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The Last Castle

Jack Vance

First published April 1966
Type Short Fiction
Length Novella

Synopsis

In the distant future, an uprising by their alien slaves threatens not only the lives of the human elite, but their lifestyle of ultimate delicacy, grace, and beauty as well.

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Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1967 Hugo Award Best Novelette Winner
1967 Nebula Award Novella Winner
1967 Nebula Award Novel Nominee/Finalist
2012 Locus Online 20th Century Novella Nominee/Finalist

Publications (48)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
April 1966 Galaxy Magazine, April 1966 Galaxy Publishing Corporation MAGAZINE 8
1967 Nebula Award Stories 1967 Gollancz Anthology
August 1967 The Last Castle / World of the Sleeper Ace Books Omnibus 5|2
September 1967 Nebula Award Stories Two Doubleday Anthology 75
September 1968 Nebula Award Stories Number Two Pocket Books Anthology 75
April 1969 Nebula Award Stories Number Two Pocket Books Anthology 75
November 1969 Nebula Award Stories Two Doubleday / SFBC Anthology
December 1969 Nebula Award Stories Number Two Pocket Books Anthology 75
December 1969 Nebula Award Stories Number Two Pocket Books Anthology 75
1970 Nebula Award Stories 2 Panther Anthology 79
1971 Ace Science Fiction Reader Ace Books Anthology 91
September 1971 The Hugo Winners, Volume Two Doubleday Anthology 246
October 1971 The Hugo Winners, Volume Two Doubleday Anthology 246
January 1972 The Hugo Winners, Volumes One and Two Nelson Doubleday / SFBC Omnibus 492
August 1972 Trilogy of the Future Sidgwick & Jackson Anthology 91
1973 The Hugo Winners Volume One 1962-1967 Sphere Anthology 275
April 1973 The Dragon Masters / The Last Castle Ace Books Collection
August 1973 Stories from the Hugo Winners, Volume 2 Fawcett Crest Anthology 243
August 1973 Stories from the Hugo Winners, Volume 2 Fawcett Crest Anthology 243
May 1976 The Best of Jack Vance Pocket Books Collection 56
October 1976 The Last Castle Ace Books Chapbook 5
August 1978 The Best of Jack Vance Taplinger Collection 54
August 1979 The Best of Jack Vance Pocket Books Collection 56
August 1979 The Best of Jack Vance Pocket Books Collection 56
1980 The Last Castle Underwood-Miller Chapbook
1980 The Last Castle Underwood-Miller Chapbook
1981 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume Four Gollancz Anthology 254
November 1981 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume Four Gollancz Anthology 254
March 1982 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume III Avon Anthology 254
March 1982 The Last Castle Ace Books Chapbook 1
May 1982 The Best of Jack Vance Timescape / Pocket Books Collection 56
October 1982 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume III Avon / SFBC Anthology 236
January 1986 The Last Castle Berkley Books Chapbook
December 1989 The Last Castle / Nightwings Tor Anthology 1|2
September 2001 Nebula Award Stories 2 Stealth Press Anthology
2002 The Miracle Workers / The Dragon Masters / The Last Castle Vance Integral Edition Collection 233
August 2003 The Dragon Masters ibooks Collection |2
April 2005 The Dragon Masters ibooks Collection 139
January 2007 The Jack Vance Treasury Subterranean Press Collection 567
January 2007 The Jack Vance Treasury Subterranean Press / SFBC Collection 567
January 2007 The Jack Vance Treasury Subterranean Press Collection 567
January 2007 The Jack Vance Treasury Subterranean Press Collection 567
September 2011 The Dragon Masters and Other Stories Gateway / Orion Collection
June 2012 The Last Castle Spatterlight Press Chapbook
October 2013 Big Planet / The Blue World / The Dragon Masters and Other Stories Gollancz / Orion Omnibus 391
December 2013 The Jack Vance Treasury Subterranean Press Collection |567
April 2016 The Dragon Masters and Other Stories Spatterlight Press Collection
August 2024 The Dying Earth Series & More MotionAudiobooks Omnibus |38.567