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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0812561627, Mass Market Paperback)The pleasure planet Liantac was once the greatest gambling resort in the Unchartered Territories. Even now, having fallen on hard times, it remains a spectacle of glitz and greed. Astronaut John Crichton and his fellow interstellar fugitives see Liantac as the source of much-needed supplies--except for Rygel, whose boundless avarice is tempted by the promise of easy riches. Imagine his shock, then, when he loses their starship, Moya, in a game of chance! To discharge the debt, and liberate their ship from the planetary authorities, Crichton, Aeryn, and the others must take on a number of challenging assignments. But all is not what it seems, for treachery and deadly intrigue hides within this...House of Cards. (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:57:57 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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And DeCandido does, indeed, "get it". House of Cards is a perfect example of what a media tie-in novel should be: it should seem like it was taken from the show, like these characters are those characters; it offers a story that you are unlikely to find in the series (simply because of sheer cost—would you really expect them to try to build about half of Las Vegas? because that's about where on the planet this story takes place); and it's entertaining.
House of Cards is, more or less, perfect. (