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Subject: Re: the alastor books - (nf)
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ucbcad!kalash    Nov 13 12:16:00 1983

	     I believe the Alastor books aren't about a globular cluster
	of planets (or whatever), but about the same planet at differing times,
	the number giving the date. Thereby, Marune:Alastor 933 is about the 
	planet in the year 933, and Wyst : Alastor 1716 about the planet in the
	year 1716, etc. I haven't read the books, but I got this from a friend 
	who is a Jack Vance fanatic, and has read all of the stuff available.

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	Take it from another Vance fanatic (hey I have a proof of Lyonesse),
the Alastor books all refer to a cluster, not a pecific planet. The numbers
refer to the star number. So "Marune:Alastor 933" means star 933 in the
Alastor cluster, and the planet Marune.

			Joe