THE GAME-PLAYERS OF TITAN
From the Back covers
The creatures from Saturn's moon could appear human or inhuman, at will. And the elaborate contest they set up with the remnants of Earth's humanity was just as treacherous. For though the war had been fought to a stalemate, the unending series of gambles could upset that truce-and end the world. Philip K. Dick, author of EYE IN THE SKY and SOLAR LOTTERY, was the winner of this year's "Best Science Fiction Novel" award. We predict that his newest novel, THE GAME-PLAYERS OF TITAN, will be a leading contender for next year's Hugo!
TITAN SATURN'S MYSTERIOUS MOON'
The strange creatures from this satellite could appear human or inhuman, at will. And the elaborate contest they set up with the remnants of Earth's humanity was just as treacherous. For though, the war had been fought to a stalemate, the unending series of gambles could upset that truce -and end the world.
From the back cover of the Vintage edition
Poor Pete Garden has just lost Berkeley. He's also lost his wife, but he'll get a new one as soon as he rolls a three. It's alf part of the rules of Bluff, the game that's become,a blinding obsession for the last inhabitants of planet earth. But the rules are about to change drastically and terminally. Because Pete Garden will be playing his next game against an opponent who isn't even human, for stakes that are a lot higher than Berkeley.
From The Backcover of the Grafton Edition
At Stake-the Earth...
Pete Garden was a bindman. One of the finest Game-players this side of Titan. His skill had already won him half of Califomia and eighteen wives. But was he good enough to beat the fanatical Game-players of Titan? The telepathic Vugs had already won an interplanetary war that left the scattered remnants of humanity sterile owners of a wasteland. And in the greatest game of all the stake was...Earth.