Project Gutenberg 2009-09-16 Public domain in the USA. 228 Vance, Jack 1916 2013 Vance, John Holbrook Finlay, Virgil 1914 1971 Finlay Sjambak Produced from If Worlds of Science Fiction July 1953. Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Sjambak" by Jack Vance is a science fiction novel written during the early 1950s. The story follows Wilbur Murphy, a photographer for the show "Know Your Universe!", as he investigates the peculiar legend of a man riding a horse to greet incoming spaceships on the planet Cirgamesç. The book delves into themes of adventure, mystery, and cultural exploration in an extraterrestrial setting. The narrative centers on Murphy's journey to understand the myth of the "Horseman of Space" while navigating the political undercurrents of Cirgamesç, a planet with a rich history and a population that faces its own social tensions. As Murphy interacts with locals, including a prince and a captive sjambak—a term for bandit—he begins to uncover the complexities of life on this world, including the realities of a potentially dangerous rebellion led by the ambitious Ali-Tomás. The story escalates as Murphy finds himself on the threshold of an unexpected adventure, revealing the truths behind myths while questioning the nature of perception and reality in a vividly crafted alien landscape. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 79.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction PS Text Science Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Adventure 87395 2025-08-12T10:10:29.793460 text/html 64892 2024-10-24T20:21:06 text/html 330417 2025-08-12T10:10:34.559456 application/epub+zip 329295 2025-08-12T10:10:31.541470 application/epub+zip 100484 2025-08-12T10:10:30.400448 application/epub+zip 445605 2025-08-12T10:10:36.496461 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 435985 2025-08-12T10:10:33.584467 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 144123 2022-09-14T04:00:14.706041 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 77720 2025-08-12T10:10:29.435462 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 57996 2024-10-24T20:21:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17032 2025-08-12T10:10:36.622413 application/rdf+xml 9727 2025-08-12T10:10:30.886456 image/jpeg 2794 2025-08-12T10:10:30.642495 image/jpeg 328528 2025-08-12T10:10:29.811448 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia