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The Dueling Machine

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Dueling as a means of settling disputes has been revived by the invention of the dueling machine, which allows two adversaries to have at each other in the imaginary world of their choosing, with no danger to either other than humiliation and the loss of the point in dispute—until the Kerak Worlds found a way to kill with the machine. Unless a young Star Watchman can solve the mystery, the warlike Kerak Worlds will gobble up the planets of the Acquataine Cluster, murdering its leaders one at a time, and then be ready for the Terrans themselves...

Originally a short piece published as "The Dueling Machine" [with Myron R. Lewis] Analog May 1963; also as "The Perfect Warrior".

Language: English

Pages: 256

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Berkley

Release: January 01, 1984

ISBN: 0425064662

ISBN 13: 9780425064665

The Dueling Machine

3.5/5 ( ratings)

Dueling as a means of settling disputes has been revived by the invention of the dueling machine, which allows two adversaries to have at each other in the imaginary world of their choosing, with no danger to either other than humiliation and the loss of the point in dispute—until the Kerak Worlds found a way to kill with the machine. Unless a young Star Watchman can solve the mystery, the warlike Kerak Worlds will gobble up the planets of the Acquataine Cluster, murdering its leaders one at a time, and then be ready for the Terrans themselves...

Originally a short piece published as "The Dueling Machine" [with Myron R. Lewis] Analog May 1963; also as "The Perfect Warrior".

Language: English

Pages: 256

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Berkley

Release: January 01, 1984

ISBN: 0425064662

ISBN 13: 9780425064665

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