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Available
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Series
Publication
HarperCollins (1979), Paperback
Description
Trullion: Alastor 2262 (Russian translation) Trullion - world 2262 of the Alastor Cluster - is a water-world of fens, mists, and idyllic islands set in clear oceans whose teeming richness provides food for the taking. The Trill are a carefree and easy-living people, but violence enters their lives during raids of the Starmenters, freebooting galactic pirates who live short, perilous lives in pursuit of adventure, rape and pillage. Then there's the planet-wide game of hussade - when the Trill's passion for gambling drives them to risk all - even life itself, on the hazardous water-chessboard gaming fields. Their prize? The beautiful sheirlmaiden...
User reviews
LibraryThing member Bestine
When I told the pool designer about my dream for a hussade court, he said there wasn't enough liability insurance in the world... ;-)
LibraryThing member wirkman
The least successful of Vance's three "Alastor" novels, this one nevertheless has plenty of color. But the ending is a bit goofy, the adventure no better than (if as good as) a Rick Brant Science Adventure or a Hardy Boys book, and it is mostly about (gasp) sports! And yet, read the first
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paragraph. Vance sets the scene of the story with a swirl of elegant prose. I'll probably find myself re-reading this again soon! Vance, even at his worst, is better than most other writers. Show Less
LibraryThing member PaulBaldowski
Interested read; one of those 'classic' tales that has you gnashing at the character's stupidity. You can see what they're doing and you know what's going on - but shouting at the page won't help any. I have been reading out of interest and I'm now off to read The Star King, so it hasn't put me
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off. Amusing and entertaining in it's own way. Show Less
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Original publication date
1973-06
Physical description
232 p.; 6.85 inches
ISBN
0583124968 / 9780583124966