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Name: The Last Castle
Author: Jack Vance
Year: 1966
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Genres/categories: Science fiction, Award winners, Fantasy

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ISBN:
9780934438353
9780934438360
0934438358
0934438366
Winner of the Nebula award for Best Novella in 1966.
Winner of the Hugo award for Best Novellete in 1967.

The novel is about a group of expatriates who have created a set of castles on an otherwise uninhabited world; they pursue an effete aristocratic lifestyle. Their servants inexplicably revolt; what will gentlemen do? This novel shows Vance's verbal style like no other.
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