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Madouc

Author : Jack Vance
Publisher : Hachette UK
Release Date : 2011-09-29
ISBN 13 : 0575113278
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Download pdf or read book Madouc written by Jack Vance and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2011-09-29 with total page 1000 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lyonesse sequence evokes the Elder Isles, is a baroque land of pre-Arthurian myth now lost beneath the Atlantic, where powerful sorcerers, aloof faeries, stalwart champions, and nobles eccentric, magnanimous, and cruel pursue intrigue among their separate worlds . . . When Princess madouc discovers that she is actually a changeling left by fairies in place of a baby boy, she sets out, with her servant and companion Pymfyd, to find her true identity. Madouc locates her mother, the fairy Twisk, easily enough, but her paternity poses a problem: Twisk is not certain who fathered her child. Meanwhile, her uncle, King Casmir, attempts to conquer the whole island of Hybras, on which Lyonesse is located, and thwart the prophesy of Persilian the Magic Mirror that his sister's son would one day rule. He is foiled at every turn by King Aillas of Troicinet and his son Dhrun, who is actually the child of the prophesy, but is older than expected because of a youth spent in the fairy shee (home), where time runs differently. A sly mixture of satire and epic, Vance's medieval tale is a delightful conclusion to an epic fantasy trilogy. Winner of the World Fantasy Award for best novel, 1990

Madouc

Author : Jack Vance
Publisher : Spatterlight Press
Release Date : 2016-07-01
ISBN 13 : 9781619470934
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Download pdf or read book Madouc written by Jack Vance and published by Spatterlight Press. This book was released on 2016-07-01 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wicked King Casmir cannot control Madouc, the wild and willful changeling secretly switched at birth with Prince Dhrun, rightful heir to the throne. So Casmir ordains a quest: whosoever brings him the Holy Grail will have Madouc for his bride. But the fairy-born princess chooses to decide her own fate, and sets out with a stable boy to find the Grail herself. Meanwhile, a spiteful wizard seeks to undo the spell that prevents the war-torn Elder Isles from sinking into the sea. The third volume in Grandmaster Jack Vance's Lyonesse trilogy brings the epic tale of the Elder Isles to its magnificent and melancholy conclusion. Madouc won the World Fantasy Award for best novel. - Matt Hughes "Madouc" is Book III of the Lyonesse series, and Volume 54 of the Spatterlight Press Signature Series. Released in the centenary of the author's birth, this handsome new collection is based upon the prestigious Vance Integral Edition. Select volumes enjoy up-to-date maps, and many are graced with freshly-written forewords contributed by a distinguished group of authors. Each book bears a facsimile of the author's signature and a previously-unpublished photograph, chosen from family archives for the period the book was written. These unique features will be appreciated by all, from seasoned Vance collector to new reader sampling the spectrum of this author's influential work for the first time. - John Vance II

Science Fiction Writers

Author : Richard Bleiler
Publisher : Charles Scribners Sons/Reference
Release Date : 1999
ISBN 13 :
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Download pdf or read book Science Fiction Writers written by Richard Bleiler and published by Charles Scribners Sons/Reference. This book was released on 1999 with total page 1009 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On science fiction authors

Madouc

Author : Jack Vance
Publisher : Ace
Release Date : 1990
ISBN 13 :
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Download pdf or read book Madouc written by Jack Vance and published by Ace. This book was released on 1990 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Madouc, a vibrant young princess, holds the key to ending the war that ravages the Elder Isles

Silk and Potatoes

Author : Adam Roberts
Publisher : BRILL
Release Date : 2022-06-08
ISBN 13 : 9004489495
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Download pdf or read book Silk and Potatoes written by Adam Roberts and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2022-06-08 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study constitutes the first to analyse the remarkable surge in popularity of Arthurian literature and art in the modern period from a broad range of instances of cultural production. More novels with Arthurian themes have been published since the war than in any previous period, and Silk and Potatoes provides detailed readings of some of the most famous, including works by Marion Zimmer Bradley, Anthony Burgess, C.J. Cherryh, Guy Gavriel Kay, Mary Stewart, Jack Vance and T.H. White. In addition to examining Arthurian fiction (with chapters on the general novel, Historical fiction and Science Fiction), this study examines the key cinematic examples of Arthuriana (Boorman’s Excalibur, Bresson’s Lancelot du Lac, Rohmer’s Perceval Le Gallois and Monthy Python and the Holy Grail). A further chapter goes on to look at the myriad other forms of cultural production based on Arthurian themes; from Bugs Bunny to Pop Music, from the Camelot of JFK to the British National Lottery. This is a study that touches on many aspects of Arthuriana whilst developing two connected arguments about (on the one hand) the necessary anachronism of any modern Arthurian Literature, and (on the other) the aesthetic-political implications of this literature’s success. The whole, whilst rooted in the scholarly debates on the enduring appeal of King Arthur, is written in an accessible and entertaining style. It will be of interest to students and teachers of Arthurian literature, film and popular culture.

