The Pnume

The Pnume PDF Author: Jack Vance
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781619471047
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 152

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His exploration ship blasted from orbit, Terran scout Adam Reith is stranded on Tschai, a world colonized by three alien species -- the Chasch, the Dirdir, and the Wannek -- while the planet's original inhabitants, the mysterious Pnume, lurk underground. In the fourth and final book of the cycle, Reith's plans to leave Tschai are foiled by the treachery of Aila Woudiver, who delivers him into the clutches of the subterranean-dwelling Pnume. Reith escapes, and teaming with a young and reluctant Pnumekin woman, embarks on an odyssey through a somber labyrinth of tunnels and underworld waterways, to where his spaceship lies hidden. When his companion is captured by the Pnume, Reith must force a last, desperate bargain. Tschai is grandmaster Jack Vance at his unparalleled adventure-spinning peak. - Matt Hughes "The Pnume" is Book IV of the Tschai (Planet of Adventure) sequence, and Volume 37 of the Spatterlight Press Signature Series. Released in the centenary of the author's birth, this handsome new collection is based upon the prestigious Vance Integral Edition. Select volumes enjoy up-to-date maps, and many are graced with freshly-written forewords contributed by a distinguished group of authors. Each book bears a facsimile of the author's signature and a previously-unpublished photograph, chosen from family archives for the period the book was written. These unique features will be appreciated by all, from seasoned Vance collector to new reader sampling the spectrum of this author's influential work for the first time. - John Vance II

The Pnume

The Pnume PDF Author: Jack Vance
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781619471047
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 152

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Book Description
His exploration ship blasted from orbit, Terran scout Adam Reith is stranded on Tschai, a world colonized by three alien species -- the Chasch, the Dirdir, and the Wannek -- while the planet's original inhabitants, the mysterious Pnume, lurk underground. In the fourth and final book of the cycle, Reith's plans to leave Tschai are foiled by the treachery of Aila Woudiver, who delivers him into the clutches of the subterranean-dwelling Pnume. Reith escapes, and teaming with a young and reluctant Pnumekin woman, embarks on an odyssey through a somber labyrinth of tunnels and underworld waterways, to where his spaceship lies hidden. When his companion is captured by the Pnume, Reith must force a last, desperate bargain. Tschai is grandmaster Jack Vance at his unparalleled adventure-spinning peak. - Matt Hughes "The Pnume" is Book IV of the Tschai (Planet of Adventure) sequence, and Volume 37 of the Spatterlight Press Signature Series. Released in the centenary of the author's birth, this handsome new collection is based upon the prestigious Vance Integral Edition. Select volumes enjoy up-to-date maps, and many are graced with freshly-written forewords contributed by a distinguished group of authors. Each book bears a facsimile of the author's signature and a previously-unpublished photograph, chosen from family archives for the period the book was written. These unique features will be appreciated by all, from seasoned Vance collector to new reader sampling the spectrum of this author's influential work for the first time. - John Vance II

The Pnume

The Pnume PDF Author: Jack Vance
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 0575109645
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 134

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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.

Planet of Adventure

Planet of Adventure PDF Author: Jack Vance
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312854881
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 548

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Together for the first time in one omnibus edition--City of the Chasch, Servants of the Wankh, The Dirdir, and The Pnume. Award-winning author Vance's exotic and complex world is filled with baroque landscapes, dastardly villains and warring aliens--all served up with grace and wonder.

The Chasch

The Chasch PDF Author: Jack Vance
Publisher: Spatterlight Press
ISBN: 1619470357
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 199

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The Dirdir

The Dirdir PDF Author: Jack Vance
Publisher: Spatterlight Press
ISBN: 1619470373
Category : Fiction in English
Languages : en
Pages : 183

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Demon Prince

Demon Prince PDF Author: Jack Rawlins
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 0893702633
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 110

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A study of the work of John Holbrook Vance (the nom-de-plume on his mystery novels), who is most famous as science fiction writer Jack Vance. The Milford Series: Popular Writers of Today, Vol. 40.

Paperback Quarterly (Vol. 2 No. 2)

Paperback Quarterly (Vol. 2 No. 2) PDF Author: Jack Vance
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1434406253
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 60

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Paperback Quarterly, Journal of the American Paperback Institute, Volume 2 Number 2, Summer 1979, contains: "PQ Interview with William Campbell Gault," "Dell Dimers," by M. C. Hill, "Jack Vance's Planet of Adventure Series," by George Kelley, "Baby, I Could Plot," "A Glance at Paperback History," by Mark Schaffer and "Paperback Firsts," by Agatha Taylor.

Tschai

Tschai PDF Author: Jack Vance
Publisher: Spatterlight Press
ISBN: 1619470683
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 717

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Future and Fantastic Worlds

Future and Fantastic Worlds PDF Author: Sheldon Jaffery
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1557420025
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 318

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Future and Fantastic Worlds embodies an unusual approach to the field of bibliographic research, including over 700 annotations of every DAW book published through mid-1987, with indexes by author, artist, and title, providing a massive guide to modern SF writers and their works, with much background data. Interspersed throughout the book are numerous wry, irreverent, and amusing observations offered by the late and highly respected researcher in this extremely valuable genre tool.

Cugel: The Skybreak Spatterlight

Cugel: The Skybreak Spatterlight PDF Author: Jack Vance
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 0575109823
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 255

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The fantastic quests and adventures of Cugel: the greatest rogue in the realms of fantasy. For the second time, Cugel the Clever has been carried north over the Ocean of Sighs and dumped half a world away from home, on Shanglestone Strand. Swearing revenge on the Laughing Magician, Cugel sets off through mud pits and bars, through villages, manor houses and across the seas. At last, after many an extraordinary adventure, he comes once more to the land of Almery and the chance to exact the vengeance he craves . . .