The Grand Wheel

The Grand Wheel

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

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.

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]

References

  1. "Annihilation Factotum: The work of Barrington J. Bayley". The Council for the Literature of the Fantastic. Retrieved 2012-09-30.
  2. "Astounding Worlds of Barrington J. Bayley". Foundation 18. Retrieved 2012-09-30.
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