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Last Call (1992
1992 in literature

The year 1992 in literature involved some significant events and new books....
) is a fantasy
Fantasy

Fantasy is a genre that uses magic and other supernatural forms as a primary element of Plot , Theme , and/or Setting . Fantasy is generally distinguished from science fiction and horror by the expectation that it steers clear of technological and macabre themes, respectively, though there is a great deal of overlap between the three ....
 novel by Tim Powers
Tim Powers

Timothy Thomas Powers is an American science fiction and fantasy fiction author. Powers has won the World Fantasy Award twice for his critically acclaimed novels Last Call and Declare....
. It was published in New York by Harper Collins in 1996 with ISBN 0-380-72846-X. It is the first book in a loose trilogy
Trilogy

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 individual works....
 called Fault Lines; the second book, Expiration Date
Expiration Date (novel)

Expiration Date is a 1996 fantasy novel by Tim Powers.There are two main protagonists and two main antagonists.The protagonists are Koot Hoomie "Kootie" Parganas and Pete "Teet" Sullivan....
 (1995
1995 in literature

The year 1995 in literature involved some significant events and new books....
), is vaguely related to Last Call, the third book, Earthquake Weather (1997
1997 in literature

The year 1997 in literature involved some significant events and new books....
), acts as a sequel
Sequel

A sequel is a work in literature, film, or other media that portrays events following those of a previous work.In many cases, the sequel continues elements of the original story, often with the same characters and settings....
 to the first two books.

many of Powers' novels, Last Call features a detailed magic
Magic (paranormal)

Magic, sometimes known as sorcery, is a conceptual system that asserts human ability to control or predict the nature through Mysticism, paranormal or supernatural means....
 system, here based on divinatory tarot
Tarot

The tarot is typically a set of seventy-eight cards, composed of twenty-one Trump , one The Fool , and four Suit of fourteen cards each?ten pip and four Face card cards ....
, and draws on mythical or historical events and characters, in this case Bugsy Siegel
Bugsy Siegel

Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel was an United States gangster who was a major driving force behind large-scale development of Las Vegas, Nevada....
 and the development of Las Vegas
Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada, the seat of Clark County, Nevada, and an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and entertainment....
 casino
Casino

A casino is, in the modern sense of the word, a facility that houses and accommodates certain types of gambling activities. Casinos are most commonly built near or combined with hotels, restaurants, retail shopping, cruise ships and other tourist attractions....
s as well as the legend of the Fisher King
Fisher King

The Fisher King or the Wounded King figures in Arthurian legend as the latest in a line charged with keeping the Holy Grail. Versions of his story vary widely, but he is always wounded in the legs or groin, and incapable of moving on his own....
.






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Last Call (1992
1992 in literature

The year 1992 in literature involved some significant events and new books....
) is a fantasy
Fantasy

Fantasy is a genre that uses magic and other supernatural forms as a primary element of Plot , Theme , and/or Setting . Fantasy is generally distinguished from science fiction and horror by the expectation that it steers clear of technological and macabre themes, respectively, though there is a great deal of overlap between the three ....
 novel by Tim Powers
Tim Powers

Timothy Thomas Powers is an American science fiction and fantasy fiction author. Powers has won the World Fantasy Award twice for his critically acclaimed novels Last Call and Declare....
. It was published in New York by Harper Collins in 1996 with ISBN 0-380-72846-X. It is the first book in a loose trilogy
Trilogy

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 individual works....
 called Fault Lines; the second book, Expiration Date
Expiration Date (novel)

Expiration Date is a 1996 fantasy novel by Tim Powers.There are two main protagonists and two main antagonists.The protagonists are Koot Hoomie "Kootie" Parganas and Pete "Teet" Sullivan....
 (1995
1995 in literature

The year 1995 in literature involved some significant events and new books....
), is vaguely related to Last Call, the third book, Earthquake Weather (1997
1997 in literature

The year 1997 in literature involved some significant events and new books....
), acts as a sequel
Sequel

A sequel is a work in literature, film, or other media that portrays events following those of a previous work.In many cases, the sequel continues elements of the original story, often with the same characters and settings....
 to the first two books.

Major themes

Like many of Powers' novels, Last Call features a detailed magic
Magic (paranormal)

Magic, sometimes known as sorcery, is a conceptual system that asserts human ability to control or predict the nature through Mysticism, paranormal or supernatural means....
 system, here based on divinatory tarot
Tarot

The tarot is typically a set of seventy-eight cards, composed of twenty-one Trump , one The Fool , and four Suit of fourteen cards each?ten pip and four Face card cards ....
, and draws on mythical or historical events and characters, in this case Bugsy Siegel
Bugsy Siegel

Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel was an United States gangster who was a major driving force behind large-scale development of Las Vegas, Nevada....
 and the development of Las Vegas
Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada, the seat of Clark County, Nevada, and an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and entertainment....
 casino
Casino

A casino is, in the modern sense of the word, a facility that houses and accommodates certain types of gambling activities. Casinos are most commonly built near or combined with hotels, restaurants, retail shopping, cruise ships and other tourist attractions....
s as well as the legend of the Fisher King
Fisher King

The Fisher King or the Wounded King figures in Arthurian legend as the latest in a line charged with keeping the Holy Grail. Versions of his story vary widely, but he is always wounded in the legs or groin, and incapable of moving on his own....
. Powers makes use of T. S. Eliot
T. S. Eliot

'Thomas Stearns Eliot', Order of Merit , was a poet, dramatist, and literary critic. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948. Among his most famous writings are the poems The Love Song of J....
's poem The Waste Land
The Waste Land

The Waste Land is a revolutionary, highly influential 434-line Modernist poetry in English by T. S. Eliot. Despite the alleged obscurity of the poem ? its shifts between satire and prophecy, its abrupt and unannounced changes of Narrator, Setting , its elegiac but intimidating summoning up of a vast and dissonant range of cultures and li...
 throughout, which also features the Fisher King legend.

Awards


Last Call won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel
World Fantasy Award for Best Novel

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....
 in 1993.