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,
terrified, ...
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,
terrified, ...
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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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