Jack Vance: Seven Articles on His Work and Travels

Author : Michael Andre-Driussi
Publisher : Sirius Fiction
Release Date : 2017-08-22
ISBN 13 : 1947614029
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Download pdf or read book Jack Vance: Seven Articles on His Work and Travels written by Michael Andre-Driussi and published by Sirius Fiction. This book was released on 2017-08-22 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seven previously published pieces pertaining to the science fiction of American author Jack Vance, and his voyages around the world. Topics include the curious linkages between some of Vance's novels into a sort of "Future History;" an examination of a Vancean "hard sf" novel; a look at his various globe-trotting excursions and what he wrote while out on each one; and further delvings into the methods he employed to create such memorable fiction.

The Complete Lyonesse

Author : Jack Vance
Publisher : Hachette UK
Release Date : 2010-08-26
ISBN 13 : 0575090278
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Download pdf or read book The Complete Lyonesse written by Jack Vance and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2010-08-26 with total page 816 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Elder Isles - an ancient land where chivalry and the realm of fairie exist side by side. A land of mystery, strange beauty, high adventure and arcane magic. Kings are at war, opposing magicians devise ever more cunning stratagems. It is a land where princesses and changelings both can become embroiled in political rivalries and the quest for the grail. The Gollancz Black Books have proved to be an immensely successful formula for getting well loved stories into the hands of people who also love well made books. Jack Vance's Complete Lyonesse is a perfect addition to the series and contains Madouc the novel for which Vance won the World Fantasy Award.

The Best in Science Fiction

Author : Aurel Guillemette
Publisher :
Release Date : 1993
ISBN 13 :
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Download pdf or read book The Best in Science Fiction written by Aurel Guillemette and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide for readers looking for the best. Encompasses 17 major fantasy and science fiction awards (foreign-language awards are excluded). Arrangement is in five sections: awards and their winners; authors; titles; award winners only, by year; the best of the best, by genre; and the best of the best, by year. The data is legibly presented, in tabular computer print-outs. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror

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Publisher :
Release Date : 1991
ISBN 13 :
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Download pdf or read book Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive bibliography of books and short fiction published in the English language.

The Green Pearl

Author : Jack Vance
Publisher : Hachette UK
Release Date : 2011-09-29
ISBN 13 : 0575113251
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Download pdf or read book The Green Pearl written by Jack Vance and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2011-09-29 with total page 667 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lyonesse sequence evokes the Elder Isles, is a baroque land of pre-Arthurian myth now lost beneath the Atlantic, where powerful sorcerers, aloof faeries, stalwart champions, and nobles eccentric, magnanimous, and cruel pursue intrigue among their separate worlds . . . King Aillas of Troicinet defends the peace of the Elder Isles against both the Ska marauders who once enslaved him and the wicked King Casmir. While organizing the unruly barons in the frontiers of his land, Aillas goes out of his way to capture the lovely Ska noblewoman who once stung him with her disregard. When he gets separated from his men, his dream of forcing the lady's recognition becomes the toil of dragging a defiant captive across lands governed by Casmir's henchmen. Meanwhile, the world of magic has gone on the move. The concentrated malice of the witch Desmëi has manifested as a green pearl, breeding lust and envy and death; and a sorcerer in Casmir's employ abducts the princess Glyneth, in a bid to draw Aillas and friends on a hopeless rescue mission across a bizarre and deadly alternate world . . . (First published in 1985)

Suldrun's Garden

Author : Jack Vance
Publisher : Hachette UK
Release Date : 2011-09-29
ISBN 13 : 0575113243
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Download pdf or read book Suldrun's Garden written by Jack Vance and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2011-09-29 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lyonesse sequence evokes the Elder Isles, is a baroque land of pre-Arthurian myth now lost beneath the Atlantic, where powerful sorcerers, aloof faeries, stalwart champions, and nobles eccentric, magnanimous, and cruel pursue intrigue among their separate worlds . . . Prince Aillas of Troicinet is betrayed on his first diplomatic voyage and cast into the sea. Before he redeems his birthright, he must pass the breadth of Hybras Isle as prisoner, vagabond, and slave, an acquaintance of faeries, wizards, and errant knights, and lover to a sad and beautiful girl whose fate sets his bitter rivalry with the tyrant Casmir, King of Lyonesse. (First published in 1983)

