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| name = Last Call
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| image = File:LastCallNovel.jpg
| caption = First edition
| author = ]
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| cover_artist = Rick Lovell
| country = United States
| language = English
| series = Fault Lines series
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| publisher = ]
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| media_type = Print (hardback & paperback)
| pages = 479
| award = ] (1993)
| isbn = 0-688-10732-X
| dewey= 813/.54 20
| congress= PS3566.O95 L37 1992
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'''''Last Call''''' is a ] novel by American writer ]. It was published by ] in 1992. It is the first book in a loose ] called ''Fault Lines'': the second book, '']'' (]), is vaguely related to ''Last Call'', and the third book, '']'' (]), acts as a sequel to the first two books.

==Major themes==
Like many of Powers' novels, ''Last Call'' features a detailed ] system, here based on ], and draws on mythical or historical events and characters, in this case ] and the development of ] ]s as well as the legend of the ]. Powers makes use of ]'s poem '']'' throughout, which also features the Fisher King legend.

==Awards==
''Last Call'' won the ] and the ] in 1993.<ref name="WWE-1993">{{cite web
| url = http://www.worldswithoutend.com/books_year_index.asp?year=1993
| title = 1993 Award Winners & Nominees
| work = Worlds Without End
| accessdate=2009-07-21
}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{isfdb title|id=1646|title=Last Call}}
* at Worlds Without End

{{World Fantasy Award Best Novel 1990-1999}}
{{Locus Award Best Fantasy Novel}}

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Novel by Tim Powers
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Last Call
File:LastCallNovel.jpgFirst edition
AuthorTim Powers
Cover artistRick Lovell
LanguageEnglish
SeriesFault Lines series
GenreFantasy
PublisherWilliam Morrow & Co
Publication date1992
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Pages479
AwardLocus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (1993)
ISBN0-688-10732-X
OCLC24468483
Dewey Decimal813/.54 20
LC ClassPS3566.O95 L37 1992
Followed byExpiration Date 

Last Call is a fantasy novel by American writer Tim Powers. It was published by William Morrow & Co in 1992. It is the first book in a loose trilogy called Fault Lines: the second book, Expiration Date (1995), is vaguely related to Last Call, and 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.

References

  1. "1993 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 2009-07-21.

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