A review by trike
The Dirdir by Jack Vance

2.0

After Star Wars, publishers were trotting out their SF back catalogs, so I got to read a lot of crazy-ass stuff best left forgotten. All I remember from this was that it was basically a rewrite of [b:The Most Dangerous Game|157076|The Most Dangerous Game|Richard Connell|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1386885674s/157076.jpg|151586] and that the money on the alien planet was sequins. Given that I read this in the 1970s, that last bit was hilarious to me. If the barbarians of this book ever saw The Donny & Marie Show or Sonny and Cher, they would have lost their minds.