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Tuf Voyaging - George R.R. Martin
Tuf Voyaging
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Long before A Game of Thrones became an international phenomenon, #1 New York Times bestselling author George R. R. Martin had taken his loyal readers across the cosmos. Now back in print after almost ten years, Tuf Voyaging is the story of quirky and endearing Haviland Tuf, an unlikely hero just... show more
Long before A Game of Thrones became an international phenomenon, #1 New York Times bestselling author George R. R. Martin had taken his loyal readers across the cosmos. Now back in print after almost ten years, Tuf Voyaging is the story of quirky and endearing Haviland Tuf, an unlikely hero just trying to do right by the galaxy, one planet at a time.   Haviland Tuf is an honest space-trader who likes cats. So how is it that, in competition with the worst villains the universe has to offer, he’s become the proud owner of a seedship, the last remnant of Earth’s legendary Ecological Engineering Corps? Never mind; just be thankful that the most powerful weapon in human space is in good hands—hands which now have the godlike ability to control the genetic material of thousands of outlandish creatures.   Armed with this unique equipment, Tuf is set to tackle the problems that human settlers have created in colonizing far-flung worlds: hosts of hostile monsters, a population hooked on procreation, a dictator who unleashes plagues to get his own way . . . and in every case, the only thing that stands between the colonists and disaster is Tuf’s ingenuity—and his reputation as a man of integrity in a universe of rogues.  “A rich blend of adventure, humor, compassion and all the other things that make being human worthwhile.”—Analog   “A new facet of Martin’s manysided talent.”—Asimov’s
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9780345537997 (0345537998)
ASIN: 345537998
Publisher: Bantam
Pages no: 448
Edition language: English
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Musings/Träumereien/Devaneios
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4.0 The-George-R-R-Martin-that-also-wrote-stuff-other-than-the-famigerated-GoT: “Tuf Voyaging” by George R. R. Martin
“I will sit here in the coolness and talk my thoughts to this crystal and I will drink my wine and watch the flyers, the few who still live, as they dance and soar against the night. Far off, they look so like shadowgulls above my living sea. I will drink my wine and remember how that sea sounded wh...
Folding Paper & Spilling Ink
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2.0 Tuf Voyaging: Or 80s sci-fi serial fiction by George R.R. Martin
This is a selection of short stories, written between 1976 and 1986, which have been assembled into a collection. The stories revolve around a central character, Tuf, and his adventures aboard an uber powerful seedship, the Arc. In each story you visit a new world, with a new problem, and watch as T...
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5.0 Tuf Voyaging
More a novel in an unusual format than it is a short story collection, as it's touted, centering around the bizarre and enigmatic Haviland Tuf. I love the sense of humor, which remains evenly subtle, and the change in Tuf works very well, from big-hearted do-gooder to the Lord God Himself (as he him...
altheaann
altheaann rated it
It took me a long time to get ahold of this book (I finally received it as a present!) Don't wait as long as I did to read it - this is a great book. It's certainly very different from the epic fantasy that Martin has become best known for, but fans of Martin are aware of his breadth of styles.The b...
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