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Loading... Ecce and Old Earth (1991)by Jack Vance
   None No current Talk conversations about this book.  clong | May 19, 2015 |  In a sense, Ecce and Old Earth continues the trend of its predecessor, [b:Araminta Station|40892|Araminta Station (Cadwal Chronicles, #1)|Jack Vance|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1330487708s/40892.jpg|2705034], in that it's more directly a detective story than most Vance books. Its protagonist, Glawen Clattuc, is, after all, a policeman, and the book traces his search in parallel with that of his love interest, Wayness Tamm. But where Araminta Station focused mostly on the planet Cadwal, here we're treated to Vance's gift for creating weird and wonderful landscapes as the two protagonists pursue their separate searches. Unusually for Vance's SF, we spend a fair amount of time on Earth itself, and while some of it is changed past recognition, it's fun to see places such as Trieste through a Vancian eye. The result of all this is a book that's entertaining and colorful, and the best in the Cadwal Chronicles series. While the series as a whole doesn't match Vance's best, it's still good, and this book is very good. CVIE edition (  ) BMorrisAllen | May 14, 2013 | Almost unspeakably awful in almost every way. Caomhghin | May 13, 2013 | HanJie | Nov 8, 2012 | no reviews | add a review
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Ecce and Old Earth is volume two of the Cadwal Chronicles trilogy, by SF Grandmaster Jack Vance.Glawen Clattuc takes a desperate chance to free his kidnapped father from a prison camp on the viciously primitive continent named Ecce.Meanwhile, Wayness Tamm travels to decadent Old Earth to search for the Charter of Conservancy, the thousand-year-old document which protects the pristine planet Cadwal. - Matt HughesEcce and Old Earth is Book II of the Cadwal trilogy, and Volume 56 of the Spatterlight Press Signature Series.Released in the centenary of the author's birth, this handsome new collectionis based upon the prestigious Vance Integral Edition. Select volumes enjoyup-to-date maps, and many are graced with freshly-written forewords contributedby a distinguished group of authors. Each book bears a facsimile of theauthor's signature and a previously-unpublished photograph, chosen from family archives for the period the book was written. These uniquefeatures will be appreciated by all, from seasoned Vance collector to new reader sampling the spectrum of this author's influential work forthe first time. No library descriptions found. 
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While the book spends some time recounting the next round of adventures of Araminta Station's protagonist, Glawen Clattuc, the story primarily focuses on Glawen's love interest, Wayness Tamm, as she tries to unravel the mystery of what happened to the Cadwal Charter. It's worth your time if for no other reason than the oddness of Vance's efforts to provide a feminine version of his prototypical male protagonist. (