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Which book of the trilogy features a planet on which the losing sheirl in a game of Hussade is, after being denuded, hauled around the stadium while being mechanically raped?

David I found it. Wyst: Alastor 1716, a somewhat diffident account of the proceedings is presented in a letter, from a correspondent who Does Not Approve, t…moreI found it. Wyst: Alastor 1716, a somewhat diffident account of the proceedings is presented in a letter, from a correspondent who Does Not Approve, to Jantiff the viewpoint character, in chapter 5. And an account of the aftermath of precisely that horrible fate having befallen Kedidah (an egalitarian female character) is tendered near the end of chapter 7. Jack Vance declined to present the grisly scene itself, opting to have Jantiff and Kedidah refer to it afterward, shortly before she commits suicide.(less)

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