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JUST SAY NO TO IMMIGRANTS! so say the malign leaders known as the Whispers at the start of this novel. although they have a genuine antipathy towards immigrants, their actual goals are more subtle yet also predictably banal: they seek personal gain, and a lot of it; the question of immigration is simply a cover for their strategies and a sop to the masses who put these populist leaders in place. but are they actually leaders? their swagger and double talk reveal them as dangerously insecure frauds.Wyst: Alastor 1716 is the final book in a loose trilogy set in the Alastor Cluster - a node of thirty thousand live stars, uncounted dead hulks and vast quantities of interstellar detritus - ruled by the enigmatic Connatic. he basically leaves the worlds in his care to their own devices, unless what can only be called human rights violations come to his attention. the three books are classic Jack Vance in that they each detail unusual human societies prone to both navel-gazing and fetishistic rituals; all three are basically standalones, with only their place in the Alastor Cluster and the Connatic himself linking them together - at least on the level of plot. the first book details the bizarre and insular Rhune of Marune: Alastor 933; the second presents the much more relaxed and unpretentious Trill of Trullion: Alastor 2262. the nation of Arrabus on the planet Wyst combines traits from both worlds, and the result is not a pretty one. the Arrabines are certainly as lazy as the Trill but lack that cultures mainly benign, easy-going ways; they are prey to the same toxic tunnel-vision as the Rhune, but lack that cultures sophistication and strength. Arrabines are pleasure-addicted fools whose enslavement to easy comforts go hand-in-hand with their willingness to sacrifice certain freedoms for those comforts. as a people they are doomed to failure, and not even a particularly resonant or interesting failure at that.the storys protagonist is a youthful visitor to the planet by the name of Jantiff Ravensroke. that name is perhaps the most striking thing about him. he has the typical qualities of most Vancean protagonists: diffident, nonchalant, basically decent. those traits are paired with a marked lack of decisiveness that makes Jantiff understandable and relatable - the young man in search of himself - but his surprising passivity also makes him rather uninteresting. the combination of insipid culture and unassertive protagonist make Wyst: Alastor 1716 the least entertaining of the three Alastor books, despite its compelling themes.still, this a good book. per usual, Vances prose is a marvel of wit, economy, and style. even a culture as static as Arrabus is a pleasure to read about when seen through the authors sardonic and dispassionate eyes, a gaze which also turn Jantiffs various bouts of soul-searching into something more amusing than annoying. and despite the carefully deliberate pacing, it has an ending that in short order manages to detail mass murder on a horrific scale, the apprehending and very unusual punishment of the villains responsible, the ins and outs of being the Connatic, and an exciting new path for Jantiff that lies beyond the final page. I left Wyst satisfied.
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