book cover of Showboat World
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Showboat World

(1975)
(The second book in the Big Planet series)
A novel by

 
 
Awards
1976 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee)

A Jack Vance amazing adventures of two wily rogues on a planet settled by Earth's misfits. A perilous journey of two rascally showmen who try to outwit each other, only to outwit a king instead. A mysterious blonde beauty who tricks these aging rogues to regain her inheritance. And a bizarre performance of Macbeth that precipitates a series of astonishing events.


Genre: Science Fiction

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