Night Lamp (Paperback)
| Author: Jack Vance |
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Publish Date: 4/10/2007
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| Found as a child with no memory of his past, adopted by a scholarly couple who raised him as their own, Jaro never quite fit into the rigidly defined Society of Thanet. When his foster parents are killed in a mysterious bombing, Jaro Fath sets out to discover the truth of his origins - a quest that will take him across light-years and into the depths of the past. |
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From the Publisher: Found as a child with no memory of his past, adopted by a scholarly couple who raised him as their own, Jaro never quiet fit into the rigidly defined Society of Thanet. Jaro Fath embarks on a dangerous and difficult quest to uncover the mystery of his origins, a secret hidden by his adoptive parents and lost with their untimely murdersWhen his foster parents are killed in a mysterious bombing, Jaro Fath sets out to discover the truth of his origins--a quest that will take him across light-years and into the depths of the past. Found as a child with no memory of his past, adopted by a scholarly couple who raised him as their own, Jaro never quiet fit into the rigidly defined Society of Thanet. Found as a child with no memory of his past, adopted by a scholarly couple who raised him as their own, Jaro never quite fit into the rigidly defined Society of Thanet.|When his foster parents are killed in a mysterious bombing, Jaro Fath sets out to discover the truth of his origins - a quest that will take him across light-years and into the depths of the past.When his foster parents are killed in a mysterious bombing, Jaro Fath sets out to discover the truth of his origins--a quest that will take him across light-years and into the depths of the past. |
Author Bio
Jack Vance
American science fiction and fantasy author Jack Vance has won nearly every award possible for a writer in his genre--from the Nebula to the Edgar, the Hugo to the World Fantasy Award; the Science Fiction Writers of America have named him a Grand Master. Vance's career has spanned over six decades, and as such his writings are perhaps more varied than many authors laden with the SF/Fantasy label. The New York Times as called him "one of American literature's most distinctive and undervalued voices," and his fans are vigorous in their praises. | |Jack Vance was born in 1928 in San Francisco, but after his parents divorced, his mother relocated with her children to a more rural area along the Sacramento River. Vance attended the University of California, Berkeley. He took six years to complete a degree, bouncing between studies in English, physics, and engineering. After fudging an eye exam, Vance served in the Merchant Marines during World War II, but weak eyesight has plagued him throughout his life, and he was diagnosed as legally blind in 1980. Vance has lived for years with his family in Oakland, California.
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"Storyteller Vance is in top form here: the result is uneven in places, perhaps, but always astonishing and enthralling." Washington Post Book World
"Much of 'The Night Lamp' is almost an adventure-story-cum-mystery of manners. If Thackeray had written science fiction, it might have come out like this." - Darrell Schweitzer 01/26/1997 New York Times Book Review
"In "Night Lamp", Mr. Vance is at the top of his form." - Gerald Jonas 11/03/1996
"Storyteller Vance is in top form here: the result is uneven in places, perhaps, but always astonishing and enthralling." Washington Post Book World
"Much of 'The Night Lamp' is almost an adventure-story-cum-mystery of manners. If Thackeray had written science fiction, it might have come out like this." - Darrell Schweitzer 01/26/1997 New York Times Book Review
"In "Night Lamp", Mr. Vance is at the top of his form." - Gerald Jonas 11/03/1996
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