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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Page 126
For a moment his face was only the face of a young man , a soft face , shocked
and unprotected . Tears sprang to his eyes . Then he began to weep , turning his
face away and putting it down on his knees , sobbing harder and harder ...
For a moment his face was only the face of a young man , a soft face , shocked
and unprotected . Tears sprang to his eyes . Then he began to weep , turning his
face away and putting it down on his knees , sobbing harder and harder ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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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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added Alyx asked baby began breath called close coming course cried damned dark dead don't door dropped ears Edarra everything eyes face fall father feeling feet fell felt finally fingers floor front Gavrily girl give gone Gunnar hair half hand hard head held holding inside Iris It's keep kill kind knees knew lady laughed leaned legs light living looked Machine Maudey mind mother move neck never night nuns once pack Paradise passed picked pulled Raydos rock seemed seen shook shouted side sitting sleep slowly smiled snow someone standing stepped stood stopped suit talk tell thing thought told took trying turned visitor voice walked wall watched whispered whole woman young
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Adventures of Alyx |
| Author | Joanna Russ |
| Edition | reissue |
| Publisher | Baen Science Fiction Books, 1986 |
| ISBN | 0671656015, 9780671656010 |
| Length | 270 pages |
| Subjects | › › Fiction / Science Fiction / General |
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