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The Houses of Iszm : ウィキペディア英語版 | The Houses of Iszm
''The Houses of Iszm'' is a science fiction novella by Jack Vance, which appeared in ''Startling Stories'' magazine in 1954. It was reissued in book form in 1964 as part of an Ace Double novel, together with Vance's ''Son of the Tree'' . The story published in ''Startling Stories'' is about 22,000 words while the version that appears in the Ace Double still less than novel length at about 30,000 words. ''The Houses of Iszm'' was re-published as a stand-alone volume in 1974 by Mayflower. ==Plot summary== The inhabitants of a planet called Iszm, a species known as the Iszic, have evolved the native giant trees into living homes, with all needs and various luxuries supplied by the trees' own natural growth. The Iszic maintain a jealously-guarded monopoly, exporting only enough trees to keep prices high and make a great profit. Ailie Farr is a human botanist who goes to Iszm (like many others before him, of many species) to try to steal a female tree, which might allow the propagation of the species off world and break the monopoly.
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