Project Gutenberg 2009-09-16 Public domain in the USA. 89 Vance, Jack 1916 2013 Vance, John Holbrook Finlay, Virgil 1914 1971 Finlay Sjambak Reading ease score: 79.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Sjambak" by Jack Vance is a science fiction novel written during the early 1950s. The story follows Wilbur Murphy, a photographer for the show "Know Your Universe!", as he investigates the peculiar legend of a man riding a horse to greet incoming spaceships on the planet Cirgamesç. The book delves into themes of adventure, mystery, and cultural exploration in an extraterrestrial setting. The narrative centers on Murphy's journey to understand the myth of the "Horseman of Space" while navigating the political undercurrents of Cirgamesç, a planet with a rich history and a population that faces its own social tensions. As Murphy interacts with locals, including a prince and a captive sjambak—a term for bandit—he begins to uncover the complexities of life on this world, including the realities of a potentially dangerous rebellion led by the ambitious Ali-Tomás. The story escalates as Murphy finds himself on the threshold of an unexpected adventure, revealing the truths behind myths while questioning the nature of perception and reality in a vividly crafted alien landscape. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 87272 87218 2024-11-13T03:31:36.555849 2023-09-13T08:39:29.017913 text/html text/html 84745 2009-09-16T13:18:10 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 330348 2024-11-13T03:31:42.292848 application/epub+zip 329305 2024-11-13T03:31:38.599899 application/epub+zip 100492 2024-11-13T03:31:37.319854 application/epub+zip 445601 2024-11-13T03:31:44.423810 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 435985 2024-11-13T03:31:41.503849 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 144123 2022-09-14T04:00:14.706041 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 77720 2024-11-13T03:31:36.071895 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 77727 2009-09-16T13:18:08 text/plain; charset=utf-8 17513 2024-11-13T03:31:44.557786 application/rdf+xml 9727 2024-11-13T03:31:37.887903 image/jpeg 2794 2024-11-13T03:31:37.589849 image/jpeg 328490 2024-11-13T03:31:36.620823 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 en.wikipedia en.wikipedia