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This is Me, Jack Vance

John Rohde wrote 1 month ago: ISBN 978-1596062450 (Subterranean) Hardback, 2009 This is Jack Vance’s biography. His journeys … more →

Tags: Biography

Review: Songs of the Dying Earth

coderyder wrote 1 month ago: “Songs of the Dying Earth” is an homage to the Dying Earth world of Jack Vance. The list … more →

Tags: Reading, Dying Earth

Fact Friday

oceanblue1 wrote 3 months ago: Jack Vance’s autobiography is out. It’s title is This is me, Jack Vance! I haven’t … more →

Tags: fact friday, Science Fiction

Another look at my library...3 comments

matthewgraybosch wrote 4 months ago: I’m busy packing books in preparation to move to Pennsylvania, and I find it interesting that … more →

Tags: William Shakespeare, Books, packing, found, Robert Graves, John Rawls, Michael Moorcock, Patrick O'Brian, Ludwig von Mises

The magician's valediction9 comments

stevenhartwriter wrote 4 months ago: It seems that everyone who knows Jack Vance’s work has a few favorite Jack Vance passages. Her … more →

Tags: The Reading Life, Clark Ashton Smith, Gene Wolfe, THE DYING EARTH, Cugel the Clever, The Eyes of the Overworld, Cugel's Saga, This Is Me Jack Vance, Songs of the Dying Earth

Jack Vance the literary science fiction writer? 1 comment

Jake Seliger wrote 5 months ago: I’ve never heard of him, but the New York Times says Jack Vance writes literature rather than … more →

Tags: Books, SF/Fantasy, Art, Novels, New York Times, Literature, Science Fiction, vance

Friday finds

stevenhartwriter wrote 5 months ago: Caustic Cover Critic interviews Mick Wiggins, whose lovely cover designs for the Penguin Classics ed … more →

Tags: friday finds, john steinbeck, mick wiggins, penguin classics, Digital Artwork, Richard Feynman, Messenger Lectures, genghis blues, Bill Gates

Template by Matthew Hughes

David Marshall wrote 5 months ago: Never one to be shy, my Grandmother’s lexicon of bon mots occasionally brought shades of dark violen … more →

Tags: Review, Science Fiction, Narrative, Matthew Hughes, Template, identity, Fools Errant, fool me twice, picaresque

The Accidental Time Machine by Joe Haldeman1 comment

David Marshall wrote 5 months ago: Following in the footsteps of David Copperfield, you should continue reading to find out whether I s … more →

Tags: Review, Science Fiction, Time Travel, Charles Dickens, david copperfield, Ridley Scott, Alien, orson scott card, Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus

Fact Friday

oceanblue1 wrote 6 months ago: Jack Vance Jack Vance will be publishing his final book in August entitled This is me, Jack Vance! a … more →

Tags: fact friday, Science Fiction

Maria Hooley wrote 7 months ago: Suldrun's Garden The prose in this book is gorgeous. I love it! I started it yesterday and I … more →

Tags: Fantasy, Fiction, Inspiration, Novels

May '09 Book Finds

lordportico wrote 7 months ago: After years of going through second-hand bookstores, I think I’ve pretty much perfected the fi … more →

Tags: Updates, Science Fiction, The Annals of the Heechee, May '09 Book Finds, Anne Mccafrey, No one noticed the cat, the memory of whiteness, Kim Stanley Robinson, Titan

New Jack Vance Books

nautiloid wrote 9 months ago: Hooray! Well, strictly speaking one new, one an anthology of old stuff, both by Subterranean. First, … more →

Tags: Books

What I'm reading: Jack Vance - Emphyrio

Heloise Merlin wrote 1 year ago: This time, a classic from one of my favourite sci-fi authors. I actually read this one before, but t … more →

Tags: Books, Science Fiction

Le Guin on Vance

nautiloid wrote 1 year ago: I’m a little upset with Ursula Le Guin, which is not something I ever thought I’d say as I am a bit … more →

Tags: writing, Books, SF

A Jack Vance Reader

nautiloid wrote 1 year ago: I ordered this back in January and it has finally made its way to the shores of Barbados. I’ll … more →

Tags: Books

Why, in My Day!5 comments

Shadow Ferret wrote 2 years ago: I often feel like Captain America. He began his career during WWII and then, in a freak accident whi … more →

Tags: Captain America, Michael Moorcock, sword and sorcery, Lin Carter, Fritz Leiber, Robert E Howard

The Eyes of the Overworld by Jack Vance

Matt Hilliard wrote 4 years ago: Unlike The Dying Earth which takes place in the same world, The Eyes of the Overworld is a novel and … more →

Tags: Book Reviews, 3 Stars, Science Fiction

Dying Earth by Jack Vance

Matt Hilliard wrote 4 years ago: Jack Vance is considered in some quarters to be one of science fiction’s great literary author … more →

Tags: Book Reviews, 3 Stars, Science Fiction


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