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Showboat World

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

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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Used availability for Jack Vance's Showboat World

Hardback Editions

1983 : USA Hardback

Title: Showboat World
Author(s): Jack Vance
ISBN: 0-934438-76-5 / 978-0-934438-76-6 (USA edition)
Publisher: Underewood Miller
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Paperback Editions

September 1990 : UK Paperback

Title: Showboat World
Author(s): Jack Vance
ISBN: 0-575-04393-8 / 978-0-575-04393-0 (UK edition)
Publisher: Gollancz
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August 1989 : USA Paperback

Title: Showboat World
Author(s): Jack Vance
ISBN: 0-8125-0093-8 / 978-0-8125-0093-6 (USA edition)
Publisher: Tor Books
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October 1981 : USA Mass Market Paperback

Title: Showboat World
Author(s): Jack Vance
ISBN: 0-87997-660-8 / 978-0-87997-660-6 (USA edition)
Publisher: DAW
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September 1982 : UK Paperback

Title: Showboat World (Coronet Books)
Author(s): Jack Vance
ISBN: 0-340-21252-7 / 978-0-340-21252-3 (UK edition)
Publisher: Coronet Books
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1975 : USA Mass Market Paperback

Title: Showboat World (Pyramid SF, V3698)
Author(s): Jack Vance
ISBN: 0-515-03698-6 / 978-0-515-03698-5 (USA edition)
Publisher: Pyramid Publications
Availability: Amazon