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The Last Castle by Jack Vance:
Science Fiction Inventions, Technology and Ideas
The novel is about a group of expatriates who have created a set of castles on an otherwise uninhabited world; they pursue an effete aristocratic lifestyle supported by their servants, the Meks which are manlike creatures native to a planet of Etamin.
('The Last Castle' by Jack Vance)
Their servants inexplicably revolt; what will gentlemen do? This novel shows Vance's verbal style like no other; it won both the Nebula Award and the Hugo Award. Select an invention:
Energy-Cannon |
Lift Chair |
Power-Wagon - legless beast of burden |
Syrup Sac - kind of like those gravity flow beer hats |
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