The Moon Moth, and Other Stories
This edition published by Dobson, UK. First published as The World Between and Other Stories in 1965.
WONDER WORLDS BY A WONDER CRAFTSMAN
Edwer Thissel, Consular Representative of the Home Planets, had his
problems. A notorious assassin had arrived on the planet of Sirene - and
instructions had come for Thissell to capture or kill him!
When an out-worlder's body was found in the river, Thissell knew where
the criminal was - behind one of the masks worn by the three remaining
out-worlders on Sirene. But how to tell which one, on that world where
everybody lived behind masks, where men never spoke but sang to
instruments, and where any act of intervention in another man's business was punishable by death!
The Moon Moth is only one of the highly imaginative and exciting stories in this delightful collection by Jack Vance.
Contents:
- The World Between (1953)
- The Moon Moth (1961)
- Brain of the Galaxy (1951)
- The Devil on Salvation Bluff (1955)
- The Men Return (1957)
Jack Vance
John Holbrook "Jack" Vance (1916–2013) was an American mystery, fantasy and science fiction writer. Though most of his work has been published as by Jack Vance, he also wrote 11 mystery novels using his full name John Holbrook Vance, three under the pseudonym Ellery Queen, and once each using the pseudonyms Alan Wade, Peter Held, John van See, and Jay Kavanse.
Vance won the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement in 1984 and he was a Guest of Honor at the 1992 World Science Fiction Convention in Orlando, Florida. The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America made him its 14th Grand Master in 1997 and the Science Fiction Hall of Fame inducted him in 2001, its sixth class of two deceased and two living writers.