Series
Alastor Cluster
Jack Vance & Tais Teng · 4 novels · 1 short story · 1973–2019
The Alastor Trilogy consists of three novels by American writer Jack Vance: Trullion: Alastor 2262 (1973), Marune: Alastor 933 (1975), and Wyst: Alastor 1716 (1978). Vance planned a fourth novel Pharism: Alastor 458, but it was never written. A fourth authorised novel by Tais Teng, Phaedra: Alastor 824, was published under the "Paladins of Vance" label by Spatterlight Press in 2019. The series takes place in the Alastor Cluster as part of Vance's larger Gaean Reach fictional universe.
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Reading order
The order the books came out.
Best read in the order they were published.
- Omnibus editions(1 edition)
Map
Alastor Cluster at the centre, its books fanned around what holds them. Pick anything for its details, and zoom out for similar series in orbit — the reading order above lists the same books as text.
Stats
By decade
- 1970s4
- 1980s0
- 1990s0
- 2000s0
- 2010s1
Shape
4 novels · 1 short story
2 authors
reads like:science fictionpolitical intrigueother star systemsfar futureadventurousadult
Mood
Bright and intense: 75% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 44%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book4 of 5 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- Marune: Alastor 933darkest · calmest
- Wyst: Alastor 1716brightest · most intense