Showboat World Author:Jack Vance Vast, beautiful, untamed, Big Planet lay beyond the frontier of terrestrial law. Its inhabitants were eccentric misfits, descended from the original refugees from Eart. Those that ran the showboats up and down the rivers knew that each port of call hid its own sinister threat. Apollon Zam and Garth Ashgale were adept a dodging danger. Two of... more » the wiliest rascas in the business, they were deadly rivals to boot. So when Zamp began his perilous journey to complete in the Grand Festival a Nornune, he knew only too well that Ashgale would try to sabotage his plans. And he had the added complication of a mysterious blonde beauty on board . . . A delightfully different science fiction novel -- madcap adventure, uncommon suspense, and macabre surprise.« less