Golden Girl and Other Stories

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Jean is planning to fly to the town where she was born in an effort to locate her parents and Cholwell's ranch is nearby so he invites her to visit. It is a very strange story.

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In attempting to locate her parents, Jean also finds herself. More accurately she finds "her selves" as she encounters some mysterious secrets and conspiracies that have remained hidden for many years.

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It is a ten page short story about a reporter, Bill Baxter, who becomes famous after he rescues a woman from a wrecked spaceship. The woman, Lurulu, is a remarkably beautiful golden colored human like alien who is sent to a hospital to recover. Baxter tries to protect her from the many reporters, CIA agents and others who want to talk with her or even relocate her. Eventually she is even invited with Baxter to stay at the White House. But fame and world attention cannot offset Lurulu's homesickness, and Baxter becomes increasingly attracted to her.

This is a very simple story that should appeal mostly to Vance fans. I rated it a It placed fourth in the Locus Awards and was a semifinalist in the Hugo Awards. An alternative title is "Assault on a City.

Golden Girl and Other Stories

The main character is Alice Tynnott, daughter of Commander Tynnott, with whom several male characters are infatuated. One of these is Bo Histledine a criminal and scoundrel and the other is the straight laced, pleasant, cordial Waldo Walberg. Part of the attraction for both of them is that Alice appears to be aloof and unobtainable.

The planet of Hant provides a colorful background for their encounters. I found the story itself to be of only minor interest and rated it 3.

The Masquerade on Dicantropus "The Masquerade on Dicantropus" is a 15 page short story that is an early work, originally published in in Startling Stories magazine. A couple named Jim and Barbara Root live on the planet Dicantropus where he is studying the planet's archeology and she is deeply bored and unhappy. Jim agrees to return to Earth in three months when the next supply ship arrives and suggests that they might engage in more swimming and badminton in the until then.

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There is an unusual pyramid on the planet that intrigues Jim but is afraid to explore it because he thinks it is guarded by the alien creatures who live on the planet. One day one of the resident creatures, a Dicantropus, swims up to them wearing a diamond necklace.

They converse with the Dicantropus but it will only say that it found the necklace but not where. The Roots suspect it came from the pyramid and Barbara wants Jim to explore the pyramid in case there are more jewels there. Jim refuses because of the dangers involved but when another man crash lands on the planet, Barbara convinces the new visitor to explore the pyramid.

They will soon find out what the pyramid is and who the Dicantropus are.

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It is a twenty five page short story involving the California Tri-Centennial Exposition. Harderman Clydell, the Exposition's General Director asks his assistant, Tony LeGrand, if he can think of events or exhibits to enhance the exposition and Tony suggests a Miss Universe contest. LeGrand likes the idea so they begin making plans.

They decide to include all species of intelligent alien creatures as long as they come from a socially organized society, an interpreter can be found and the species is not dangerous. Comparing humans to Pleiades dragon women would be difficult so they decide to score the contestants based on the standards of their home planet.

The story is intended to be light and humorous and has an unpredictable ending, although it is clearly dated. I rated it a 3. It is an 8 page short story about a young woman named Mitr who has grown up alone on a planet where there are no other people and her best friends seem to be giant beetles that knock her down and suck her blood, although not to the point of killing her. One day she sees some men who arrive in a spaceship and seem to look somewhat like her. She is tempted to contact them but is also fearful of doing so. I won't divulge the ending, but it was very unpleasant, and this is the only Vance story I have ever read that I disliked.

It is a 14 page short story. The setting is a lighthouse where two persons work. One of them tells the other not to believe anything when five moons rise at once. Strange things happen when the moons do rise, including the disappearance of one of the men. Some readers seem to like this one, but I thought the story was of minimal interest and a rather weak work and rated it a 2. When the Blue Star explorers try to introduce organisms to the planet to eventually make it habitable, the Kay citizens, who want the planet for themselves, decide to release diseases and predators to disrupt things.

This quickly becomes an ecological battle between two planets. It is an interesting story and easy to read. I rated it a 4. Golden Girl and Other Stories This collection of Jack Vance stories includes five short stories, one novelette and three novellas. There have been more interesting Vance collections in the past. The main character, a woman named Jean, obtains a job as a housekeeper at the home of a wealthy man, Earl Abercrombie, on a Golden Girl and Other Stories This collection of Jack Vance stories includes five short stories, one novelette and three novellas.

I won't divulge the ending, but it was very unpleasant, and this is the only Vance story I have ever read that I did not like.

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