Ports of Call - Jack Vance

Jack Vance

Category: Sci-Fi

Narrator: Unknown

Tags: Sci-Fi

Myrons family intended for Myron to follow a staid and respectable career in economics; however, when his wealthy and eccentric great-aunt Dame Hester came into possession of a space yacht, Myron suddenly found his long suppressed dreams of adventure within reach., Serving as Dame Hesters nominal captain on her journey to find a clinic reputed to restore lost youth to wealthy clients, Myron soon finds that his aunt is as capricious as she is flamboyant, and after an argument, finds himself castaway on a remote planet., With no resources to return home, he obtains the position of supercargo on a tramp freighter, which enables him to travel further across the Gaean Reach to exotic lands., Jack Vance, grandmaster of lighthearted space opera, shapes a picaresque tale of adventure, romance, humor, and youths eternal yearning to see the wonders that lie beyond the horizon.