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The Five Gold Bands
| Alternate Title: | The Space Pirate |
| Author: | Jack Vance |
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DAW Books, 1980 Toby Press, 1953 |
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| Book Type: | Novel |
| Genre: | Science-Fiction |
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Synopsis
The galaxy is full of wealthy planets and haughty aliens who guard the technology of interstellar travel. Earth must pay a price for use of the space drive, and this rubs Paddy Blackthorn the wrong way- so he sets out to steal the secret. The powerful Shauls capture and dump him on a barren planet- yet here he acquires five golden bands containing the very data he is after. The information is coded- and while Paddy solves the puzzle he must evade a galactic manhunt!
original publication: Startling Stories, 1950
first book publication, as The Space Pirate, Toby Press 1953
currently available as The Rapparee (Vance's preferred title)
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