.

Against a backdrop of baroque cities and haunted wastelands, sumptuous palaces and riotous inns, Reith will encounter deadly wastrels and murderous aliens, dastardly villains and conniving scoundrels.

And always the random beauty in need of rescue...
  

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Review: Planet of Adventure (Planet of Adventure #1-4)

User Review  - Mukulkj - Goodreads

This is one of my favourite Sci-Fi Picaresque Novels. The story is unpredictable and un-put-down-able. The only thing you can count on is that Adam Reith will survice whatever Tschai throws at him ... Read full review

Review: Planet of Adventure (Planet of Adventure #1-4)

User Review  - Philip Pollack - Goodreads

I strongly recommend :) Read full review

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Contents

CITY OF THE CHASCH
9
SERVANTS OF THE WANKH
153
THE DIRDIR
287
THE PNUME
415
Copyright

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aboard Adam Reith ahead Artilo asked Reith Baojian became Blue Chasch Blue Jade boat Carabas caravan Carina Cauch Charchan Chaschmen cloak Dadiche dark Dirdir Dirdirman Dordolio dray emblem Emmink Explorator IV eyes face Fasm feet Flower of Cath forward girl glance Gnashters gray Green Chasch Gzhindra halted hand head Helsse hunt Ilanths jerked Khors kill leap-horses light Lokhars Lord Cizante moved muttered Naga Goho never night Osom Otwile passed Pera Phung Piluna pink moon Pnume Pnumekin portal priestesses purple raft Reith asked Reith looked Reith thought Reith turned Reith watched returned rose scanscope seemed Settra shadows ship shoulders shrugged Sivishe sky-car space-boat spaceship spoke stared steppe stood swung Thang thought Reith thousand sequins took Traz and Anacho Traz Onmale Tschai Vaduz Vargaz voice wagon walked wall Wankh Wankhmen wonder Woudiver Woudiver's Ylin Ylan Zarfo Zarre

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Planet of Adventure - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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About the author (1993)

Jack Vance is one of the greats of science fiction. He has been writing for more than 60 years, and in 1997 was honored as a Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America. He is the author of dozens of science fiction and fantasy novels, including the World Fantasy Award winning Lyonnesse series, and the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning The Last Castle. He lives in Oakland, California.

Bibliographic information

QR code for Planet of Adventure
TitlePlanet of Adventure
AuthorJack Vance
Editionreprint, revised
PublisherMacmillan, 1993
ISBN0312854889, 9780312854881
Length544 pages
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