Night Lamp
Author: Jack Vance
Year: 1996
Abstract:
Jaro, the orphaned child of a mysterious woman, is rescued from certain death by the Faths, a couple of professors in an
obscure field of social science. He grows, falls in love with a beautiful woman, and gets himself a good education. He has
no memory of the first six years of his life, and he wants to find out what happened. The Faths are killed before they can
tell Jaro his background. Jaro's real father shows up, and they team up with Skirl and Gaing to go traipsing about the
galaxy in search of Jaro's past.
| Advanced Mind |  |
| Exploration/Quest | |
| Military/Fighting | |
| Horror | |
| Magic | |
| Advanced Technology | |
| Time Travel/Alternate History | |
| Science | |
| Aliens/Beasties | |
| Contemporality |
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Spectre's Review
This was one of the DUMBEST books I've ever wasted time with. For some reason, I read the whole thing (please forgive
me). The only reason this isn't blown out the airlock is because of the fact that there does actually exist an intriguing plot.
The story was poorly executed. The writing style was very poor. The only redeeming value of the whole thing was the
author didn't try to explain his modes and methods of space travel. WAY too many invented terms. In short, don't waste
your time.
Spectre's Rating
This book SUCKED!!!
