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Big Planet Taschenbuch – 4. Februar 2017

Englisch Ausgabe von Jack Vance (Autor), Michael Moorcock (Vorwort)
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Big Planet is populated by an odd assortment of splinter societies, where beauty and evil dwell in uneasy proximity. The self-styled Bajarnum of Beaujolais seeks to rule the planet; Claude Glystra leads a commission from Earth to investigate, but his ship is sabotaged in orbit and crashes far from safety. Glystra must trek 40,000 miles across the vast surface of Big Planet to Earth Enclave if he is to succeed - but his first challenge is to survive.

Big Planet is Volume 4 of the Spatterlight Press Signature Series.Released in the centenary of the author's birth, this handsome new collectionis based upon the prestigious Vance Integral Edition. Select volumes enjoyup-to-date maps, and many are graced with freshly-written forewords contributedby a distinguished group of authors. Each book bears a facsimile of theauthor's signature and a previously-unpublished photograph, chosen from family archives for the period the book was written. These uniquefeatures will be appreciated by all, from seasoned Vance collector to new reader sampling the spectrum of this author's influential work forthe first time. – John Vance II

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    15.24 x 1.14 x 22.86 cm
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  • Herausgeber ‏ : ‎ Spatterlight Press; 1. Edition (4. Februar 2017)
  • Sprache ‏ : ‎ Englisch
  • Taschenbuch ‏ : ‎ 180 Seiten
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1619471191
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1619471191
  • Abmessungen ‏ : ‎ 15.24 x 1.14 x 22.86 cm
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5,0 von 5 Sternen Classic Vance
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This book follows the most famous archetype that Vance used: civilized and talented man (Claude Glystra in this book) is stranded in a new and mysterious place (Big Planet) and seeks to travel to a destination (Earth Enclave). In the course of his travels through strange lands and encounters unusual new cultures. It's a relatively short and easy read and the VIE edition is perfect.
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5,0 von 5 Sternen Great creation of a range of cultures
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In Vances' inimitable style, a great discovery after my time with Cugal.
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Grazie a Big Planet (it. "L'odissea di Glystra" o "Il Grande Pianeta"), storia pubblicata nel settembre 1952 sulla rivista Startling Stories, poi in volume dalla Avalon Books nel 1957 in versione ridotta, Jack Vance (28 agosto 1916 – 26 maggio 2013) diede un forte impulso al genere del planetary romance, "filone della narrativa fantascientifica che ambienta le avventure su un pianeta diverso dalla Terra e come tema generale si concentra sull'esplorazione e la scoperta delle meraviglie di questo pianeta esotico e spesso primitivo" (fonte wiki).
Scritto subito dopo il lungo viaggio in Europa intrapreso da Vance e dalla moglie Norma alla fine degli anni '40, questo romanzo rappresenta infatti un modello di riferimento per molti scrittori dei decenni successivi. In precedenza i mondi alieni erano stati semplici palcoscenici, più o meno pittoreschi, dove ambientare avventure rocambolesche, secondo lo stile tanto amato di E. R. Burroughs. Con Vance per la prima volta il pianeta diventa il vero protagonista: più che le peripezie di Glystra e del suo gruppo di naufraghi, a catalizzare l'attenzione del lettore sono le civiltà umane che nel giro di mezzo millennio dalla scoperta si sono sviluppate sul Grande Pianeta. Lo scrittore californiano crea così un modello di planetary romance che avrebbe riscosso un lungo successo, basti pensare alla corposa saga di Majipoor firmata Robert Silverberg. Il mondo descritto nel romanzo di Vance è enorme, tanto vasto quanto povero di metalli e quindi a bassa densità, con una gravità paragonabile a quella terrestre, dal clima mite e accogliente; luogo ideale per ospitare gli insoddisfatti della civiltà tecnologica, i rivoluzionari, gli eremiti e in generale tutte le comunità stravaganti e anticonformiste. Non a caso i primi ad aver colonizzato questo mondo benevolo sono stati, nella fantasia del grande Jack, gruppi di nudisti alla ricerca di un luogo dove vivere liberamente e, soprattutto, senza vestiti. L'autore si dimostra abile nel dipingere un quadro affascinante, ricco di popoli strani e civiltà esotiche, a volte ispirate a quelle terrestri, a volte originali ed eccentriche, persino utopiche. I vari personaggi mancano di un'approfondita introspezione psicologica, a tratti appaiono stereotipati nella loro caratterizzazione, e anche i dialoghi difettano della verve e dell'umorismo che avrebbero contraddistinto le successive opere vanceane e che già si erano palesati nei primi racconti della Terra morente (usciti nel 1950). Ma la forza di questo romanzo sta nelle descrizioni dei grandi paesaggi, nelle invenzioni degli abitanti per sopperire alla penuria di metalli lavorabili, nelle elaborate forme sociali che si sono evolute alla luce del sole alieno di nome Phedra, nei colpi di scena e nelle avventure picaresche che comunque non mancano e scandiscono la trama sino all'ultimo capitolo.
Sparsi nell'opera vi avvertono echi del già citato Burroughs, di Clark Ashton Smith, soprattutto di C. L. Moore, nonché delle esperienze personali di Vance, persona che fu sempre amante dei viaggi e curiosa delle altre culture, anche molto lontane da quella statunitense e fonte inesauribile di spunti e idee.
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Wide and colourful, Vance-style.
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Big Planet is a lawless and fragmented world many times larger than Earth, which is largely self-governed, save for a small administrative safe area known as Earth Enclave. The story begins as a spaceship arrives at the planet carrying a commission of people from Earth who have been sent to keep up good relations with the inhabitants and to investigate Earth's growing concern with the Bajarnum of Beaujolais, Charley Lysidder, who is trying to unify the various peoples of Big Planet and take control of it. However, the ship is sabotaged by one of the crew members and crash landed into a remote village of Big Planet called Jubilith and thus begins a quest to travel 40,000 miles across the planet to the safety of Earth Enclave, with the Bajarnum on their tales at every step.

