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Space Opera (Vance Novel)
This is a complete list of works by American science fiction and fantasy author Jack Vance. Works Fantasy The Dying Earth * ''The Dying Earth'' (author's preferred title: ''Mazirian the Magician'', collection of linked stories, 1950) * '' The Eyes of the Overworld'' (author's preferred title: ''Cugel the Clever'', novel 1966) * '' Cugel's Saga'' (author's preferred title: ''Cugel: The Skybreak Spatterlight'', novel, 1983) :''The Laughing Magician'' (omnibus containing ''The Eyes of the Overworld'' and ''Cugel's Saga'', 2007) * '' Rhialto the Marvellous'' (collection of linked stories, 1984) Lyonesse * ''Lyonesse: Suldrun's Garden'' (1983) (also titled ''Lyonesse'' and ''Suldrun's Garden'') * ''Lyonesse: The Green Pearl'' (1985) (also titled ''The Green Pearl'') * ''Lyonesse: Madouc'' (1989) (also titled ''Madouc'') Science fiction The Demon Princes Series * '' The Star King'' (1964) * '' The Killing Machine'' (1964) * '' The Palace of Love'' (1967) * ''The Face'' (1979) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
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Throy
· ''Throy'' is a 1992 science fiction novel by American writer Jack Vance, the final work in the Cadwal Chronicles, a trilogy set in Vance's Gaean Reach. The preceding novels are ''Araminta Station'' (1987) and ''Ecce and Old Earth'' (1991). Plot summary By this point, Bureau B has identified the two factions seeking to overthrow the Conservancy that protects and administers the nearly unspoiled planet Cadwal. Smonny Clattuc controls the Yips through her compliant husband, Titus Pompo. By chance, Titus resembles Calyactus, the former Yip leader. Calyactus was disposed of and replaced by Titus. Smonny seeks vengeance for having to leave Cadwal, even though it was her own laziness that caused her to fail to achieve Agency status. The other faction is the Life, Peace and Freedom party (LPF), led by Dame Clytie Vergence. Initially the LPFers idealistically sought to free the Yips from their sorry state, but now their goal is to create large country estates for themselves, keeping some ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Five Gold Bands
''The Five Gold Bands'' is a science fiction novel by American writer Jack Vance, first published in the November 1950 issue of '' Startling Stories '' magazine. It was published in 1953 as a separate book under the title ''The Space Pirate'', and in 1963 it was paired with Vance's Hugo Award-winning novella ''The Dragon Masters'' in the form of an Ace Double. Plot summary Twenty generations ago, an Earthman named Langtry stumbled on a way to travel efficiently among the stars. He divided the secret among his five sons, each of whom settled on a different planet. The heirs of the five, known as the Sons of Langtry, now dominate the human universe. Generations of life on strange worlds have made them visibly distinct from each other and from Earthers, who are held in contempt on each of the Sons' five homeworlds. Picaresque Irish adventurer Paddy Blackthorn is caught attempting to steal a space drive, and is sentenced to death. In escaping from his sentence, Paddy accidenta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Pnume
''The Pnume'' is a science fiction adventure novel by American writer Jack Vance. The last book in the tetralogy of '' Planet of Adventure'', it tells of the efforts to return to Earth by the sole survivor of a human starship destroyed while investigating a mysterious signal from the distant planet Tschai. Plot summary After many false starts and real tribulations, Adam Reith has nearly finished building a spaceship to take him home. He and his two trusted companions had been betrayed by Aila Woudiver, the underworld kingpin who had provided the necessary men and equipment in return for an extortionate amount of money. However, Reith was able to turn the tables and take Woudiver captive (as described in ''The Dirdir ''The Dirdir'' is a science fiction adventure novel by American writer Jack Vance, the third in the tetralogy ''Tschai, Planet of Adventure''. It tells of the efforts of the sole survivor of the destruction of a human starship to return to Eart ...''). Even a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dirdir
''The Dirdir'' is a science fiction adventure novel by American writer Jack Vance, the third in the tetralogy ''Tschai, Planet of Adventure''. It tells of the efforts of the sole survivor of the destruction of a human starship to return to Earth from the distant planet Tschai. Plot summary Adam Reith is stranded on Tschai, a distant planet shared by four alien, mutually hostile, advanced species (the Chasch, Wankh, Dirdir and native Pnume). On his quest to get home, he acquires two human companions, Traz Onmale, a teenage barbarian chieftain, and Ankhe at afram Anacho, an outcast Dirdirman. Reith has failed twice to acquire a spaceship (as recounted in ''City of the Chasch'' and ''Servants of the Wankh ''Servants of the Wankh'' is a 1969 science fiction adventure novel by American writer Jack Vance, the second in the tetralogy ''Tschai, Planet of Adventure''. It tells of the efforts of the sole survivor of a human starship destroyed by an unk ...''). His exploits bring hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Servants Of The Wankh
