- Interplanetary voyages, Fiction, Science fiction, Adventure fiction
The adventures of an interplanetary con man. He is Myron Tany, a young sailor on a tramp cargo vessel. He journeys from one exotic world to another, turning a buck and breaking hearts. By the author of Night Lamp.
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Unpretentious, classical in form, cool and effortless.
- unpretentiousprestige
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- effortlessdemanding
- warmbleak
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About the book
- Author
- Jack Vance, S. M. Stirling
- First published
- 1998
- Pages
- 300
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers, Tor, Paw Prints 2008-06-26
- Editions
- 7
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780312864743
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John Holbrook "Jack" Vance was an American mystery, fantasy, and science fiction writer. Though most of his work has been published under the name Jack Vance, he also wrote 11 mystery novels using his full name John Holbrook Vance, three under the pseudonym Ellery Queen, and one each using the pseudonyms Alan Wade, Peter Held, John van See, and Jay Kavanse.
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