City of the Chasch (Planet of Adventure, #1)

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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.Tschai was a vast planet and previously unexplored Adam, taken as slave by humans, learned that there were four other intelligent but non human races dominant on that strange world And to find the mystery of the distress call and the vicious attack, he would have first to gain his freedom and then find a safe way to pass 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 extra terrestrial adventures. Read City of the Chasch (Planet of Adventure, #1) By Jack Vance – kino-fada.fr After having read his Tales of the Dying Earth featuring the scoundrel Cugel The Dying Earth this shouldn t have come as such a great surprise, but I loved this book They certainly don t make them like this any The City of the Chasch is the marvellously bizarre first book in a series that is called, in some cases, The Planet of Adventure , and in other ...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 The star was distinguished only by a curious amber cast to its light The planet was somewhat larger than Earth, attended by a pair of small moons with rapid periods of orbit An almost typical K2 star, an unremarkable planet, but for the men aboard Explorator IV the system was a source of wonder and fascination Call them whatever you 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 The star was distinguished only by a curious amber cast to its light The planet was somewhat larger than Earth, attended by a pair of small moons with rapid p...The City of the Chasch is Jack Vance s 1968 first book in his Tschai series Reminiscent of Edgar Rice Burroughs s Barsoom books, the Tschai is Vance s magnum opus of alien life and man s adventures on a planet colonized by several races This also reminded me of Robert Silverberg s magnificent Majipoor series with its inventive combination of science fiction and fantasy The four books were published together in 1993 as the Planet of Adventure.As in much of Vance s writing, his detailed world The City of the Chasch is Jack Vance s 1968 first book in his Tschai series Reminiscent of Edgar Rice Burroughs s Barsoom books, the Tschai is Vance s magnum opus of alien life and man s adventures on a planet colonized by several races This also reminded me of Robert Silverberg s magnificent Majipoor series with its inventive combination of science fiction and fantasy The four books were published together in 1993 as the Planet of Adventure.As in much of Vance s writing, his detailed world building is the most notable attribute Also evident, as best exemplified in Vance s The Dying Earth stories is his inimitable dry wit and subtle humor The narrative is pithy and jaunty, with plenty of action and swashbuckling violence.Protagonist Adam Reith is the sole survivor of an expedition sent out many light years from Earth Vance wastes little time establishing this setting and then he le..._The Chasch_ originally published as _City of the Chasch_ is sort of Edgar Rice Burroughs A Princess of Mars as envisioned by Jack Vance It is an entertaining Planetary Romance tale or Sword Planet if you prefer that designation that describes the adventures of Adam Reith, Earthman and sole survivor of the Explorator IV a starship that is destroyed by unknown forces while in orbit above the planet Tschai Reith is a Scout, meaning that he is a Jack of all Trades uniquely equipped for _The Chasch_ originally published as _City of the Chasch_ is sort of Edgar Rice Burroughs A Princess of Mars as envisioned by Jack Vance It is an entertaining Planetary Romance tale or Sword Planet if you prefer that designation that describes the adventures of Adam Reith, Earthman and sole survivor of the Explorator IV a starship that is destroyed by unknown forces while in orbit above the planet Tschai Reith is a Scout, meaning that he is a Jack of all Trades uniquely equipped for survival in a hostile and alien environment Good thing too, since Tschai is a world in turmoil that will throw everything it has at R...City of the Chasch, also known as The Chasch, was first published as a paperback novel in 1968 My copy is 141 pages long It is the first of four novels in the Planet of Adventure series about the planet Tschai It appears to still be in print in paperback along with the other three novels under the title Planet of Adventure by Orb books Each of the four novels included continues with the main character, Adam Reith, and same storyline There are four main civilizations on Tschai Each involves City of the Chasch, also known as The Chasch, was first published as a paperback novel in 1968 My copy is 141 pages long It is the first of four novels in the Planet of Adventure series about the planet Tschai It appears to still be in print in paperback along with the other three novels under the title Planet of Adventure by Orb books Each of the four novels included continues with the main character, Adam Reith, and same storyline There are four main civilizations on Ts...Novela cuyo mayor inter s radica en el entretenimiento que aporta Se trata de una lectura ligera cuya recuperaci n merece la pena, pues abre una saga con una serie de posibilidades que, ya planteadas en est...I first read this about 30 years ago, but after recently coming across The Pnume Tschai, 4 , I decided to read the whole series through.I love Vance s compressed, ironic, decorative prose, his lapidary style as one friend put it Aside from that, this is pure escapist fun...First of the short novels collected in Planet of Adventure Reviewed in my review of Planet of Adventure 3.75 rounds up to 4 for the great writing and world creation of Mr Vance Otherwise very much in li...Sexist, colonialist DD wish fulfillment.Quite good universe, superb prose, excellent characters, surreal landscapes and real intense action plus subtle plot and satiric, and highly critical content,

City of the Chasch (Planet of Adventure, #1)
  • English
  • 07 December 2017
  • Paperback
  • 200 pages
  • 0312940432
  • Jack Vance
  • City of the Chasch (Planet of Adventure, #1)