By Jack Vance. THE FACELESS MAN. Email to friends Share on Facebook - opens in a new window or tab Share on Twitter - opens in a new window or tab Share on Pinterest - opens in a new window or tab Share on Facebook - opens in a new window or tab Share on Twitter - opens in a new window or tab Share on Pinterest - opens in a new window or tab. Most of the novel is interesting, but the ending is a let-down. Rather than have a real denouement, Jack Vance just wraps up the action as quickly as possible. Ifness is called away to return to Earth, and Gastel locates the Faceless Man, who promises to do better and help the people of Durdane. Despite the abrupt ending, the unique culture of Durdane makes The Faceless Man an interesting book. Buy The Faceless Man by Jack Vance online at Alibris. We have new and used copies available, in 3 editions - starting at $ Shop now.
John Holbrook "Jack" Vance was an American mystery, fantasy, and science fiction writer. Though most of his work has been published under the name Jack Vance, he also wrote 11 mystery novels using his full name John Holbrook Vance, three under the pseudonym Ellery Queen, and one each using the pseudonyms Alan Wade, Peter Held, John van See, and Jay Kavanse. The Durdane series is a trilogy of science fiction books written by Jack Vance between and , and detail the adventures of Gastel Etzwane on the world Durdane. The trilogy, as a whole, portrays his rise from common boy to the autocrat The Anome, and finally, as a saviour of his world against the alien Asutra of the third book.. The three books in the trilogy are, in reading and. 1 The Anome () by Jack Vance also appeared as: Variant: The Faceless Man () Translation: Der Mann ohne Gesicht [German] () Translation: De Anome [Dutch] () Translation: Il mondo di Durdane [Italian] () Translation: L'homme sans visage [French] ().
The Anome (alternative title: The Faceless Man) is a science fiction novel by American writer Jack Vance, first published in (copyright ); it is the first book in the Durdane series of novels. Buy The Faceless Man by Jack Vance online at Alibris. We have new and used copies available, in 3 editions - starting at $ Shop now. It was first published in under the title The Faceless Man as a two part serial in The Magazine of Science and Science Fiction. It was released as a novel under the current title in The Anome should be read first, followed by The Brave Free Men. It does not work well as a stand alone book.
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