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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and leaning forward, she slapped him backhanded across the face, and then the
other way forehand as a kind of afterthought because she was tired. She did it
very hard. For a moment his face was only the face of a young man, a soft face, ...
and leaning forward, she slapped him backhanded across the face, and then the
other way forehand as a kind of afterthought because she was tired. She did it
very hard. For a moment his face was only the face of a young man, a soft face, ...
Page 181
Right over Raydos' face. And Raydos' eyes. She refused to look at him after the
first time. She pushed through the others to take a long look at the unconscious
man's face where he lay, his arms thrown out, in the snow: the precise line where
...
Right over Raydos' face. And Raydos' eyes. She refused to look at him after the
first time. She pushed through the others to take a long look at the unconscious
man's face where he lay, his arms thrown out, in the snow: the precise line where
...
Page 201
She began to put her weight first on one leg and then on the other, to rest a little,
and then she found she could move closer to Machine, who still lay with his face
upward, his eyes shut. He had fallen until the narrow part of the chimney stopped
...
She began to put her weight first on one leg and then on the other, to rest a little,
and then she found she could move closer to Machine, who still lay with his face
upward, his eyes shut. He had fallen until the narrow part of the chimney stopped
...
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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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