Sjambak
By Jack Vance
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Jack Vance
Jack Vance (richtiger Name: John Holbrook Vance) wurde am 28. August 1916 in San Francisco geboren. Er war eines der fünf Kinder von Charles Albert und Edith (Hoefler) Vance. Vance wuchs in Kalifornien auf und besuchte dort die University of California in Berkeley, wo er Bergbau, Physik und Journalismus studierte. Während des 2. Weltkriegs befuhr er die See als Matrose der US-Handelsmarine. 1946 heiratete er Norma Ingold; 1961 wurde ihr Sohn John geboren. Er arbeitete in vielen Berufen und Aushilfsjobs, bevor er Ende der 1960er Jahre hauptberuflich Schriftsteller wurde. Seine erste Kurzgeschichte, »The World-Thinker« (»Der Welten-Denker«) erschien 1945. Sein erstes Buch, »The Dying Earth« (»Die sterbende Erde«), wurde 1950 veröffentlicht. Zu Vances Hobbys gehörten Reisen, Musik und Töpferei – Themen, die sich mehr oder weniger ausgeprägt in seinen Geschichten finden. Seine Autobiografie, »This Is Me, Jack Vance! (»Gestatten, Jack Vance!«), von 2009 war das letzte von ihm geschriebene Buch. Jack Vance starb am 26. Mai 2013 in Oakland.
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Sjambak - Jack Vance
Sjambak
by Jack Vance
© 2016 Positronic Publishing
Cover Image © Can Stock Photo Inc. / corepics
Positronic Publishing
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ISBN 13: 978-1-5154-1168-0
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Sjambak
by Jack Vance
Wilbur Murphy sought romance, excitement, and an impossible Horseman of Space. With polite smiles, the planet frustrated him at every turn—until he found them all the hard way!
HOWARD FRAYBERG, Production Director of Know Your Universe!, was a man of sudden unpredictable moods; and Sam Catlin, the show’s Continuity Editor, had learned to expect the worst.
Sam,
said Frayberg, regarding the show last night . . . .
He paused to seek the proper words, and Catlin relaxed. Frayberg’s frame of mind was merely critical. Sam, we’re in a rut. What’s worse, the show’s dull!
Sam Catlin shrugged, not committing himself.
"Seaweed Processors of Alphard IX—who cares about seaweed?"
It’s factual stuff,
said Sam, defensive but not wanting to go too far out on a limb. We bring ‘em everything—color, fact, romance, sight, sound, smell . . . . Next week, it’s the Ball Expedition to the Mixtup Mountains on Gropus.
Frayberg leaned forward. Sam, we’re working the wrong slant on this stuff . . . . We’ve got to loosen up, sock ‘em! Shift our ground! Give ‘em the old human angle—glamor, mystery, thrills!
Sam Catlin curled his lips. I got just what you want.
Yeah? Show me.
Catlin reached into his waste basket. I filed this just ten minutes ago . . . .
He smoothed out the pages. ‘Sequence idea, by Wilbur Murphy. Investigate
Horseman of Space, the man who rides up to meet incoming space-ships.’
Frayberg tilted his head to the side. "Rides up on a horse?"
That’s what Wilbur Murphy says.
How far up?
Does it make any difference?
No—I guess not.
Well, for your information, it’s up ten thousand, twenty thousand miles. He waves to the pilot, takes off his hat to the passengers, then rides back down.
And where does all this take place?
On—on—
Catlin frowned. I can write it, but I can’t pronounce it.
He printed on his scratch-screen: CIRGAMESÇ.
Sirgamesk,
read Frayberg.
Catlin shook his head. That’s what it looks like—but those consonants are all aspirated gutturals. It’s more like ‘Hrrghameshgrrh’.
Where did Murphy get this tip?
I didn’t bother to ask.
Well,
mused Frayberg, we could always do a show on strange superstitions. Is Murphy around?
He’s explaining his expense account to Shifkin.
Get him in here; let’s talk to him.
*
WILBUR MURPHY had a blond crew-cut, a broad freckled nose, and a serious sidelong squint. He looked from his crumpled sequence idea to Catlin and Frayberg. Didn’t like it, eh?
"We thought the emphasis