Night Lamp
A Science Fiction, Fantasy, Fiction book. Shit, this took some warming up. The huge majority of the plot is in the final 30%...
Jack Vance has specialized in science fiction decadence since his first stories in 1950. This novel's decadent world is called Fader, whose inhabitants have only leisure to pursue since they have a genetically engineered slave class to do their hard work. Fader is threatened by many dangers, but the pleasure-seeking inhabitants are paralyzed by lack of will. Vance has developed his own vocabulary, sometimes tricky to decipher, to convey an alien speech, but the meaning of his invented words emerges as...
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- Filetype: PDF
- Pages: 380 pages
- ISBN: 9780002246538 / 2246538
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Somewhat colorful, but the plot is slow and meandering. In some ways typical of Vance, but not his best work. Probably the quirkiest, dorkiest and easily visualized sci-fi/fantasy novel I've ever read!! Shit, this took some warming up. The huge majority of the plot is in the final 30% of the book, so prepare yourself for some heavy world building. This was my first jack Vance, and apparently he's a master so I decided to try it, and I did end up liking it, but not for the first 60% of the book. Characters are all shockingly formal...
