Planet of Adventure (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Jack Vance
- First Published: 1968
- Type of Work: Novels
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—planetary romance
- Time of Work: At least two centuries in the future
- Setting: The planet Tschai
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction
- Subjects: Extraterrestrial life, Future, Other worlds, Shipwrecks
- Locales: Fictional planets
The Plot
Planet of Adventure was the first of Jack Vance’s longer novel series to be completed. As it begins, an exploration ship to the planet Tschai, dispatched from Earth in response to radio signals transmitted centuries ago, is destroyed by a torpedo from the planet’s surface shortly after sending out a scouting vessel. The only survivor, the highly trained scout Adam Reith, quickly learns that Tschai is a base for four alien races (one indigenous), none able to dislodge the others because of their capability of mutually assured destruction. Each race dominates...
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