The Dirdir [SEP] series
The Dirdir
The Dirdir is a  science fiction adventure novel by American writer Jack Vance, the third in the tetralogy "Tschai, Planet of Adventure". It tells of the efforts of the sole survivor of the destruction of a human starship to return to Earth from the distant planet Tschai.
Plot summary.
Adam Reith is stranded on Tschai, a distant planet shared by four alien, mutually hostile, advanced species (the Chasch, Wankh, Dirdir and native Pnume). On his quest to get home
"The Dirdir" (1969)
- "The Pnume" (1970)
Works Non-series science fiction novels.
- "The Five Gold Bands" (alternate title: "The Space Pirate", author's preferred title: "The Rapparee") (1953)
- "Vandals of the Void" (young adult novel) (1953)
- "To Live Forever" (1956)
- "Big Planet" (1957)
- "The Languages of Pao" (1958