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Servants of the Wankh (Planet of Adventure #2)
Marooned on the strange planet Tschai, Adam Reith agreed to lead an expedition to return the princess Ylin Ylan, the Flower of Cath, to her homeland halfway around the globe.
Monsters of land and sea lay before them, and beings both human and alien who might rob, kill or enslave them. Tschai was a large planet, an ancient planet, where four powerful alien races struggled fo...more
Monsters of land and sea lay before them, and beings both human and alien who might rob, kill or enslave them. Tschai was a large planet, an ancient planet, where four powerful alien races struggled fo...more
Mass Market Paperback, Daw Collectors #342 (UE1467), 157 pages
Published
June 1979
by DAW
(first published 1969)
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Jun 03, 2013
Dirk Grobbelaar
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This is turning out to be a good series. A very, very good series. Looking for a futuristic fantasy adventure reminiscent of the pulps, but with an uneasy bent? Look no further.
The story continues where City of the Chasch left off. Reith hasn’t found a way off Tschai yet, and his search for a solution to this particular problem takes up the bulk of the plot, although there are some other titbits that will occupy the reader’s mind. In here you will find stabbing, back-stabbing and grand theft au...more
The story continues where City of the Chasch left off. Reith hasn’t found a way off Tschai yet, and his search for a solution to this particular problem takes up the bulk of the plot, although there are some other titbits that will occupy the reader’s mind. In here you will find stabbing, back-stabbing and grand theft au...more
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Este libro me recordó a los erewhonianos (Erewhon de Samuel Butler) cuando Vance presenta a la sociedad de Cath. Humanos refinados que le prestan mucha atención a la ropa, la educación y los modales. Claro, hay que recordar que los erowhonianso eran una crítica, a su vez, de la sociedad victoriana. Y los victorianos son todo un estereotipo que nunca deja de ofrecer opciones creativas, satíricas, mordaces.
En el primer libro del ciclo sólo conocemos una dama enigmática (Ylin-Ylan) que presenta un...more
En el primer libro del ciclo sólo conocemos una dama enigmática (Ylin-Ylan) que presenta un...more
It changes gears from City of the Chasch, for whatever that's worth. The action is primarily in the city of Cath, among the Yao people. While this is interesting and entertaining in the Vancian style, it's a shift from the previous book and feels more appropriate to the Alastor or Gaian Reach series rather than here. Cath is an ornate and idiosyncratic civilization made up of the usual weirdos but seems mismatched to the more ramshackle tramp steamers, convoys, trading outposts, and wild lands o...more
Continuación directa del anterior libro donde se nos narra el accidente de Adam Reith y sus primeras aventuras por el planeta Tschai. En este caso el libro comienza con el viaje a Cath para devolver a su hogar a una princesa rescatada pero pronto el libro no tendrá nada que ver con esta historia.
A pesar de conseguir llegar a Cath los derroteros de nuestro héroe varían enseguida y viaja de un sitio a otro intentando conseguir una nave espacial que le devuelva a La Tierra. Continuas explicaciones...more
A pesar de conseguir llegar a Cath los derroteros de nuestro héroe varían enseguida y viaja de un sitio a otro intentando conseguir una nave espacial que le devuelva a La Tierra. Continuas explicaciones...more
While I described Tschai, Vol 1, City of the Chasch, as pure escapist fun, I found Servants of the Wankh less light-hearted, more somber and even profound.
Marooned Space scout Adam Reith continues his quest to acquire a spaceship to take him back to Earth, encountering more strange alien races and bizare alien human cultures. The intrigue is deeper and more perplexing, as we confront a Byzantine society whose elaborate mores and customs are only partly amusing, partly distressing in the aberrat...more
Marooned Space scout Adam Reith continues his quest to acquire a spaceship to take him back to Earth, encountering more strange alien races and bizare alien human cultures. The intrigue is deeper and more perplexing, as we confront a Byzantine society whose elaborate mores and customs are only partly amusing, partly distressing in the aberrat...more
The second book in the Planet of Adventure Series and marooned Adam Reith is still trying to get off the planet. All his efforts to find a spaceship fail, but in the process we learn more about the planet and it's inhabitants. Vance is a genius at creating cultures and societies as well as the heroes/anti-heroes that successfully navigate their way through them. This book is no exception and Adam Reith has to deal with the crazy society of the Cath and then the Wankh. Looking forward to reading...more
The second book in the Planet of Adventure series manages to be both better and worse than its predecessor. On the one hand, several of the characters are fleshed-out, we get first-hand looks at a number of interesting cultures, and the plot to steal a spaceship is a pretty neat one. On the other hand, the plot of the book is largely non-existent, and whereas City of the Chasch played-out as a very exciting, brisky-paced beginning, Servants of the Wankh is mostly just saggy middle. There's also...more
Servants of the Wankh was more serious book and not as much fun adventure as City of the Chasch, but i found it to be better and more entertaining. What I found most intriguing about it were the Wankh and their language, as described by Vance. Also Yao,Cath culture was fascinating. As usual Vance describe so many different kind of human,alien cultures that is so different,truly alien. Not just copy of modern human cultures in the future.
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This is a different kind of Sword and Planet story. Other than the unfortunate title, this one is pretty good.
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Servants of the Wankh was a slightly more 'serious' book than City of the Chasch, but no less entertaining. What I found most intriguing about it were the Wankh and their language, as described by Vance. The language sounded somewhat similar to how Oriental languages work, but that and the manner and characteristics of those Wankh that appeared in the story certainly portrayed them successfully as truly alien, I thought.
After the tiresome rambling of the first volume of the series "City of the Chasch" (unto which I bequeathed, like some magnanimous tsar, a full two stars) it was nice to find that the plot of "Servants of the Wankh" emerged organically from character motivation.
How can my standards in literature be so low, that this basic demonstration of adequacy in a work of fiction is cause for praise? Kids, I was raised on this stuff. It gets way worse.
*Two months later, and I don't even remember how the dam...more
How can my standards in literature be so low, that this basic demonstration of adequacy in a work of fiction is cause for praise? Kids, I was raised on this stuff. It gets way worse.
*Two months later, and I don't even remember how the dam...more
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Jan 17, 2012
Mark Lawrence
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Saw this in a 'Worst cover ever' competition - probably could have won 'Worst title ever' too. But Vance is a great writer & it has good reviews, so I'm gonna try it!
Don't interupt me I'm reading about the Wankh.
Don't interupt me I'm reading about the Wankh.
The continuing adventures of marooned Earthman Adam Reith.
Features some interesting characters.
I particularly liked the antagonist Dordolio.
Features some interesting characters.
I particularly liked the antagonist Dordolio.
The planet of adventures is a great example of Jack Vance and his trademark brilliance
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The author was born in 1916 and educated at the University of California, first as a mining engineer, then majoring in physics and finally in journalism. During the 1940s and 1950s, he contributed widely to science fiction and fantasy magazines. His first novel, 'The Dying Earth', was published in 1950 to gr...more
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The author was born in 1916 and educated at the University of California, first as a mining engineer, then majoring in physics and finally in journalism. During the 1940s and 1950s, he contributed widely to science fiction and fantasy magazines. His first novel, 'The Dying Earth', was published in 1950 to gr...more
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