Last Call (novel)

Last Call

Author	Tim Powers
Country	United States
Language	English
Series	Fault Lines series
Genre	Fantasy novel
Publisher	William Morrow & Co
Publication date	1992
Media type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages	479 pp
Award	Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (1993)
ISBN	0-688-10732-X
OCLC	24468483
Dewey Decimal	813/.54 20
LC Class	PS3566.O95 L37 1992
Followed by	Expiration Date

Last Call (1992) is a fantasy novel by Tim Powers. It was published by William Morrow & Co in 1992 with ISBN 0-688-10732-X. 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.

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. Powers makes use of T. S. Eliot's poem The Waste Land throughout, which also features the Fisher King legend.

Awards

Last Call won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel and the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel in 1993.^[1]

References

↑ "1993 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 2009-07-21.

External links

Last Call title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Last Call at Worlds Without End

World Fantasy Award—Novel

1975–2000	The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia A. McKillip (1975) Bid Time Return by Richard Matheson (1976) Doctor Rat by William Kotzwinkle (1977) Our Lady of Darkness by Fritz Leiber (1978) Gloriana by Michael Moorcock (1979) Watchtower by Elizabeth A. Lynn (1980) The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe (1981) Little, Big by John Crowley (1982) Nifft the Lean by Michael Shea (1983) The Dragon Waiting by John M. Ford (1984) Mythago Wood by Robert Holdstock (1985, tie) Bridge of Birds by Barry Hughart (1985, tie) Song of Kali by Dan Simmons (1986) Perfume by Patrick Suskind (1987) Replay by Ken Grimwood (1988) Koko by Peter Straub (1989) Lyonesse: Madouc by Jack Vance (1990) Only Begotten Daughter by James K. Morrow (1991, tie) Thomas the Rhymer by Ellen Kushner (1991, tie) Boy's Life by Robert R. McCammon (1992, tie) Last Call by Tim Powers (1993) Glimpses by Lewis Shiner (1994) Towing Jehovah by James K. Morrow (1995) The Prestige by Christopher Priest (1996) Godmother Night by Rachel Pollack (1997) The Physiognomy by Jeffrey Ford (1998) The Antelope Wife by Louise Erdrich (1999) Thraxas by Martin Scott (2000)

2001–present	Declare by Tim Powers (2001, tie) Galveston by Sean Stewart (2001, tie) The Other Wind by Ursula K. Le Guin (2002) The Facts of Life by Graham Joyce (2003, tie) Ombria in Shadow by Patricia A. McKillip (2003, tie) Tooth and Claw by Jo Walton (2004) Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke (2005) Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami (2006) Soldier of Sidon by Gene Wolfe (2007) Ysabel by Guy Gavriel Kay (2008) The Shadow Year by Jeffrey Ford (2009, tie) Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan (2009, tie) The City & the City by China Miéville (2010) Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor (2011) Osama by Lavie Tidhar (2012) Alif the Unseen by G. Willow Wilson (2013) A Stranger in Olondria by Sofia Samatar (2014) The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell (2015)

Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel

1978–1990	The Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkien (1978) Harpist in the Wind by Patricia A. McKillip (1980) Lord Valentine's Castle by Robert Silverberg (1981) The Claw of the Conciliator by Gene Wolfe (1982) The Sword of the Lictor by Gene Wolfe (1983) The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley (1984) Job: A Comedy of Justice by Robert A. Heinlein (1985) Trumps of Doom by Roger Zelazny (1986) Soldier of the Mist by Gene Wolfe (1987) Seventh Son by Orson Scott Card (1988) Red Prophet by Orson Scott Card (1989) Prentice Alvin by Orson Scott Card (1990)

1991–2000	Tehanu by Ursula K. Le Guin (1991) Beauty by Sheri S. Tepper (1992) Last Call by Tim Powers (1993) The Innkeeper's Song by Peter S. Beagle (1994) Brittle Innings by Michael Bishop (1995) Alvin Journeyman by Orson Scott Card (1996) A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin (1997) Earthquake Weather by Tim Powers (1998) A Clash of Kings by George R. R. Martin (1999) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling (2000)

2001–2010	A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin (2001) American Gods by Neil Gaiman (2002) The Scar by China Miéville (2003) Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold (2004) Iron Council by China Miéville (2005) Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman (2006) The Privilege of the Sword by Ellen Kushner (2007) Making Money by Terry Pratchett (2008) Lavinia by Ursula K. Le Guin (2009) The City & the City by China Miéville (2010)

2011–present	Kraken by China Miéville (2011) A Dance with Dragons by George R. R. Martin (2012) The Apocalypse Codex by Charles Stross (2013) The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman (2014) The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison (2015) Uprooted by Naomi Novik (2016)

Best Novel (1971–1981) Best SF Novel (1980–present) Best Fantasy Novel (1978–present) Best First Novel (1981–present)

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