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The Book of Dreams: Volume 5 Copertina flessibile – 28 luglio 2016
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Five intergalactic criminal masterminds raid the tranquil world of Mount Pleasant, leaving behind only ruin and slaughter – and the orphaned child Kirth Gersen, who comes to manhood swearing to take bloody revenge. Now Gersen roams the galaxy, bringing vengeance to the Demon Princes one by one, in Jack Vance's classic series of hardboiled space opera.
In the fifth and final book of The Demon Princes series, Gersen trails Howard Alan Treesong, notorious for his imaginative and horrifying revenges. But Treesong has a sentimental streak, and longs for a childhood composition called The Book of Dreams. Exploiting this weakness, Gersen lures Treesong into a final confrontation. – Matt Hughes
The Book of Dreams is Book V of the Demon Prince series, last of the sequence, and Volume 42 of the Spatterlight Press Signature Series.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 Each book bears a facsimile of theauthor's signature and a previously-unpublished photograph, chosen from family archives for the period the book was written.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
- Lunghezza stampa242 pagine
- LinguaInglese
- Data di pubblicazione28 luglio 2016
- Dimensioni15.24 x 1.55 x 22.86 cm
- ISBN-101619471132
- ISBN-13978-1619471139
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- Editore : Spatterlight Press; 1° edizione (28 luglio 2016)
- Lingua : Inglese
- Copertina flessibile : 242 pagine
- ISBN-10 : 1619471132
- ISBN-13 : 978-1619471139
- Peso articolo : 358 g
- Dimensioni : 15.24 x 1.55 x 22.86 cm
- Posizione nella classifica Bestseller di Amazon: n. 25.228 in Fantascienza (Libri)
- n. 556.124 in Letteratura e narrativa (Libri)
- n. 570.543 in Libri in inglese
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Jack Vance has written fantasy, science fiction, and mysteries. Of course some of his books are better than others, but he never really lets you down. Which is his true metier? The introduction to one anthology of his mystery/suspense novels suggests that mystery-writing was always his true calling. If you count the number of mysteries he's written -- about eleven, including three under the Ellery Queen house name -- and compare that with the number of his fantasy and SF novels -- somewhere past thirty -- this "really a mystery writer" contention looks doubtful. When you consider the elegant imagery and sense of wonder which Vance excels at giving us, and which is so much more evident in his fantasy/SF than in his mysteries, "really a mystery writer" looks unsupportable. So, I feel justified in saying that I think the fantastic stuff is where his true glory lies. (I've read that now, in his old age, Vance only reads -- listens to audio books of -- mysteries, but that doesn't change the body of his work.) This being said, I will add that, while I like all of his oeuvres, I enjoy his science fiction above all else. He imbues his SF with a detached, poetic lyricism that seems more natural to high fantasy than to space opera. This contrast between tone and genre creates a tension that never fails to fascinate.
In the Demon Princes series Vance uses a simple underlying plot device: the protagonist's need to avenge the murder and enslavement of his home colony's entire population. This revenge premise could support a boys' adventure story from some previous era, but Vance presents it with so much intelligence and style that this is clearly a book for grownups. As I've written before, a lot of Vance's genius is in the details.
If you enjoy colorful action-adventure with a strong hero and grotesquely evil villains, but need this to be written for an adult sensibility, Vance does the job. I recommend this entire series.
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