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Lurulu Broché – 8 juillet 2017
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Following Ports of Call, Myron Tany continues his picaresque wanderings as supercargo on the space freighter Glicca.
Traveling world to world, Myron encounters unexpected delights and perils among the peculiar civilizations of the Gaean Reach, and among the pilgrims and mountebanks who take passage aboard the ship.
SF Grandmaster Jack Vance’s last novel, Lurulu is lyrical testimonial to a simple truth: most important in a voyage is what happens along the way.
– Matthew Hughes
Lurulu is Volume 60 of the Spatterlight Press Signature Series, second book in the Ports of Call / Lurulu sequence, and the last novel written by SF Grandmaster Jack Vance. Released in the centenary of the author's birth, this handsome new collectionis based upon the prestigious Vance Integral Edition. Select volumes enjoyup-to-date maps, and many are graced with freshly-written forewords contributedby a distinguished group of authors. Each book bears a facsimile of theauthor's signature and a previously-unpublished photograph, chosen from family archives for the period the book was written. These uniquefeatures will be appreciated by all, from seasoned Vance collector to new reader sampling the spectrum of this author's influential work forthe first time.
– John Vance II
- Nombre de pages de l'édition imprimée196 pages
- LangueAnglais
- Date de publication8 juillet 2017
- Dimensions15.24 x 1.24 x 22.86 cm
- ISBN-101619471272
- ISBN-13978-1619471276
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- Éditeur : Spatterlight Press (8 juillet 2017)
- Langue : Anglais
- Broché : 196 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1619471272
- ISBN-13 : 978-1619471276
- Poids de l'article : 295 g
- Dimensions : 15.24 x 1.24 x 22.86 cm
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Nobody should buy this book as an introduction to reading Jack Vance.. try something like the Dying Earth series or the Planet of Adventure series first. But if you have read Ports of Call, and if like me you believe that Jack Vance is one of the greatest science fiction authors of all time, then you will need to read this, his last novel. So far, anyhow..
Lurulu picks up loosely where Ports of Call had ended rather abruptly, following the adventures of typical young Vance hero Myron Tany and his shipmates aboard the Glicca (the taciturn captain, Maloof Adair, the impressionable Wingo, and the gaudy Fay Schwatzendale).
Most of the loose plot threads from PoC are resolved in Lurulu, though some are disposed of very abruptly. But Lurulu is not to be read for its plot structure. The characterization is fairly well done, though Myron takes a backseat to Maloof, and Schwatzendale is surprisingly neglected. As is often the case with Vance, the scenery and sociology dominate the narrative. The various planets visited by the Glicca are given somewhat short shrift compared to the usual meticulous Vance treatment. And as he approaches 90, Vance has begun to repeat his earlier works at times. PoC was very reminiscent in spots of Vance's Space Opera.
Also at times, Vance's usual air of sardonic detachment deserts him, and a merely querulous attitude is apparent.
But all in all, Lurulu and PoC comprise a very representative Vance novel. But it is not a book likely to make the unappreciated author any new fans. You almost have to already be familiar with Vance to appreciate Lurulu. I second the recommendation of the Tschai novels as a good introduction to Vance.
Lurulu's ending, however, is almost perfect if unsurprising. The ex-sailor Vance is one of the last romanticizers of the spaceways, and all of his readers should be affected by the way in which Myron's story is resolved.
