The Resource The moon moth, based on the short story by Jack Vance ; adaptation and artwork by Humayoun Ibrahim ; colors by Hilary Sycamore
The moon moth, based on the short story by Jack Vance ; adaptation and artwork by Humayoun Ibrahim ; colors by Hilary Sycamore
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The item The moon moth, based on the short story by Jack Vance ; adaptation and artwork by Humayoun Ibrahim ; colors by Hilary Sycamore represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 3 library branches. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
Resource Information
The item The moon moth, based on the short story by Jack Vance ; adaptation and artwork by Humayoun Ibrahim ; colors by Hilary Sycamore represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 3 library branches.
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- Summary
- Edwer Thissell is having trouble adjusting to life on the planet Sirene. The Sirenese all wear masks to indicate their social status. They also communicate by playing instruments that are carefully selected for any social situation. (To make matters worse, errors of musical etiquette often prove fatal.) Shortly after Thissell arrives on Sirene, he finds himself embroiled in an unsolved murder made all the more mysterious by the fact that since everyone must always wear a mask, you can never be sure who you are dealing with
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xii, 114 pages
- Note
- "The moon moth, a short story by Jack Vance, was originally published in Galaxy Science Fiction by Galaxy Publishing Corporation in 1961." --T.p. verso
- Isbn
- 9781596433670
- Label
- The moon moth
- Title
- The moon moth
- Statement of responsibility
- based on the short story by Jack Vance ; adaptation and artwork by Humayoun Ibrahim ; colors by Hilary Sycamore
- Subject
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- trueMasks
- trueHuman/alien encounters
- Life on other planets -- Fiction
- Masks -- Fiction
- trueMoths
- trueMurder
- Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction
- trueMurder investigation
- Science fiction
- trueSocial status
- Social status -- Fiction
- trueAliens (Humanoid)
- trueCulture
- trueCulture conflict
- trueDiplomacy
- Graphic novels
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Edwer Thissell is having trouble adjusting to life on the planet Sirene. The Sirenese all wear masks to indicate their social status. They also communicate by playing instruments that are carefully selected for any social situation. (To make matters worse, errors of musical etiquette often prove fatal.) Shortly after Thissell arrives on Sirene, he finds himself embroiled in an unsolved murder made all the more mysterious by the fact that since everyone must always wear a mask, you can never be sure who you are dealing with
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10119155
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1916-2013
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Vance, Jack
- Dewey number
- 741.5/973
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- Intended audience
-
- 620L
- Decoding demand: 99 (very high)
- Semantic demand: 100 (very high)
- Syntactic demand: 83 (very high)
- Structure demand: 88 (very high)
- Intended audience source
-
- Lexile
- Lexile
- Interest level
- MG+
- LC call number
- PN6727.V359
- LC item number
- M66 2012
- Literary form
- fiction
- Nature of contents
- comics graphic novels
- Reading level
- 4.1
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Ibrahim, Humayoun
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Study program name
- Accelerated Reader AR
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Social status
- Masks
- Murder
- Life on other planets
- Label
- The moon moth, based on the short story by Jack Vance ; adaptation and artwork by Humayoun Ibrahim ; colors by Hilary Sycamore
- Note
- "The moon moth, a short story by Jack Vance, was originally published in Galaxy Science Fiction by Galaxy Publishing Corporation in 1961." --T.p. verso
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 868439
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xii, 114 pages
- Isbn
- 9781596433670
- Lccn
- 2011037038
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- chiefly color illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9781596433670
- (OCoLC)747533441
- Label
- The moon moth, based on the short story by Jack Vance ; adaptation and artwork by Humayoun Ibrahim ; colors by Hilary Sycamore
- Note
- "The moon moth, a short story by Jack Vance, was originally published in Galaxy Science Fiction by Galaxy Publishing Corporation in 1961." --T.p. verso
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 868439
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xii, 114 pages
- Isbn
- 9781596433670
- Lccn
- 2011037038
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- chiefly color illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9781596433670
- (OCoLC)747533441
Subject
- trueMasks
- trueHuman/alien encounters
- Life on other planets -- Fiction
- Masks -- Fiction
- trueMoths
- trueMurder
- Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction
- trueMurder investigation
- Science fiction
- trueSocial status
- Social status -- Fiction
- trueAliens (Humanoid)
- trueCulture
- trueCulture conflict
- trueDiplomacy
- Graphic novels
Genre
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