Brain of the Galaxy
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4.5 • 11 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Arthur Caversham of 22nd-century Boston finds himself naked at a dinner party. Bearwald the Halforn battles the Brands from Mount Medallion. Ceistan seeks a parchment in the dead city of Therlatch filled with treasure that is now worthless. Dobnor Daksat is competing with artists of the top order to create worlds with the imagicon, a device unknown to him. What is the connection of these disparate tales? Not even the Brain of the Galaxy understands their full ramifications.
First published in 1951, later reprinted as the The New Prime.
Customer Reviews
Hard to find short story
This is well worth a look if you're a fan of Jack Vance. It's a very early piece of work, and so it's interesting to compare his style and sweep to what you see in later work. That said, it's definitely lesser Vance, and not as stunning as his debut "The World Thinker".
Classic Sci-Fi
Few can compare to Jack Vance in terms of sweeping space opera, humor and flair. Even his early work stands up well against most Sci- Fi out there today