Pnume The-Jack Vance novel, book review
Pnume The-Jack Vance novel AKA: Planet of Adventure 4 and Tschai Book 4 The Pnume was first published as a paperback novel in 1970. It has also been called Planet of Adventure #4 and Tschai Book 4. This is the final of four novels in the Planet of Adventure series involving the planet Tschai. It in print in the four novel omnibus titled Planet of Adventure and in a Spatterlight trade paperback. My copy of The Pnume is 122 pages long. The Pnume continues the story of Adam Reith who is marooned on the planet Tschai where four intelligent civilizations exist, each ruled by a different species and each an enemy of the others. These include the Chasch, the Wankh, the Dirdir and the Pnume. Each of these considers itself superior to others and has humans as servants. These humans try to look like their masters by using costumes, headgear, props, surgery and perhaps genetic manipulation. They are called Chaschmen, Wankhmen, Dirdirm...