''Servants of the Wankh'' is a 1969 science fiction adventure novel by American writer Jack Vance, the second in the tetralogy ''Tschai, Planet of Adventure''. It tells of the efforts of the sole survivor of a human starship destroyed by an unknown enemy to return to Earth from the distant planet Tschai. Plot summary After his starship and crewmates are blown up, Adam Reith is marooned on a planet inhabited by four advanced, mutually hostile, alien species, the Chasch, Wankh, Dirdir and native Pnume, as well as various groups of humans. In his quest to return home, he acquires three human companions (as detailed in ''City of the Chasch''): Traz Onmale, a taciturn teenage barbarian chieftain, Ankhe at afram Anacho, a flamboyant, fugitive Dirdirman, and Ylin-Ylan, a beautiful young Yao woman whom he rescued from a man-hating religious sect. Ylin-Ylan persuades Reith, her lover, into taking her back to Cath. With her wealthy father's backing, Reith hopes to be able to build a spa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Of The Chasch
''City of the Chasch'' is a science fiction novel by American writer Jack Vance, the first in the adventure tetralogy ''Planet of Adventure ''Planet of Adventure'' is a series of four science fiction novels by Jack Vance, published between 1968 and 1970. The novels relate the adventures of the scout Adam Reith, the sole survivor of an Earth ship investigating a signal from the dist ...''. It follows the attempts of a man stranded on the distant planet Tschai to return to Earth. Plot summary A human starship intercepts a mysterious signal and tracks it back to Carina 4269, a star system 212 light years from Earth. Two elite scouts, Adam Reith and Paul Waunder, are dispatched in a small scout-boat to investigate the planet whence it came. Seconds later, a missile destroys their mothership. The two survivors nurse the severely damaged scout-boat to the planet before ejecting into a forest. The crash site is first discovered by a band of technologically primitive humans who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Asutra
''The Asutra'' is a novel by Jack Vance published in 1974. Plot summary ''The Asutra'' is a novel in which the hero must overthrow the rulers of his world. Reception Dave Langford reviewed ''The Asutra'' for '' White Dwarf'' #99, and stated that "Some of the freshness leaked out of this series by book 3: ''The Asutra'' isn't actively bad but seems perfunctory, the result of over-hasty production." Reviews *Review by Chris Evans (1977) in Vector 84https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?1231 *Review by Robin Marcus (1977) in Paperback Parlour, December 1977 *Review by Jerry L. Parsons (1979) in Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review, August 1979 *Review by Bruce Gillespie (1989) in SF Commentary, #67 References 1974 American novels 1974 science fiction novels Dell Publishing books Novels set on fictional planets {{1970s-sf-novel-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Brave Free Men
The Durdane series is a trilogy of science fiction books written by Jack Vance between 1971 and 1973, and detail the adventures of Gastel Etzwane on the world Durdane. The trilogy, as a whole, portrays his rise from common boy to the autocrat The Anome, and finally, as a saviour of his world against the alien Asutra of the third book. The three books in the trilogy are, in reading and publication order: * '' The Anome'' * '' The Brave Free Men'' * '' The Asutra'' Plot summary The land of Shant on the planet Durdane is ruled by a purposely anonymous dictator called the Anome or Faceless Man. He maintains control by virtue of the torc, a ring of explosive placed around the neck of every adult in Shant. The Anome is the product of a self-perpetuating, self-selecting dynasty. When one Anome grows old, he chooses his successor, a system hundreds of years old. The reason for this harsh system of government is the extreme individuality of the folk of Shant. They are divided into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Anome
''The Anome'' (alternative title: ''The Faceless Man'') is a science fiction novel by American writer Jack Vance, first published in 1973 ( copyright 1971); it is the first book in the Durdane series of novels. Plot summary It tells the story of a boy growing to manhood in the land of Shant, a society composed of many different, and wildly individual cantons, some of which are run by cults. Each adult wears an explosive torc which can be detonated by remote command, bringing about instant death by decapitation. The torcs are controlled by an anonymous dictator, the Anome, whose identity is literally unknown. Because those whose heads are exploded are selected primarily by the cantonal leaders, for violations of local law, the Anome is able to operate with only a handful of assistants, or 'Benevolences', who themselves do not know his identity. See also *''Wedlock Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognized union bet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gray Prince
''The Gray Prince'' is a science fiction novel by American writer Jack Vance, first published in two parts in ''Amazing Science Fiction'' magazine (August and October 1974 issues) with the title ''The Domains of Koryphon''. Given that the novel's setting, the planet Koryphon, is integral to the plot, ''The Gray Prince'' may be said to belong to the science fiction subgenre of the planetary romance. Also significant in this regard is the work's original title, ''The Domains of Koryphon'', which gives prominence to the setting of the conflict narrated in the novel rather than to one of its many characters. Narrative The conflict central to the plot arises from opposing claims to the land of the Alouan on the Uaia continent, with one side (the Uldras) asserting a right derived from original tenancy and the other (the Land Barons or "Outkers") a right based on the strength and determination to defend established property ownership, even if the property in question was originally stol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