The plot is quite straight forward and primarily serves as a means for Vance to do what he does best--that is, take the reader on a grand tour of an exotic, alien world. This was Vance's typical brand of science fiction which he so fondly used throughout his career--the so called planetary romance--and whilst this book was quite unique in it's day and helped establish the genre, in retrospect it suffers from being a little uneven at times due to it being an early work, showing evidence of a young Jack Vance still perfecting his craft.

The book begins a little clumsily and descends into a 'whodunit', with the main protagonist Claude Glystra taking charge of the impossible mission and trying to establish who has betrayed the commission and crash landed the ship. But as the novel progresses and the quest goes on, Vance hits his stride and begins to paint an interesting travelogue which becomes very enjoyable. The highlight of the book is no doubt the intriguing settlement of Kirstendale, to which the central characters arrive at by means of the monoline--which is a sort of wind-powered overhead cable car stretching many hundreds of miles. The group realise that Kirstendale is not what it first appears to be as they discover that an interesting system is in place which allows all of it's settlers to enjoy a part-time life of luxury by dividing their time up between acting as a masters in their own estate and then acting as a servant to other residents at other parts of the day!

Myrtlesee Fountain was another highlight of the book--the religious zealotry built an intense and creepy atmosphere and learning about the bizarre process of how Oracles are created was particularly enjoyable, and quintessential Vance.

The book's main weakness is probably it's characterisation. Our main protagonist, Claude Glystra is your typical hero, who is endlessly motivated to the task at hand. The book's love interest is a local girl called Nancy who joins the group at the crash site of Jubilith, and the relationship between her and Claude is rather predictable. Charley Lysidder, the books villain, is probably the most intriguing character, and his role reminded me of the various villains in Vance's later Demon Princes books. But unfortunately, the rest of the cast--including the other members of the commission--are rather unmemorable and are not really fleshed out enough to make them distinguishable.

Big Planet was a very satisfying read, it was a little slow to get going, but there were lots of interesting and unique ideas as the book progressed. Perhaps not a book to recommend for readers new to Vance, but definitely one that will be enjoyable to those already accustomed to his style.
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