Books by Jack Vance
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review 1: This lovely little graphic novel, based on a classic short story by Jack Vance, tells the story of a consul sent to a remote planet to capture a dangerous criminal. There are no aliens in this story, but the culture of Sirene is intricate and unique. Everyone wears a mask, and ...
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review 1: Two hundred and twelve light years from Earth the Explorator IV spaceship enters the orbit of a planet that has the appearance of sustaining life. Immediately it is shot down, all the crew killed except for the two scouts, who had left the ship in a smaller vessel.The scouts effe...
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review 1: I read this series in the early 1990s. It was the first fantasy I had read for a few years and I have a general sense that they were well written, but I don't remember much specific from them. The setting was ok otherwise I have vague memory of the progressive eels (?) they wer...
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review 1: This is the Sci-Fi version of Swords and Sorcery. Call it "Blasters and Technology". It's adventure, with a plot that stitches together narrow escape to narrow escape. Adam Reith is stranded on the planet Tschai, where humans are enslaved by several alien races, and dammit, he ju...