Star Wars_ The Adventures of Lando Calrissia - L. Neil Smith [0]
Another figure appeared: a tall, cadaverous alien wearing something loose, with polka dots. “I understand that you have expressed an interest in the scientific theories of probability.”
“Purely scientific, friend. I’m a spacer by profession—an astrogator—so my interest’s only natural. I’m especially intrigued by permutations and combinations of the number seventy-eight, taken three at a time. Fives are wild.”
“Ah … sabacc.” The alien took a long drag of orange smoke, then exhaled softly. “I believe you could be inducted into the, er, research foundation. But first … well, a small formality: your ship name, if you please, sir—strictly for identification purposes. There are certain regressive, antiscientific enemies of free enquiry—”
“—Who carry badges and blasters?” The human laughed. “Millennium Falcon, berth seventeen. I’m Calrissian, Lando Calrissian.”
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LANDO CALRISSIAN AND THE STARCAVE OF THONBOKA copyright © 1983 by Lucasfilm Ltd. (LFL)
LANDO CALRISSIAN AND THE MINDHARP OF SHARU copyright © 1983 by Lucasfilm Ltd. (LFL)
LANDO CALRISSIAN AND THE FLAMEWIND OF OSEON copyright © 1983 by Lucasfilm Ltd. (LFL)
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CONTENTS
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
LANDO CALRISSIAN AND THE MINDHARP OF SHARU
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
LANDO CALRISSIAN AND THE FLAMEWIND OF OSEON
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
LANDO CALRISSIAN AND THE STARCAVE OF THONBOKA
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Introduction to the Star Wars Expanded Universe
Excerpt from Star Wars: The Han Solo Adventures
Introduction to the Old Republic Era
Introduction to the Rise of the Empire Era
Introduction to the Rebellion Era
Introduction to the New Republic Era
Introduction to the New Jedi Order Era
Introduction to the Legacy Era
Star Wars Novels Timeline
LANDO CALRISSIAN
• AND THE MINDHARP OF SHARU •
This book is dedicated to
Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson.
PROLOGUE
“SABACC!”
It was unmercifully hot. Tossing his card-chips on the table, the young gambler halfheartedly collected what they’d earned him, an indifferent addition to his already indifferent profits for the evening. Something on the unspectacular order of five hundred credits.
Perhaps it was the heat. Or just his imagination.
This blasted asteroid, Oseon 2795, while closer to its sun than most, was as carefully life-supported and air-conditioned as any developed rock in the system. Still, one could almost feel the relentless solar flux hammering down upon its sere and withered surface, feel the radiation soaking through its iron-nickel substance, feel the unwanted energy reradiating from the walls in every room.
Especially this one.
Apparently the locals felt it, too. They’d stripped right down to shorts and shirt-sleeves after the second hand, two hours earlier, and looked fully as fatigued and grimy as the young gambler felt. He took a sip from his glass, the necessity for circumspection