Author | Jack Vance |
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Publisher | Dell Books |
Publication date | January 1, 1973 |
ISBN | 978-0-440-03157-4 |
The Asutra is a 1974 novel by Jack Vance.
The Asutra is a novel in which the hero must overthrow the rulers of his world. [1]
Dave Langford reviewed The Asutra for White Dwarf #99, and stated that "Some of the freshness leaked out of this series by book 3: The Asutra isn't actively bad but seems perfunctory, the result of over-hasty production." [1]
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