rene@umcp-cs.UUCP (10/24/83)
Does anyone know about a book about some guy who wakes up in some kind
of work camp, without his memory. The doctors piece together where he
comes from from his odd reactions to certain things like eating in
public (on his planet people ate together only with screens over the
lower half of the face - eating was about as socially acceptable as
excretion) and an exhileration in the dark (which, on his planet, was
the only time sexual activity was acceptable - men would put on masks
and go 'rape' a willing woman, if she chose him). When he returned, it
turned out that he had been put away because of some 'magic formula'
made by natives, and there was something about sibling rivalry and
inheritance, I think. It's been a long while, so I hope I've got what
details I remember right.
Thanks,
- rene
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Uucp:...{allegra,seismo}!umcp-cs!renepadpowell@wateng.UUCP (PAD Powell [Admin]) (10/27/83)
The book is by Jack Vance, and is one of the ALISTOR series.
I think it was :Alistor: WYST 623
The series was very interesting. I wonder why he stopped doing them.
Patrick ("Where the h**l is that Chistopher Anvil information Guys?")
Powell, System Dictator Pro Tem, VLSI Research Group,
U. Waterloo, Waterloo, Ont. Canada. N2L 3G1sanders@aecom.UUCP (Jeremy Sanders) (11/02/83)
The book that rene asked about is Marune : Alastor 993 by Jack Vance
Jeremy Sanders
{philabs,esquire,cucard,pegasus}!aecom!sandersrene@umcp-cs.UUCP (11/03/83)
Many thanks to those who responded with Jack Vance's "Marune: Alastor 993"
book. The title doesn't ring a bell at ALL, but so many say it is, so
it must be (can 10,000 frenchmen be wrong?). It's an odd title,
anyway, not all that memorable, and it was a LONG time ago. Is it
possible it was a novelette or something under a different title,
later expanded to novel length? I can't seem to find it in the library
or local bookstores - are the Alastor books still in print?
Thanks,
- rene
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Uucp:...{allegra,seismo}!umcp-cs!reneandree@uokvax.UUCP (11/09/83)
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Does anyone know about a book about some guy who wakes up in some kind
of work camp, without his memory. The doctors piece together where he
comes from from his odd reactions to certain things like eating in
public (on his planet people ate together only with screens over the
lower half of the face - eating was about as socially acceptable as
excretion) and an exhileration in the dark (which, on his planet, was
the only time sexual activity was acceptable - men would put on masks
and go 'rape' a willing woman, if she chose him). When he returned, it
turned out that he had been put away because of some 'magic formula'
made by natives, and there was something about sibling rivalry and
inheritance, I think. It's been a long while, so I hope I've got what
details I remember right.
Thanks,
- rene
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Arpa: rene.umcp-cs@CSNet-relay
Uucp:...{allegra,seismo}!umcp-cs!rene
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You win - I happen to be reading this at home, so I walked two feet,
and picked up the book you want:
Title: Marune: Alastor 933
Author: Jack Vance
Publisher: DAW (paperback version)
This is apparently one of a series of books by Vance dealing with the Alastor
cluster - a LARGE globular cluster under the same government. The other two I
have are Wyst (# 1716) and Trullion (# 2262). All three are at least very
good. Pointers to others in the series would be appreciated.
<mike
P.S. - These books are not interdependent. You can read on all by its lonesome
without missing anything.