Universe of Tschaï

the Cycle of Tschaï (original title Planet off Adventure ) is a novel of Science-fiction in four volumes, written by the American author Jack Vance between 1968 and 1970. The cycle is composed of four following volumes: Chasch, Wankh, Dirdir, Pnume.

The world of Tschaï

Seen space, the planet Tschaï is a planet with the brownish aspect wrapped of thick a atmosphere. Its atmosphere is adapted to the human life and it is composed of a vast ocean which borders some groups of islands and six continents: Kotan, Kislovan, Charchan, Rakh, Cachan, Vord, themselves divided into provinces. The sun of Tschaï is the star called 4269 of the Hull , type K2 and located at 212 Années-lumière of the Earth. Each night, the sky of the Tschaï planet is illuminated by the two small moons with fast revolution: Az , the pink moon, and Braz , the blue moon. The surface of Tschaï is made up of deserts, of Steppe S, of marsh, of mountains, forests, vast plains, oceans and inland seas which make of it a planet to the characteristics close to those of the planet Ground. A chart of the Tschaï planet is available to the following address: Chart of Tschaï.

Fauna and flora

The fauna or the Flore of Tschaï is not presented with precision in the account, but certain species are briefly described, while others are simply evoked. If the Flore of Tschaï is not fundamentally Hostile, with its grass with edible pilgrim and his watak, its forests of dyans, the atawaks odorifères of Chaschs or the ouïngas, its fauna can appear dangerous: certain birds vultures do not hesitate to drop from large blocks of rocks over the convoys of carriages to make some human victims, the snakes with head of lion patiently await their preys with the accesses of the rivers, while the Molosse S of the night or the berls with wild boar head never leave any survivor behind them. However, the fauna of Tschaï can also be surprisingly interesting with its giant insects, its animals Hybride S, its luminescent eels, its edible fish gobbeluches, its flying jellyfishes, its pets with six legs or eight legs, its horses jumping, etc

Civilization

The Civilization on Tschaï is composite and mixes, from a land point of view, elements of passed with futuristic inventions. The weapons from of use on Tschaï as various as are varied and the antiquated côtoie more high technology: one finds there catapults S (kinds of crossbows), of the Rapière S, the swords, the daggers, the weapons with energy, the guns, “squirt-sand”, etc the means of transport use on Tschaï are the carriages tractor drawn by animals, mechanical the wheel-barrows, the barouches, the horse-jumpers, the motor cycles, the steamers, the boats, the felouques ones, the Aéroglisseur S, the Aéronef S. the inhabitants of Tschaï gathered in often mixed communities and built cities with the particular characteristics, the turns of Dirdir compete with the dome S of Chasch, while the human ones live cottages, houses on pile or of rich person residences on floors. The civilized world of Tschaï is relatively hostile, the cities are often presented like dens of robbers and intrigants which complottent, whereas the vast plains are infested with Barbare S, fugitive or wild beasts. The trade is very important in the world of Tschaï and is often carried out in commercial towns supplied with long Caravane S. the religion is very important and each tribe has its clean clean Mythologie and its Rite S which it does not act by enfreindre. If each race alien has its clean Idiome, all the inhabitants Humanoïde S of Tschaï speak the same language, where which they are on the territory. Lastly, the currency use on Tschaï is the “sequin” whose value is determined by the color: the most invaluable sequins are crimsons or scarlet, the least invaluable are white or blue pale. The sequins are born in bulbs from plants which push in Carabas, a zone of hunting reserved for Dirdir. The color of the sequins depends on their maturity. From a commercial point of view, a sequin crimson is worth 100 sequins white.

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