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The Star King: Volume 1 Copertina flessibile – 28 luglio 2016

Edizione Inglese di Jack Vance (Autore), John-Henri Holmberg (Avanti)
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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 a seedy tavern on Smade's Planet, Kirth Gersen picks up the trail of Attel Malagate, a member of an alien species called Star Kings, who masquerade as humans. Malagate maintains anonymity behind a screen of sinister henchmen, but Gersen will combine subtle guile and stark violence in a strategy to bring him face to face with the first of the Demon Princes. – Matt Hughes

The Star King is Book I of the Demon Prince series, and Volume 38 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 Each book bears a facsimile of theauthor's signature and a previously-unpublished photograph, chosen from family archives for the period the book was written.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

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  4. Data di pubblicazione
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    15.24 x 1.24 x 22.86 cm
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  • Editore ‏ : ‎ Spatterlight Press; 1° edizione (28 luglio 2016)
  • Lingua ‏ : ‎ Inglese
  • Copertina flessibile ‏ : ‎ 196 pagine
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1619471094
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1619471092
  • Peso articolo ‏ : ‎ 295 g
  • Dimensioni ‏ : ‎ 15.24 x 1.24 x 22.86 cm
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5,0 su 5 stelle The Star King by Jack Vance
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The Star King is the opening novel of a five book series known as the Demon Princes—which tell the story of Kirth Gersen as he attempts to take revenge upon the five criminals who slaughtered his family when he was a child. Admittedly, the plot of the series sounds a little clichéd and even the title of the series itself probably gives the wrong impression of what lies beneath the covers. Make no mistake, this is golden-era space opera that was serialised by Galaxy Science Fiction magazine, but it soon becomes apparent that there is much more to this book that meets the eye. Those who choose not to judge this book by its cover will be greatly rewarded by something that was quite unique to similar works in the genre at the time, wrote by a skilful, inventive and confident voice.

This is the first of Vance's multi-book series—a trend that he leaned more and more towards as his career progressed—and it presents the opportunity for Vance to really develop his vision of the future—the worlds of The Oikumene and The Beyond—which later blossomed into the Gaean Reach, which is used throughout his career in most of his future works. The Oikumene is a set of colonised planets and solar systems which are centrally governed and policed, and are generally regarded as safe. Travel between these world is trivial for anyone and this has bred a cosmopolitan, forward-thinking and peaceful population. Outside of this comfortable existence, however, there are many more unpoliced planets—known as The Beyond—which are deemed unsafe and are an easy hide-out for criminals of varying degrees of evil.

Kirth Gersen—the series main protagonist—has been trained from a young age by his grandfather with the necessary skills to hunt down and kill the men who were responsible for the deaths of his family. The story begins at Smade's Tavern, on Smade's Planet—a wonderfully simple yet memorable setting—which sits somewhere between the safety of the controlled Oikumene and the lawless Beyond. It is here that Kirth Gersen meets Lugo Teehalt, a troubled Locator—someone who is commissioned to trawl through unknown intergalactic space in search of new worlds. Here, Teehalt sombrely tells Gersen that he has found out to his utter dismay that the person sponsoring him to find new worlds is Attel Malagate, also known as “Malagate the Woe”—one of the so called Demon Princes that Gersen is searching for. Teehalt has found a world which is beautiful beyond description, but his heart is torn because he does not want this world to fall into the hands of Malagate the Woe.

From the events at Smade's Tavern, the story takes on the form of a mystery amongst the stars, as Gersen begins to piece together evidence to lead him closer and closer to the identity of Attel Malagate. This serves as a means for Vance to take us on a tour of several worlds of The Oikumene as the plot unwinds. One of the interesting peoples mentioned in the book—and to which the book is named after—are the Star Kings. These are a race of people who on the surface appear to be human, but are actually a race that has evolved to compete with humans by mimicking their physical appearance.

One of the truly great aspects of The Star King—and all the books in the series for that matter—are the footnotes at the start of each chapter, which are not only a real pleasure to read, but they also flesh out the various peoples and places that are relevant to the story in an amusing and witty way which is just as enjoyable to read as the story itself.

There is an interesting cast of characters in The Star King from poor Pallis Atwrode—the seemingly obligatory love interest of Vance's stories who is thrust into danger for just being associated with Kirth—to Hildemar Dasce the “Beauty” and Robin Rampold—who have an unusual and complicated relationship displaying symptoms of both Stockholm Syndrome and pure hatred for one another. One of Vance's greatest strengths is his wonderful descriptions of these characters.

The Star King is a fantastic book, written with confidence and flare, and it sets the tone for the following books in the series. Highly recommended as starting point for those unacquainted with Vance's works.
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Pierce Timberlake
5,0 su 5 stelle The Demon Princes, Vance's other great series
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The Star King is the first of Jack Vance's Demon Princes series, which I regard as one of Vance's two best science fiction series (the other being Tschai).

The setup is that the hero, Kirth Gersen, is the survivor of the Mount Pleasant Massacre. Mount Pleasant, a colony on a planet in a distant star system, was wiped out during Gersen's childhood by a fleet of space pirates led by the five so-called "Demon Princes". His parents and neighbors gone, Gersen was raised to adulthood by his grandfather, a retired agent or operative of many lethal skills. He teaches these to the young Gersen, then dies and leaves him a small fortune. As the series begins, Gersen is now an adult, alone in a vast interstellar society, and apparently free to act as he chooses. The freedom is an illusion. Inner-driven, Gersen has but one path in life: he will hunt down and kill the Demon Princes. He takes on one in each of the five books of the series,

The situation seems to be a relatively simple, revenge-driven plot, but Vance's genius is in the details: "Space pirates" is accurate enough to describe the bad guys, but the simplistic space opera label doesn't do justice to this group of grotesques, each unique, each eccentrically evil in unforeseen ways. These bizarre geniuses will test Gersen to the extreme. Colorful imagery, cooly urbane overviews, fast action, and unpredictable plot twists abound. As usual, Vance conveys all this with elegant style, undercutting the darker side of events with a certain ironic detachment.

This first book is entertaining, but the series gets even better as it goes on. I recommend it unreservedly.
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Jack Of Alltrades
4,0 su 5 stelle Enter Vance's universe and relax... you're in the hands of a master.
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I'm rereading all of Vance now, after 25 years and finding his novels as good as I remembered them. His heroes are decent men, outlaws perhaps, but bound by their own moral code, their own honor, much as is Chandler's Marlowe. Unlike most recent SF, Vance's protagonists have goals and strive to achieve them.

Yes, the footnotes are a bit overlong in this one, but only because I can't wait to get back to Gerson's adventures. This series is a must read for any SF aficionado.
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