Project Gutenberg 2008-01-21 Public domain in the USA. 87 Berryman, John 1919 1988 Bupp, Walter Petrizzo Vigorish Produced from Astounding Science Fiction June 1960. Reading ease score: 94.2 (5th grade). Very easy to read. Produced by Greg Weeks, Bruce Albrecht, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Vigorish" by Walter Bupp is a science fiction novella published in the early 1960s. The story revolves around a world infused with telekinetic (TK) abilities and psi powers, particularly focusing on gambling and the complications that arise from it. Set in an environment where both abilities alter the landscape of conventional gambling, the book explores themes of deceit, power struggles, and the intersection of human emotion with extraordinary capabilities. The narrative follows Wally Bupp, a skilled telekinetic surgeon who is reluctantly drawn back into the world of gambling to help the Lodge, a secret society of TK practitioners, resolve issues at a casino called the Sky Hi Club. The casino is plagued by a mysterious thief manipulating the games with psi powers, leading Bupp to partner with an enigmatic woman named Pheola, who claims to possess precognitive abilities. As they dive deeper into the casino's underbelly, they discover treachery from within, including deceitful partners intent on ruining them. The stakes rise as Bupp employs his TK powers to counter the threats, while Pheola grapples with her own abilities and the repercussions of a broken vow. Ultimately, the story builds to a thrilling confrontation that tests their skills and the very fabric of their characters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Short stories Psychic ability -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 94538 94543 2024-10-10T12:26:38.139193 2023-09-11T04:45:52.419731 text/html text/html 91379 2008-01-21T09:28:36 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 669137 2008-01-21T09:28:38 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 923758 2024-10-10T12:26:43.901169 application/epub+zip 924132 2024-10-10T12:26:40.768188 application/epub+zip 102310 2024-10-10T12:26:39.111191 application/epub+zip 449398 2024-10-10T12:26:45.860166 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 441708 2024-10-10T12:26:42.832189 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 153045 2022-09-11T09:46:49.028437 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 85369 85249 2024-10-10T12:26:37.558206 2023-09-11T04:45:52.145736 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 85264 2008-01-21T09:28:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 33677 2008-01-21T09:28:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20399 2024-10-10T12:26:45.992162 application/rdf+xml 10863 2024-10-10T12:26:39.796345 image/jpeg 2896 2024-10-10T12:26:39.464182 image/jpeg 735790 2024-10-10T12:26:38.164220 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog