| Last Call | |
| Author | Tim Powers |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Fault Lines series |
| Genre(s) | Fantasy novel |
| Publisher | William Morrow & Co |
| Publication date | 1992 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 479 pp |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-688-10732-X |
| Followed by | Expiration Date |
Last Call (1992) is a fantasy novel by Tim Powers. Timothy Thomas Powers (born February 29, 1952) is an American Science fiction and fantasy author The United States of America —commonly referred to as the English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Fantasy literature is Fantasy in written form Historically speaking the majority of fantasy works have been literature Publishing is the process of production and dissemination of Literature or Information &ndash the activity of making information available for public view William Morrow and Company is an American Publishing company founded by William Morrow in 1926 The year 1992 in literature involved some significant events and new books A hardcover (or hardback or hardbound) is a Book bound with rigid protective covers (typically of cardboard covered with Cloth Paperback, softback, or softcover describe and refer to a Book by the nature of its binding. The year 1992 in literature involved some significant events and new books Fantasy is a Genre that uses magic and other Supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, and/or setting Timothy Thomas Powers (born February 29, 1952) is an American Science fiction and fantasy author It was published in New York by Harper Collins in 1996 with ISBN 0-380-72846-X. HarperCollins is a Publishing company owned by News Corporation. It is the first book in a loose trilogy called Fault Lines; the second book, Expiration Date (1995), is vaguely related to Last Call, the third book, Earthquake Weather (1997), acts as a sequel to the first two books. A trilogy is a set of three works of art usually Literature, Film, or Video games, that are connected and can be seen either as a single work or three The year 1995 in literature involved some significant events and new books The year 1997 in literature involved some significant events and new books A sequel is a work in Literature, Film, or other media that portrays events following those of a previous work
Major themes
Like many of Powers' novels, Last Call features a detailed magic system, here based on divinatory tarot, and draws on mythical or historical events and characters, in this case Bugsy Siegel and the development of Las Vegas casinos as well as the legend of the Fisher King. Magic, sometimes known as sorcery, is a Conceptual system that asserts human ability to control the natural world (including events objects people and The tarot (also known as tarocchi, tarock or similar names is typically a set of seventy-eight cards comprised of twenty-one trump cards, one Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel Las Vegas ( Spanish: "The Meadows" is the most populous City in the state of Nevada, the seat of Clark County, and an internationally A casino is in the modern sense of the word a facility that houses and accommodates certain types of Gambling activities The Fisher King or the Wounded King figures in Arthurian legend as the latest in a line charged with keeping the Holy Grail. Powers makes use of T. S. Eliot's poem The Waste Land throughout, which also features the Fisher King legend. Thomas Stearns Eliot, OM (September 26 1888 – January 4 1965 was a poet Dramatist, and Literary critic. The Waste Land ( 1922) is a highly influential 434-line modernist poem by T
Awards
Last Call won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel in 1993. This World Fantasy Award is given to the Fantasy Novel or novels voted best by a panel of judges and presented each year at the World Fantasy Convention Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar)
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