Cholwell's Chickens-Jack Vance, novella
Cholwell's Chickens -Jack Vance, novella "Cholwell's Chickens" is a 47 page novella that is a sequel to the novel " Abercrombie Station " although it can be read and understood on its own. It was first published in February 1952 in Thrilling Wonder Stories magazine . It was later published along with Abercrombie Station as a collection titled Monsters in Orbit . Abercrombie Station is actually a sequel to Cholwell’s Chicken with the same main character, Jean Parlier . Cholwell’s Chickens is one of the very few works by Vance where he portrays a stand-alone female main character, in this instance, Jean Parlier, an attractive, vivacious, charismatic, clever 17 year old girl who is also very savvy and independent. She is “wary and wild, characterized by a precocious feral quality, a recklessness that made ordinary women seem pastel and insipid.” Jean finds that the wealth she acquired in the story "Abercrombie Station" has not brought her the cont...