The Grand Wheel
The Grand Wheel is the eighth science fiction novel by Barrington J. Bayley. The novel follows Cheyne Scarne, a professor of "randomatics", as he is selected by the eponymous organization (which holds a galactic monopoly on games of chance) to represent humanity in a card game with infinitely varying rules. The name of the main character appears to be a reference to John Scarne.
 First edition | |
| Author | Barrington J. Bayley |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Don Maitz |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | DAW Books |
Publication date | August 1977 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 176 |
| ISBN | 978-0-87997-318-6 |
Literary significance and reception
Rhys Hughes, in his survey of Bayley's work, described The Grand Wheel as an "entertaining gambling novel" with a "seedy and elegant" atmosphere.[1] Colin Greenland, writing in Foundation 18, received the novel negatively, saying that it had been produced for the market and "would have been old in 1957".[2]
gollark: I mean, you can hardly guess what `apt`, `pacman`, `nano`, `fish`, `less`, and whatever are from the names.
gollark: Except when they aren't, which is quite a lot of the time.
gollark: Sure, but it's expensive. I guess it's practical if they have basically no electricity use.
gollark: How does *that* work? They just don't use electricity at night?
gollark: Really should get a `.net` domain one of these days.
References
- "Annihilation Factotum: The work of Barrington J. Bayley". The Council for the Literature of the Fantastic. Archived from the original on 2012-10-04. Retrieved 2012-09-30.
- "Astounding Worlds of Barrington J. Bayley". Foundation 18. Retrieved 2012-09-30.
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