Ecce and Old Earth
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Sequel to Araminta Station.
It was just an old piece of paper. The original Title Deed and Charter that preserved for all time the unspoiled wilderness beauty ofthe planet Cadwal: no human settlement, no mining or commercial development. No interference with the teeming variety of its native life forms.
But now the Charter had gone missing from the archives on Old Earth - just as an unholy conspiracy of the greedy and the unscrupulous campaigned to open up Cadwal to unlimited exploitation.
Glawen Clattuc from Araminta Station and tantalising Wayness Tamm find themselves charged with the alarming task of tracking down the missing Charter, thwarting a galaxy-wide plot and saving a planet...
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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
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3 primary booksCadwal Chronicles is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 1987 with contributions by Jack Vance.
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1 released bookGaean Reach is a 35-book series first released in 1964 with contributions by Jack Vance, Mark Carpentier Alting, and 6 others.
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