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This, the fourth and final novel of Jack Vance's classic series of the Tschai - Planet of Adventure, is complete in itself but presents a surprising and exciting climax to Vance's greatest creation.
The Pnume were an ancient race of the planet Tschai, living underground in a vast network of caverns with their human slave-species, the Pnumekin. The Pnume were the historians of Tschai, collecting its past with ruthless and scholarly dedication. Surface dwellers never saw the Pnume -- if they were lucky. Adam Reith was not so fortunate. The Pnume had heard rumors of a strange man claiming to have come from the planet Earth, and they wanted him for Foreverness, the museum of Tschai life. Adam Reith was about to become an alien exhibit.
This, the fourth and final novel of Jack Vance's classic series of the Tschai - Planet of Adventure, is complete in itself but presents a surprising and exciting climax to Vance's greatest creation.
The Pnume were an ancient race of the planet Tschai, living underground in a vast network of caverns with their human slave-species, the Pnumekin. The Pnume were the historians of Tschai, collecting its past with ruthless and scholarly dedication. Surface dwellers never saw the Pnume -- if they were lucky. Adam Reith was not so fortunate. The Pnume had heard rumors of a strange man claiming to have come from the planet Earth, and they wanted him for Foreverness, the museum of Tschai life. Adam Reith was about to become an alien exhibit.
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Jack Vance (1916-2013) published his first story, The World Thinker, in 1945 and has since written over sixty books. Best known as a science fiction and fantasy writer, Vance has won several awards in those genres, including the World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement and a number of Hugo Awards. He also wrote under the pseudonyms Ellery Queen, Peter Held, John Holbrook, John van See, and Alan Wade.
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''Exotic adventure, dastardly villains, beautiful women, baroque landscapes, all served up with the inimitable, incomparable Vance style and wit: dazzlingly inventive, utterly delightful, and absolutely, unequivocally essential to any collection.'' --Kirkus Reviews
''Jack Vance is one of the finest writers that the science fiction field has ever known.'' --Poul Anderson, praise for the author
''Jack Vance is one of the finest writers that the science fiction field has ever known.'' --Poul Anderson, praise for the author
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- PublisherUnderwood Books
- Publication date1981
- ISBN 10 0934438579
- ISBN 13 9780934438575
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages224
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