![]() (Marq likes big men with pocked faces and bitten nails Rat likes small, hairy men.) But, as Marq introduces Rat to Velm, various prejudices come to light Rat disappears Marq complains that he doesn't have a clue to what's going on (a bewilderment readers will share). (The galaxy's human-occupied planets owe their allegiance to either the ""Sygn"" or the ""Family,"" although the difference isn't clear: both prevent destructive ""cultural fugue."") Then Japril of the ""Web""-a sort of galactic information network-tells Marq that Rat is being sent to Velm: they are, it seems, ideal sexual partners. ![]() ![]() Meanwhile, ""industrial diplomat"" Marq Dyeth of planet Velm (humans share the world with the intelligent, reptilian ""evelm"") is entertaining some old friends, the ambitious ""Family""-linked Thants from planet Zetzor-who are rude to their ""Sygn""-affiliated hosts. On planet Rhyonon, scarred giant Rat Korga has been turned into a human robot for years he exists as a will-less slave-until the planet is mysteriously destroyed by the alien Xlv, with Rat the only survivor. From the author of Dhalgren and Neveryona: another interminable exploration of the abstruse. ![]()
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