- Paperback: 304 pages
- Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd; New edition edition (7 April 1994)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0450594254
- ISBN-13: 978-0450594250
- Product Dimensions: 17.4 x 11 x 2.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 518,772 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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In the third volume of the "Cadwell Chronicles", Glawen Clattuc and his beloved Wayness Tamm continue their battle to safeguard their beautiful planet. The author's most recent novels include the "Lyonesse" sequence and the first two volumes of the "Cadwell Chronicles".
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Format:Paperback
Finished the trilogy off quite nicely, tying up the loose ends.
Not one of Jack Vances best but in the mainstream of the genre.
The trilogy could have been finished off quicker - sometimes the floweriness of the descriptions seems a little too elaborate and long winded and thus mars the pleasure in following the convoluted plot-line but then that is Jack Vances inimitable style.
All in all still well worth reading.
Not one of Jack Vances best but in the mainstream of the genre.
The trilogy could have been finished off quicker - sometimes the floweriness of the descriptions seems a little too elaborate and long winded and thus mars the pleasure in following the convoluted plot-line but then that is Jack Vances inimitable style.
All in all still well worth reading.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
A serious disappointment
10 Oct 2003
Format:Hardcover
I adored the first two books in this series and despaired at ever being able to find a copy of Throy on sale. Finally, it surfaced on Marketplace, and I snapped it up...to find a book about a third the size of the others, no sub plots, and abrupt solutions to plots carried throughout the other two books. "Gutted", as we say in the UK! Sure, the Vancian humour is there...but this is a pale imitation of the man at his best. A real anticlimax :(
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
I can only surmise that Vance was tired of Cadwal.
4 May 1999
Format:Paperback
The first two books ("Araminta Station" and "Ecce and Old Earth") were wonderful creations. "Throy" is a conclusion, of sorts: but your heart will sink when you see how short it is, and you realise that, given that the storyline had to be wrapped up, it could hardly be any shorter. With one bound, the Yip problem is solved forever. -Still, having read the earlier books, you'll want to read this one, too. Good luck finding it.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Despite brevity, first rate Vance
12 Jun 2009
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Although there is truth in what other reviewers have commented, i.e., that this book is too short, and has the usual qualities of a somewhat hastily wrapped up ending that is rather typical of Jack Vance, still, it is Vintage Vance, the writing of the mature master when he was at his best. There are wonderful scenes, witty dialogue, and evocative descriptions to match his other mature work. If you care for Vance (I love his work above all so-called science or speculative fiction), you simply cannot miss this conclusion to the excellent Cadwal Chronicles. Nothing more to be said. Except maybe that it's not nearly as hard to find as implied. Used copies are readily available, if a wee bit premium priced for rarity.
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