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Alan Brodie - NOTICE!

Q. What kind of people patronize the tavern?
A. People who want quiet and a chance to rest. Occasionally a traveler from inside the Pale or an explorer.

Q. I've heard that some of your clientele is pretty rough. In fact - not to mince matters - it's the general belief that Smade's Tavern is frequented by the most notorious pirates and freebooters of the Beyond.
A. I suppose they occasionally need rest too.

Q. Don't you have difficulty with these people? Maintaining order, so to speak?
A.No. They know my rules. I say, "Gentlemen, please desist. Your differences are your own; they are fugitive. The harmonious atmosphere of the tavern is mine and I intend it to be permanent."

Q. So then they desist?
A. Usually.

Q. And if not?
A. I pitch them into the sea.

Geoff Freeman - Wouldn't you love to have a drink there and observe the clientele?

Muhammad Rasheed - I'm more concerned as to whether Rhoads can tread water.  O_O

Muhammad Rasheed - what if a demon prince decides to impromptu recruit you for some suicide mission?

Geoff Freeman - I'd find it hard to refuse, I suppose. I could always flash my IPCC badge...

Muhammad Rasheed - I think that would probably be the single WORST thing you could do. lol

Rob Wilkinson - I set this group up for people to share their love of Jack Vance and his writing. It is not a political messageboard. It is not a place for people to antagonise or display their ability to best others with dazzling debate that ultimately fills the page with irrelevant invective. There is no place for any vitriol. There are millions of websites/groups for just such a hobby. My co admin Alan Brodie is more forgiving than I on this matter. You will be demoted to under Worminger. And if it is an intention of any member to continue with posts not true to the spirit of the group, I will have to remove you. This is not specific to any one individual. It applies to all the community. Sorry to have to make a post such as this. Rob.

Paul Rhoads - Another space rendered useless by punctillious, nuncupatory sissys. l'd like to learn more about this neo-Fanchrade but only in an intelligent public area.

Muhammad Rasheed - Hush, before you drown!

Paul Rhoads - clean and nice. "bravo". And here l had gone to all that trouble to tame the savage beast and draw him toward vancian terrain.
l suppose you concider yourself worthy of Vance, and to be upholding ... something or other. Enjoy!

Rob Wilkinson - I just like reading. And I have always considered fans of Vance, all of you, to be people I would like to know. My opinion on this matter has not changed. I am off to read 'Showboat World'.  :-)

Muhammad Rasheed - One of my VERY favorites. Enjoy!

Paul Rhoads - There is vocabulary for this:
complacency
hypocracy
squeemishness
blindness

As for 'The Showboats of the Lower Vissle River, Lune XXlll, Big Planet' (know your Vance titles, at least!)  >:-(  ...here again is a story rife with rough and tumble and serious issues with which, one gets the impression, certain people could not even begin to cope with in real life, given that in virtual life they insist on bland tranqillity - though low-level snarks alway seem to pas muster.

Richy Clarke - Vissle?

Paul Rhoads - To wow a dainty Spelling bee

l thought to blow a silver wistle

No sooner did l toot a "C",

Then Richy Clarke disgurgled "vissle".

Cugel Phandaal Law - Give em some blue concemtrate

Chris Koop - Aillas couldn't have said it better.

Jose Brutinel Sampol - Amen.

Deuce Richardson - Right on.

Hal Jordan - Full support. One of my favorite FB group ever

David Hurst - Thank you!

Emphyrio Glawen Clattuc - Spiced sausage, ramp and beer for everyone!

Muhammad Rasheed - beef sausage...?

Emphyrio Glawen Clattuc - All kinds of sausage for all tastes...now with steamed leeks :)

William M Ramsell III - Quite right too.

Bodwyn Wook - I concur, Mr Wilkinson. I should only add that in aid of fostering a certain minimum sort of serenity in these pp, a very good point will be for us all to refrain from imbibing any more of the phenolic 'Bold Lion Reserve'; as we have now seen, alas, it IS a vile decoction & it indeed does clabber the bile!

Stephen Rawlins - I love this group. Yes, please moderate it to keep it clean and true to the spirit of all things Vancian.

Muhammad Rasheed - Hahaha You all seem to have walked away from Jack's works with an interesting interpretation of their 'spirit.' I'm pretty sure none of them are sterile, PC, and without conflict to keep the reader "safe" from opposing ideas that might frighten their over-sensitive gizzards. :P  lol

Muhammad Rasheed - "The Augmented Agent" tale in particular bravely explored some racial-political concepts that made me really proud of him, and sealed his spot as my favorite writer... remarkable for a person his age, and from his particular ethnic demographic considering. It goes far towards explaining why you lot seem to only notice his thesaurus, and shy away from deep discussions of his social-political commentaries, as my archnemesis Rhoads pointed out above. The Spirit of Jack Vance was far more potent than even his fans could grasp. May God have mercy upon his soul.



See Also:
Churchill's Anti-Islam Drivel Revisited

The Spirit of Trullion: A Religious Dialogue within the Alastor Cluster
A Tribute to Jack Vance (August 28, 1916 – May 26, 2013)