Star Well

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Author(s):

Alexei Panshin

First Pub:

1968

Genre(s):

Science Fiction

First Read:

Unknown

Times Read:

Never (or unknown...)

Rating:

Chapters:

12 chapters

Internal ID:

13574

Series:

The Thurb Revolution ->

Anthony Villiers Adventures*

#1 of 3

Anthony Villiers Adventures*

A series of science fiction novels by Alexei Panshin

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1) Star Well
2) The Thurb Revolution
3) Masque World

Copyright:

Dedication:

For George Price
and Bob Troester.

First Sentence:

The universal soil is not uniformly fertile.

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

Might it be the careful sound of secret purple footsteps?

Comments:

No comments on file

Synopsis not on file
Extract not on file

Added: 13-Mar-2023

Last Updated: 27-Mar-2023

Publications

01-Oct-1968

Ace

Mass Market Paperback

Date Issued:

Cir 01-Oct-1968

Format:

Mass Market Paperback

Cover Price:

0.50

Pages*:

157

Catalog ID:

G-756

Cover Link(s):

Internet Speculative Fiction Database

amazon.com

Internal ID:

13111

Publisher:

Ace

ISBN:

Unknown

Printing:

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Credits:

Kelly Freas - Cover Artist

CROSSROADS OF THE
FLAMMARION RIFT -
STAR WELL

Within Star Well can be found casinos and dining rooms, luxury suites and expensive shops, warehouses and (secret basements). Wu and Fabricant's Guidebook says Star Well is a dull place to visit. It wouldn't have said that if Wu and Fabricant had been shown the secret basements.

Strange travelers come to Star Well. Anthony Villiers: personable, curious, temporarily without funds to cover his bill - and our hero. Torve the Trog: bulge-eyed alien, illegal wanderer, vegetarian by principle. Augustus Srb: fat and dubious priest of Mithra, and perhaps something more.

Secrets cannot be hidden forever, and the tight little world of Star Well was bursting at the seams with them. Calamity, uproar and the end of an era were inevitable....

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Author(s)

Alexei Panshin

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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.
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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.

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