““Let him talk as he will!” scoffed Zamp. “His motives are not at all obscure.””
Jack Vance book Showboat World
Source: Showboat World (1975), Chapter 10 (p. 108)
Quotes from bookShowboat World
Showboat World is a science fiction novel by American writer Jack Vance, first published in 1975. It is the second, stand-alone novel in a pair of novels that share the same setting, a backward, lawless, metal-poor world called Big Planet. The plot structure which involves a series of dramatic presentations, often with humorous consequences, has parallels with Vance's 1965 novel Space Opera.
“I fear, Master Zamp, that you are a victim to your own perfervid imagination.”
Jack Vance book Showboat World
Source: Showboat World (1975), Chapter 11 (p. 123)
“The town’s lack of special quirks was almost a peculiarity in itself.”
Jack Vance book Showboat World
Source: Showboat World (1975), Chapter 3 (p. 23)
“My fees are not too high. Your wage scale may simply be too low.”
Jack Vance book Showboat World
Source: Showboat World (1975), Chapter 12 (p. 132)
Jack Vance book Showboat World
“For the sake of gain I’d compromise the art of my grandmother,” muttered Zamp under his breath.
Source: Showboat World (1975), Chapter 14 (p. 168)
