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TUF VOYAGING - SIGNED - FIRST PRINTING HARD COVER

by George R.R. Martin.

Flat Signed by the author, with a greeting, Voyage On.

Winner of the Locus Award for Best Collection. 

A rich blend of adventure, humor, compassion and all other things that make being human worthwhile.—Analog

A new facet of Martin’s manysided talent.—Asimovs

From the book jacket: I'm Haviland Tuf. Some say I'm the galaxys only perfectly fair and honest businessman. Others say that makes me the galaxy's greatest fool. But of those who have come to see for themselves, with greed and dishonesty in their hearts, none remains who is willing to tell the tale.

Tuf Voyaging is the story of quirky and endearing Haviland Tuf, an unlikely hero just trying to do right by the galaxy, one planet at a time.

Tuf Voyaging is the story of quirky and endearing Haviland Tuf, an unlikely hero just trying to do right by the galaxy, one planet at a time. Haviland Tuf is an honest space-trader who likes cats. So how is it that, in competition with the worst villains the universe has to offer, he’s become the proud owner of a seedship, the last remnant of Earth’s legendary Ecological Engineering Corps? Never mind; just be thankful that the most powerful weapon in human space is in good hands—hands which now have the godlike ability to control the genetic material of thousands of outlandish creatures. Armed with this unique equipment, Tuf is set to tackle the problems that human settlers have created in colonizing far-flung worlds: hosts of hostile monsters, a population hooked on procreation, a dictator who unleashes plagues to get his own way . . . and in every case, the only thing that stands between the colonists and disaster is Tuf’s ingenuity—and his reputation as a man of integrity in a universe of rogues.

New York: Baen Books, 1986. First Edition. 6 X 9. Hard Cover. Signed by Author. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 0671559850. Original collection of science fiction.