The Pnume

Book Details

50% complete

Author(s):

Jack Vance

First Pub:

1970

Genre(s):

Science Fiction

First Read:

2022

Times Read:

1 time

Rating:

Chapters:

12 chapters

Internal ID:

13413

Series:

<- The Dirdir

Planet of Adventure*

#4 of 4

Planet of Adventure*

A science fiction series written by Jack Vance. Also known as the Tschai series.

View this series in the book list

Planet of Adventure
1) City of the Chasch
2) Servants of the Wankh
3) The Dirdir
4) The Pnume

First Sentence:

In the warehouse at the edge of the Sivishe salt flats Aila Woudiver sat perched on a stool.

Last Sentence:

None on file

Comments:

No comments on file

Synopsis not on file
Extract not on file

Added: 24-Aug-2022

Last Updated: 07-Dec-2022

Publications

24-Aug-2022

Blackstone Audio, Inc

Audiobook

Date Issued:

24-Aug-2022

Format:

Audiobook

Cover Price:

$9.95

Length:

5 hrs 25 min (152 pages)

"Read":

Once

Reading(s):

1) 6 Dec 2022 - 7 Dec 2022

Cover Link(s):

amazon.com

Internal ID:

12859

Publisher:

Blackstone Audio, Inc

ISBN:

Unknown

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Credits:

Elijah Alexander - Narration

From audible.com:

The Pnume were an ancient race of the planet Tschai, living underground in a vast network of caverns with their human slave species, the Pnumekin. The Pnume were the historians of Tschai, collecting its past with ruthless and scholarly dedication.

Surface dwellers never saw the Pnume - if they were lucky. Adam Reith was not so fortunate. The Pnume had heard rumors of a strange man claiming to have come from the planet Earth, and they wanted him for Foreverness, the museum of Tschai life. Adam Reith was about to become an alien exhibit.

This, the fourth and final novel of Jack Vance's classic series of the Planet of Adventure, is complete in itself but presents a surprising and exciting climax to Vance's greatest creation.

Cover:

Notes and Comments:

Author(s)

Jack Vance
Birth: 28 Aug 1916 San Francisco, California, USA
Death: 26 May 2013

Awards

No awards found

I try to maintain page numbers for audiobooks even though obviously there aren't any. I do this to keep track of pages read and I try to use the Kindle version page numbers for this.
Synopses marked with an asterisk (*) were generated by an AI. There aren't a lot since this is an iffy way to do it - AI seems to make stuff up.
When specific publication dates are unknown (ie prefixed with a "Cir"), I try to get the publication date that is closest to the specific printing that I can.
When listing chapters, I only list chapters relevant to the story. I will usually leave off Author Notes, Indices, Acknowledgements, etc unless they are relevant to the story or the book is non-fiction.
Page numbers on this site are for the end of the main story. I normally do not include appendices, extra material, and other miscellaneous stuff at the end of the book in the page count.

The Pnume

Publications

All Covers for this edition of the series

Related

Book Links

Author(s) Links

Author(s)

Awards