Wyst: Alastor 1716

by Jack Vance

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Series: Alastor (3)

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Arrabus on the planet Wyst is an "egalistic" nation, where everyone is supposedly equal to everyone else. Arrabins work only two hours per week ("drudge"), which is drawn at random each week. In return, they receive food in the form of gruff, deedle, and wobbly-all synthetically produced food-and are housed in gigantic block tenements. Natural food ("bonter") is very rare, resulting in a flourishing black market trade with the "Weirdlands", the lands beyond Arrabus. An executive committee of four, selected at random and known as the Whisperers, governs Arrabus.… (more)

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HanJie | Sep 25, 2020 |

Aardig verhaal. Niets meer of minder dan dat. (

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EdwinKort | Oct 18, 2019 |

A typical Vance: a charming idea, a lush setting and an impressive vocabulary, but marred somewhat by a straightforward plot, and an over-the-top mystery damsel. It seemed like Vance grew impatient after the section in Balad, because the ending feels extremely rushed. (

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Petroglyph | Jul 12, 2016 |

This books is just shy of perfection. An unexpected tale, a sly satire on socialism and leftist thought in general, as well as statist control in general, the tale is marred only by the too-pat deus ex machina ending. And yet . . . I've this feeling that Vance started the book with the ending in mind! As usual with Vance, the prose is magnificent. And the character of Jantik Ravensroke is brilliantly conceived. The comedy at the start, with the Connatic (supreme ruler of that part of the galaxy) interviewing a bunch of politicians and likely criminals, is even funny. (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Jack Vance	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Ladd, Eric	Cover artist	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Martĳn, Jaime	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Mattingly, David	Cover artist	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Alastor by Jack Vance

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Wyst: Alastor 1716

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1978-11

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Alastor, ein Kugelhaufen von dreißigtausend Sonnen, unzähligen verglühten Himmelskörpern und einer Vielfalt von Asteroiden und interstellarem Treibgut, befindet sich am inneren Rand der Galaxis, zwischen dem Unseligen Nichts vor und der Nonestikkluft hinter ihm, und dem Gaeanischen Territorium als funkelnder Sternenschleier an einer Seite.

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Arrabus on the planet Wyst is an "egalistic" nation, where everyone is supposedly equal to everyone else. Arrabins work only two hours per week ("drudge"), which is drawn at random each week. In return, they receive food in the form of gruff, deedle, and wobbly-all synthetically produced food-and are housed in gigantic block tenements. Natural food ("bonter") is very rare, resulting in a flourishing black market trade with the "Weirdlands", the lands beyond Arrabus. An executive committee of four, selected at random and known as the Whisperers, governs Arrabus.

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