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 44
She put one arm around his neck to steady herself , but her arm felt his neck most
exquisitely and she did not like that , so she gave it up and put one hand on his
shoulder . Then she could not help but feel his shoulder . It was quite provoking .
She put one arm around his neck to steady herself , but her arm felt his neck most
exquisitely and she did not like that , so she gave it up and put one hand on his
shoulder . Then she could not help but feel his shoulder . It was quite provoking .
Page 54
He stroked the nape of her neck and then her shoulder , but now his woman
began to laugh , more and more , leaning against him and laughing and laughing
until she was convulsed and he thought she had gone out of her mind . “ What
the ...
He stroked the nape of her neck and then her shoulder , but now his woman
began to laugh , more and more , leaning against him and laughing and laughing
until she was convulsed and he thought she had gone out of her mind . “ What
the ...
Page 205
She did not spring back from the blood but stood in it , her face strained in the
same involuntary grimace as before , the cords standing out on her neck . Iris
grabbed her arm and pulled her away . “ He came and got us , ” whispered Iris ...
She did not spring back from the blood but stood in it , her face strained in the
same involuntary grimace as before , the cords standing out on her neck . Iris
grabbed her arm and pulled her away . “ He came and got us , ” whispered Iris ...
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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 Science Fiction Books, 1986 |
| ISBN | 0671656015, 9780671656010 |
| Length | 270 pages |
| Subjects | › › Fiction / Science Fiction / General |
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