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    Rork!

    By Avram Davidson

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    Rork! Rork! RORK!

    Ran Lomar wanted only to be left aloneto get away from it all. That’s why he volunteered for duty on Pia 2, the most remote, isolated world in the Galazy.

    His assignment was simple. The problem on Pia 2 was redwing, a plant used throughout the Galaxy as a medical fixative. Redwing grew only on Pia 2 and lately, less and less was being harvested. Lomar’s job was to find out why, and to do something about it.

    A simple job. Or so it seemed. Tan Carlo Harb, the Station Officer, tried to warn him. But Lomar had to find out for himself about the strange inhabitants of Pia 2the Tocks, the Tame ones, and the Wild ones, and the mysterious, legendary “rorks” that everyone feared...

    Avram Davidson was a Hugo Award-winning novelist, short story writer, and essayist. With nineteen novels and hundreds of short stories and essays to his name, he won the World Fantasy Award three times. His science fiction and fantasy works are considered a cornerstone of their genres.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster
    Release dateJul 1, 2012
    ISBN9781440544828
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    Avram Davidson

    Avram Davidson was born in Yonkers, New York, in 1923. After spending some time at New York University, he served in the Marines from 1942 till 1946--and again saw action during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. For two years in the early 1960s, Davidson edited Fantasy & Science Fiction magazine. He earned awards and accolades throughout his life for his SF writing, including the Hugo Award, the Edgar Award, the Ellery Queen Award, and three World Fantasy Awards. Davidson died in 1993.

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    • 2/5
      Ran Loman is in self exile on Pia 2 a remote world. The local export crop has been facing declining supply, and he wearily sets himself to find out why. There will be a girl, and an epic journey. Not davidson's best
    • 4/5
      I like the twist and the importance of not assuming that the first explanation is the truth. Surprised to still see in in print as a bit dated now