Ports of Call eBook Jack Vance
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Myron Tany is an unhappy young economist until his flamboyant great-aunt lets him captain her space yacht on an interstellar hunt for a clinic rumored to restore youth. But when a disagreement with Dame Hester leaves Myron stranded on a distant planet, he signs on as supercargo aboard the tramp freighter Glicca. He travels the exotic worlds of the Gaean Reach, finding adventure or misadventure at every touchdown.
Jack Vance, grandmaster of lighthearted space opera, shapes a picaresque tale of adventure, romance, humor, and youth’s eternal yearning to see the wonders that lie beyond the horizon.
Ports of Call eBook Jack Vance
I love the casual way Vance writing in this mode dashes off exoticism melded with tongue in cheek humor and non-nihilistic cynicism...nobody is wholly good, though some are outright bad, and you can generally expect the less objectionable to eventually win out, though not unscathed. Those looking for straightforward adventure would be better off with Planet of Adventure, but if you don't mind a bit of ambiguity and a story that's more travelogue than plot, this is tremendously fun.Product details
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Ports of Call eBook Jack Vance Reviews
I hope you will read this book and get the sequel,Lurulu.These are good fast reads by the late master who wrote the Dying Earth tetralogy.Vance was one of the best of the storytellers in sci-fi/fantasy and he influenced many present day writers from George R R Martin to Neil Gaiman to Dan Simmons...read anything Vance wrote,and see why.
Jack Vance excelled at what I call "Travelog Science Fiction" wherein the protagonist travels to exotic planets in far-flung star systems having action-filled adventures in beautifully detailed exotic cultures while enduring mediocre hotels, vile resturant meals and surly waitstaff. Ports of Call is one of his better efforts in this genre, exceeded only by his Demon Princes series.
The problem is that Ports of Call is really the first half of a novel which is completed in Lurulu. Ports of Call is available in Format--Lurulu is not. This is quite frustrating. I don't understand decisions of this nature, but then again I've never been accused of being a businessman.
Myron Tany wants to travel in space, though his folks want him to finish his education and be respectable. When Myron's great aunt Dame Hester LaJoie receives a slander settlement in the form of a beautiful space yacht, Myron sees his opportunity.
Hester wishes to find the "Fountain of Youth" described in a magazine article, and decides to take her yacht for a trip. After exposing Hester's 'male friend' as a fraud, Myron is allowed to captain the yacht.
They set out on their journey, but Hester soon becomes bored and demands that they visit other spaceports for action. Hester allows shady Marko Fassig to join them on their journey, and after a confrontation, Myron is dropped off at the spaceport of Port Tanjee and left behind.
Myron then joins the crew of the 'Glicca', a space freighter, as a supercargo under Captain Maloof. With shipmates Fay Schwatzendale and Wingo, a cargo bay filled with deliveries, and passengers from a strange religious sect, Myron sets out on his space adventures.
'Ports Of Call' is the first book in Myron's adventures, followed by 'Lurulu', so the story will seem unfinished when you reach the end of the book. However, my major complaint wasn't the abrupt ending but the exit of the most interesting character even before the halfway point; Dame Hester LaJoie. Hester has the sauciness of Vance's usual characters, and Myron, in comparison, is weak, dull, and gullible. Following Dame Hester's absence from the story, the most interesting character of Myron's new crew, Hilmar Krim, is quickly removed from the story also.
Adding to the downside is a tendency of Vance's to be repetitive in certain details and phrases, and poor editing on the part of the publisher. Again, like Vance's 'Night Lamp', 'Ports Of Call' is a good book to read if you are a fan of Jack Vance. Otherwise, pick up 'The Demon Princes' first, for a better taste of Vance. Enjoy!
This book oozes with the charm of Vance's writing style.
These are the voyages of the Glicca trading ship as it makes its way to various ports-of-call in the Gaean Reach. It tells of how Myron Tany joins the now four-man crew as supercargo.
Its matter-of-fact captain is Maloof, who keeps Myron out of trouble. There is Wingo the chef who considers himself a philosopher of sorts. And then there is the engineer Schwatzendale who is a master gambler.
Also aboard the ship is the showman Moncrief and a group of pilgrims headed for the world Kyril.
Unfortunately this book does not have much of an ending - but as it turns-out, the sequel Lurulu wraps everything up nicely. It should have been published as a single book.
Vance is in fine form and the book is a delightful example of his clever writing skills - but be warned, you will no doubt need a dictionary.
I love the casual way Vance writing in this mode dashes off exoticism melded with tongue in cheek humor and non-nihilistic cynicism...nobody is wholly good, though some are outright bad, and you can generally expect the less objectionable to eventually win out, though not unscathed. Those looking for straightforward adventure would be better off with Planet of Adventure, but if you don't mind a bit of ambiguity and a story that's more travelogue than plot, this is tremendously fun.
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