The Houses of Iszm and Other Stories

Author : Jack Vance
Publisher : Hachette UK
Release Date : 2011-11-14
ISBN 13 : 0575109912
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Download pdf or read book The Houses of Iszm and Other Stories written by Jack Vance and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2011-11-14 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The inhabitants of a planet called Iszm, a species known as the Iszic, have evolved the native giant trees into living homes, with all needs and various luxuries supplied by the trees' own natural growth. The Iszic maintain a jealously-guarded monopoly, exporting only enough trees to keep prices high and make a great profit. The protagonist, Ailie Farr, is a human botanist who goes to Iszm (like many others before him, of many species) to steal a female tree, which might allow the propagation of the species off world and break the monopoly. This volume includes two short novels, previously published separately - the title story, and Nopalgarth (published as The Brains of Earth). The collection is rounded out by two of his best shorter works - "The Gift of Gab" and "The Narrow Land". "The Narrow Land" was the first of a proposed story sequence which was never completed. Contents: The Houses of Iszm, The Gift of Gab, Nopalgarth (The Brains of Earth), The Narrow Land All Jack Vance titles in the SFGateway use the author's preferred texts, as restored for the Vance Integral Edition (VIE), an extensive project masterminded by an international online community of Vance's admirers. In general, we also use the VIE titles, and have adopted the arrangement of short story collections to eliminate overlaps.

The Star King

Author : Jack Vance
Publisher : Hachette UK
Release Date : 2012-10-15
ISBN 13 : 0575109653
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Download pdf or read book The Star King written by Jack Vance and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2012-10-15 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book in the 5 volume Demon Princes saga. The protagonists parents were murdered by a posse of 5 galactic criminals, the "demon princes". He vows revenge, and eliminates them one by one. In the process Vance does what he excels at: creating strange worlds, environments, customs, and adaptations that humans have made to live in these conditions.

Sequels

Author : Janet Husband
Publisher : Amer Library Assn
Release Date : 1997
ISBN 13 : 9780838906965
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Download pdf or read book Sequels written by Janet Husband and published by Amer Library Assn. This book was released on 1997 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sequels, the most popular and long-lasting guide to novels in series, returns with greatly expanded series listings. Mysteries continue to be a mainstay, with fantasy, science fiction, and romance listings, plus non-genre fiction selections from authors such as Edward Abbey and Lawrence Durrell. The authors have carefully sifted through a growing group of series to select those most likely to be available in a medium-sized public library, weeding out esoteric, obscure, and less popular series. This classic reference includes hundreds of annotated series, title and subject indexes, and suggestions for reading order. Library professionals will find Answers to the perennial question, "What should I read next?" Guidance on the chronology of a series Easy-to-use tools to identify novels by character, setting, and author The definitive resource for novels in series Including series started since 1989 and updated through 2007, Sequels will be the most complete resource for general readers and library patrons as well as readers' advisors; public, university, and high school reference librarians; acquisition and collection management librarians; and even bookstore staff and book reviewers. The expanded Sequels, 4th edition, will become the RA and reference librarian's resource of choice

Library Journal

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Publisher :
Release Date : 1991-07
ISBN 13 :
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Download pdf or read book Library Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1991-07 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

AB Bookman's Weekly

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Publisher :
Release Date : 1998
ISBN 13 :
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Download pdf or read book AB Bookman's Weekly written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Space Opera

Author : Jack Vance
Publisher : Hachette UK
Release Date : 2011-11-14
ISBN 13 : 0575109580
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Download pdf or read book Space Opera written by Jack Vance and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2011-11-14 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A space opera is what science fiction readers call an adventure in outer space and on alien planets. But a space opera could also be an opera, a musical work, that originated in outer space... Jack Vance's unique novel SPACE OPERA fits both definitions marvelously! Because it starts with the mysterious opera company from the equally mysterious planet Rlaru that arrives on Earth to astonish and infuriate music-lovers - and then disappears without trace! And when Roger Wool's wealthy aunt determined to reciprocate by bringing an Earthly operatic team into space and to the unknown world Rlaru, there unwinds a complex and surprising space opera of the first kind ...filled with enigmatic aliens, weird worlds, and all the special color and cunning that is the hallmark of the best Jack Vance.