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City of the Chasch

The Tschai, Planet of Adventure, Book 1

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City of the Chasch

Von: Jack Vance
Gesprochen von: Elijah Alexander
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When someone sent distress signals to outer space from the planet Tschai, it was Adam Reith's misfortune to be sent from Earth to investigate. Because when his ship came close to Tschai, it was torpedoed - and Adam escaped to the surface with his life and nothing else.

On Tschai, a vast, previously unexplored planet, Adam is taken as a slave by humans and learns that there are four other intelligent but nonhuman races dominant on this strange world. To solve the mystery of the distress call and the vicious attack on his ship, he must first gain his freedom, then find safe passage by the city and the alien Chasch and their treacherous cousins, the Blue Chasch.

Jack Vance's Tschai novels are considered his masterwork, a constantly changing epic canvas of weird peoples, exotic lands, and surprising extraterrestrial adventures.

©2015 Blackstone Audio, Inc. (P)2015 Blackstone Audio Fantasy Science Fiction
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It is very obvious that this was written in a time where the concept of a complex character, non-colonialism as well as gender equality were far from the common ideal.

Provided you can bear the Mary Sue character who is oblivious to women (and I assume from the writing that he shared this trait with the author), the setting of the story is quite an interesting one. The divergent evolution of societies and concepts of right and wrong or lack thereof are in my opinion a good projection of what might happen in reality.
Though of course they are all obviously wrong and the protagonist is awing them and shoving his culture into their face as much as he pleases. Really, the perspective seems quite familiar of what I have heard about the colonial attitude.

Nonetheless, I enjoyed the creative work that was done, and I can not fully fault the author for the errors of his time.

Out of date but sufficiently interesting setting

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An exploration of cultures and behaviours different from our own. Quite violent, but not too graphic.

An engaging listen

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