| Product Summary | | Format: Paperback | | ISBN: 9780312864743 | | Publisher: Tor Books | | Publish Date: 4/10/2007 | | Buy.com Sku: 30424035 | | Item#: RF6MXG | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 12108 | | Dimensions (in Inches) 8.25H x 5.25L x 0.5T | | Pages: 304 |
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| | | Vance chronciels the picaresque adventures of the crew of an interplanetary freighter, moving cargo and passengers from world to world across the Gaean Reach.
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Young Myron Tany joins the crew of the space cargo ship "Glicca" and proceeds to explore the universe.
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"Vance at his most effortless and pleasant: a romp." - John Mort |
| Author Bio| Jack Vance | | American science fiction and fantasy author Jack Vance has won nearly every award possible for a writer in his genre--from the Nebula to the Edgar, the Hugo to the World Fantasy Award; the Science Fiction Writers of America have named him a Grand Master. Vance's career has spanned over six decades, and as such his writings are perhaps more varied than many authors laden with the SF/Fantasy label. The New York Times as called him "one of American literature's most distinctive and undervalued voices," and his fans are vigorous in their praises. | |Jack Vance was born in 1928 in San Francisco, but after his parents divorced, his mother relocated with her children to a more rural area along the Sacramento River. Vance attended the University of California, Berkeley. He took six years to complete a degree, bouncing between studies in English, physics, and engineering. After fudging an eye exam, Vance served in the Merchant Marines during World War II, but weak eyesight has plagued him throughout his life, and he was diagnosed as legally blind in 1980. Vance has lived for years with his family in Oakland, California. |
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