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...

 

Selected pages

Contents

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

Common terms and phrases

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 Jack Vance jerked Khors kill leap-horses light Lokhars Lord Cizante moved muttered Naga Goho never night Osom 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

About the author (1993)

John Holbrook Vance (August 28, 1916 - May 26, 2013) was an American mystery, fantasy and science fiction writer. Most of his work was published under the name Jack Vance. He also wrote 11 mystery novels as John Holbrook Vance and three as Ellery Queen, and once each used pseudonyms Alan Wade, Peter Held, John van See, and Jay Kavanse. Vance won the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement in 1984. The Science Fiction Hall of Fame inducted him in 2001. Among his awards for particular works were: Hugo Awards, in 1963 for The Dragon Masters, in 1967 for The Last Castle, and in 2010 for his memoir This is Me, Jack Vance!; a Nebula Award in 1966, also for The Last Castle; the Jupiter Award in 1975; the World Fantasy Award in 1990 for Lyonesse: Madouc. He also won an Edgar (the mystery equivalent of the Nebula) for the best first mystery novel in 1961 for The Man in the Cage. He died at his home in Oakland, California, on May 26, 2013, aged 96.

Bibliographic information

TitlePlanet of Adventure
Planet of adventure, Jack Vance
Tom Doherty Associates book
AuthorJack Vance
Editionrevised
PublisherMacmillan, 1993
ISBN0312854889, 9780312854881
Length544 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Fiction / Science Fiction / Action & Adventure
Fiction / Science Fiction / Alien Contact
Fiction / Science Fiction / General
  
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