The Adventures of AlyxAlyx, a warrior and assassin, accepts a job as bodyguard, sails with Blackbeard, works for a sorcerer and acts as a Trans-Temp agent in a future commercial war |
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He was a thickset, stocky man, very blond, with a real Polish name, but everyone
called him Bogalusa Joe because he had spent fifteen years in Bogalusa,
Louisiana (he called it "Loosiana") and he talked about it all the time. He had a
theory, ...
He was a thickset, stocky man, very blond, with a real Polish name, but everyone
called him Bogalusa Joe because he had spent fifteen years in Bogalusa,
Louisiana (he called it "Loosiana") and he talked about it all the time. He had a
theory, ...
Page 256
... man's jugular at fifteen yards with nothing but a pocketknife or climb the
Greene County National Bank from the first story to the sixth with no equipment. I
can do all that." "I'll be damned," said Bogalusa Joe softly. "We despise you," she
said ...
... man's jugular at fifteen yards with nothing but a pocketknife or climb the
Greene County National Bank from the first story to the sixth with no equipment. I
can do all that." "I'll be damned," said Bogalusa Joe softly. "We despise you," she
said ...
Page 258
Bogalusa Joe, the garage mechanic, said: "Tomorrow?" "Tomorrow," she said.
Then they kissed each other. I liked that; it was all right; I had seen it before. She
leaned back against the cushions of the swing and seemed to spread her feet in
...
Bogalusa Joe, the garage mechanic, said: "Tomorrow?" "Tomorrow," she said.
Then they kissed each other. I liked that; it was all right; I had seen it before. She
leaned back against the cushions of the swing and seemed to spread her feet in
...
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User Review - questbird - LibraryThingAlyx is the hero of these five tales. She is fearless, determined, amoral, a complex character. No man can detain her. In the earlier stories she is Alyx the Pickpocket or Alyx the Murderer; later she ... Read full review
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User Review - wrmjr66 - LibraryThingThe Adventures of Alyx is a collection of four short stories and a novella. The first three short stories follow a small-time tough named Alyx on a series of typical fantasy adventures. Alyx is an ... Read full review
Contents
Bluestocking | 1 |
Thought She Was Afeard Till | 33 |
The Barbarian | 57 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Adventures of Alyx |
| Author | Joanna Russ |
| Edition | reissue |
| Publisher | Baen Pub., 1986 |
| ISBN | 0671656015, 9780671656010 |
| Length | 270 pages |
| Subjects | › › Fiction / Science Fiction / General |
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