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Apr 02, 2012
Invadozer Saphenousnerves Circular-thallus Popewaffensquat
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I read the intro and.....Basically it was a campaign for Vance heroes as regular fellas running around and doing incredible things to the environment they are written into with wits and brains rarely employed before.
Vance takes all kinds, usually not the genetically perfected sexless mastermensch, and works them into stories, rarely using knuckleheads as main characters. There's one Laurel and Hardy type story in here "Three Legged Joe" that he has some bumble freindly fukups learning about 3 le...more
Vance takes all kinds, usually not the genetically perfected sexless mastermensch, and works them into stories, rarely using knuckleheads as main characters. There's one Laurel and Hardy type story in here "Three Legged Joe" that he has some bumble freindly fukups learning about 3 le...more
I'll start with a disclaimer: Jack Vance is one of my favorite fiction authors, so he's an easy sell. However, this collection is a great example of his skill at weaving evocative language and picaresque situations into highly entertaining short stories. His characters are amusing and charismatic, and like most Vance works, plot is incidental, almost accidental. Probably a good introduction for someone curious to try him -- the stories are short, and so it won't take too long to make up your min...more
This is a collection of short stories which I have read many times before. Not every story is a classic but they all readable and I like Jack Vance's style.
Clever and sometimes funny stories. Especially well written. Another easier to find Vance would do as well, I'm sure. Everything of his that I have read passes the internal logic test. A good start for those who have thrown out the SF baby w/ the bathwater, where the SF elements are a device, not a burden.
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Aka John Holbrooke Vance, Peter Held, John Holbrook, Ellery Queen, John van See, Alan Wade.
The author was born in 1916 and educated at the University of California, first as a mining engineer, then majoring in physics and finally in journalism. During the 1940s and 1950s, he contributed widely to science fiction and fantasy magazines. His first novel, 'The Dying Earth', was published in 1950 to gr...more
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The author was born in 1916 and educated at the University of California, first as a mining engineer, then majoring in physics and finally in journalism. During the 1940s and 1950s, he contributed widely to science fiction and fantasy magazines. His first novel, 'The Dying Earth', was published in 1950 to gr...more
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