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Jack Vance
Good article in the New York Times abut one of the greats, Jack Vance.
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Lyonesse, Alastor, the Dying Earth....
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08-11-2009, 06:01 AM | #2 |
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The site asks for a login if you want to see the article.
I've read a few of the books of Vance, but I can't say I'm that much of a fan. Sure, his worlds are interesting, but they don't strike me as more imaginiative as other authors' works. And his characters are 9 time out of 10 completely cardboard. I suppose I may be doing him injustice, as I'm looking at him from the wrong temporal window, the guy had after all been writing already for decades before I was even born.
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