City of the Chasch

Book Details

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Author(s):

Jack Vance

First Pub:

1968

Genre(s):

Science Fiction

First Read:

2022

Times Read:

1 time

Rating:

Chapters:

13 chapters

Internal ID:

13410

Series:

<- Planet of Adventure - Servants of the Wankh ->

Planet of Adventure*

#1 of 4

Planet of Adventure*

A science fiction series written by Jack Vance. Also known as the Tschai series.

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Planet of Adventure
1) City of the Chasch
2) Servants of the Wankh
3) The Dirdir
4) The Pnume

Copyright:

First Sentence:

To one side of the Explorator IV flared a dim and aging star, Carina 4269; to the other hung a single planet, gray-brown under a heavy blanket of atmosphere.

Last Sentence:

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Added: 24-Aug-2022

Last Updated: 05-Dec-2022

Publications

26-Jun-2016

Blackstone Audio, Inc

Audiobook

Date Issued:

26-Jun-2016

Format:

Audiobook

Cover Price:

$11.95

Length:

6 hrs 19 min (224 pages)

"Read":

Once

Reading(s):

1) 2 Dec 2022 - 5 Dec 2022

Cover Link(s):

amazon.com

Internal ID:

12856

Publisher:

Blackstone Audio, Inc

ISBN:

Unknown

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Credits:

Elijah Alexander - Narration

From audible.com:

When someone sent distress signals to outer space from the planet Tschai, it was Adam Reith's misfortune to be sent from Earth to investigate. Because when his ship came close to Tschai, it was torpedoed - and Adam escaped to the surface with his life and nothing else.

On Tschai, a vast, previously unexplored planet, Adam is taken as a slave by humans and learns that there are four other intelligent but nonhuman races dominant on this strange world. To solve the mystery of the distress call and the vicious attack on his ship, he must first gain his freedom, then find safe passage by the city and the alien Chasch and their treacherous cousins, the Blue Chasch.

Jack Vance's Tschai novels are considered his masterwork, a constantly changing epic canvas of weird peoples, exotic lands, and surprising extraterrestrial adventures.

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Author(s)

Jack Vance
Birth: 28 Aug 1916 San Francisco, California, USA
Death: 26 May 2013

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