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''Tuf Voyaging'' is a 1986 science fiction fix-up novel by George R. R. Martin, first published in hardcover by Baen Books. It is a darkly comic meditation on environmentalism and absolute power. Martin cited fantasy fiction and science fiction Grand Master Jack Vance as having a large influence on his Haviland Tuf stories, Martin going so far as trying to emulate Vance's writing style in most of them.〔http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/nonfiction/intgrrm.htm〕 This novel is a collection of related short fiction works, originally published over several years, beginning with 1976's "A Beast for Norn." The book includes a prologue and Martin's S'uthlam story line (published in ''Analog''), adding them as bridging material, and gathering them with other Tuf stories into one episodic novel.〔(ISFDB GRR Martin )〕 The novel concerns the (mis)adventures of Haviland Tuf, an exceptionally tall, bald, very pale, overweight, phlegmatic, vegetarian, cat-loving but otherwise solitary space trader. Due to the venality and cutthroat tactics of the party chartering his one-man trading vessel, Tuf inadvertently becomes master of ''Ark'', an ancient, 30-kilometer-long "seedship", a very powerful warship with advanced ecological engineering capabilities. Tuf travels the galaxy, offering his services to worlds with environmental problems, and sometimes imposing solutions of his own. ''Tuf Voyaging'' is set in the same fictional universe as several of Martin's other works, including ''With Morning Comes Mistfall'', ''The Way of Cross and Dragon'', ''A Song for Lya'', and ''Dying of the Light''. ==Contents== # "The Plague Star" (1985) # "Loaves and Fishes" (1985) # "Guardians" (1981) # "Second Helpings" (1985) # "A Beast for Norn" (1976) # "Call Him Moses" (1978) # "Manna From Heaven" (1985) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tuf Voyaging」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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