A bibliography for Jack Vance

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The King of Thieves

Author: Jack Vance
Year written: 1948
Author’s age at the time: 32
Year published: November 1949
Publication: Startling Stories
Dutch title: Koning der dieven
Series: Magnus Ridolph
Genre: short story, SF

Quotes:

Magnus Ridolph compressed his lips. His micromac and powerpack had disappeared. Peering under the couch Magnus Ridolph saw a patch of slightly darker fiber in the matting. He straightened his back, just in time to see his pocket screen swinging up through the air into a hole high in the wall. Magnus Ridolph started to run outside and into the adjoining room, then thought better of it. No telling how many natives would be pillaging his room if he left for an instant. He piled everything back into his suitcases, locked them, placed them in the middle of the floor, sat on the couch, lit a cigarette. Fifteen minutes he sat in reflection. A muffled bellow made him look up.

Republished in Magnus Ridolph, Spatterlight, 2012.