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The '''Alastor Trilogy''' consists of three novels by American writer [[Jack Vance]]: ''[[Trullion: Alastor 2262]]'' (1973), ''[[Marune: Alastor 933]]'' (1975), and ''[[Wyst: Alastor 1716]]'' (1978). Vance planned a fourth novel ''Pharism: Alastor 458'', but it was never written.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.integralarchive.org/biblio-3.htm |title=Foreverness, The Jack Vance Archive |accessdate=2012-09-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222112433/http://www.integralarchive.org/biblio-3.htm |archivedate=2012-02-22 }}</ref> A fourth authorised novel by [[Tais Teng]], ''Phaedra: Alastor 824'', was published under the "Paladins of Vance" label by Spatterlight Press in 2019.<ref>{{cite web |title=Phaedra: Alastor 824 |url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44588590-phaedra |accessdate=2020-02-16}}</ref> The series takes place in the Alastor Cluster as part of Vance's larger [[Gaean Reach]] fictional universe. |
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| ⚫ | As described in the novel ''Marune'', three thousand of the star systems in the cluster are inhabited by five trillion humans. Vance describes them as having "little in common except their lack of uniformity."<ref name="marune">{{cite book|title=Marune: Alastor 933| isbn=978-0575109773 |first=Jack|last=Vance|publisher=Hachette UK|date=29 Sep 2011}}</ref> They are ruled by the [[laissez-faire]] Connatic Oman Ursht, "the sixteenth of the Idite dynasty".<ref name="marune" /> The Connatic's palace, Lusz, on the planet Numenes,<ref name="marune" /> rises "ten thousand feet above the sea on five great pylons", and contains chambers dedicated to each inhabited planet.<ref name="trullion">{{cite book |last=Vance |first=Jack |title=Trullion: Alastor 2262 |date=29 Sep 2011 |publisher=[[Hachette UK]] |isbn=978-0575109766}}</ref> |
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A [[globular cluster|globular]] [[star cluster]] Vance describes as "a whorl of thirty thousand live stars in an irregular volume twenty to thirty light-years in diameter,"<ref name=trullion>{{cite book|title=Trullion: Alastor 2262| isbn=978-0575109766 |first=Jack|last=Vance|publisher=[[Hachette UK]]|date=29 Sep 2011}}</ref> the Alastor Cluster is part of Vance's larger [[Gaean Reach]] fictional universe. |
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The Connatic's palace, Lusz, on the planet Numenes,<ref name=marune/> rises "ten thousand feet above the sea on five great pylons", and contains chambers dedicated to each inhabited planet.<ref name=trullion/> His military force, the Whelm, is so-called for its use of overwhelming military force to accomplish victory. In the manner of [[Harun al-Rashid]] of ''[[The Thousand and One Nights]]'', he goes among his people in disguise: often acting under a [[pseudonym]] in the guise of an official of his own government. His character acts as a ''[[deus ex machina]]'', linking the series of novels together. |
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A fourth authorised novel by [[Tais Teng]], ''Phaedra: Alastor 824'', was published under the "Paladins of Vance" label by Spatterlight Press in 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44588590-phaedra |title=Phaedra: Alastor 824 |accessdate=2020-02-16 }}</ref> |
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The Alastor Trilogy consists of three novels by American writer Jack Vance: Trullion: Alastor 2262 (1973), Marune: Alastor 933 (1975), and Wyst: Alastor 1716 (1978). Vance planned a fourth novel Pharism: Alastor 458, but it was never written.[1] A fourth authorised novel by Tais Teng, Phaedra: Alastor 824, was published under the "Paladins of Vance" label by Spatterlight Press in 2019.[2] The series takes place in the Alastor Cluster as part of Vance's larger Gaean Reach fictional universe.
As described in the novel Marune, three thousand of the star systems in the cluster are inhabited by five trillion humans. Vance describes them as having "little in common except their lack of uniformity."[3] They are ruled by the laissez-faire Connatic Oman Ursht, "the sixteenth of the Idite dynasty".[3] The Connatic's palace, Lusz, on the planet Numenes,[3] rises "ten thousand feet above the sea on five great pylons", and contains chambers dedicated to each inhabited planet.[4]
References
- ^ "Foreverness, The Jack Vance Archive". Archived from the original on 2012-02-22. Retrieved 2012-09-06.
- ^ "Phaedra: Alastor 824". Retrieved 2020-02-16.
- ^ a b c Vance, Jack (29 Sep 2011). Marune: Alastor 933. Hachette UK. ISBN 978-0575109773.
- ^ Vance, Jack (29 Sep 2011). Trullion: Alastor 2262. Hachette UK. ISBN 978-0575109766.
External links
- Alastor Cluster series listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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