OT: Vance Autobiography

Craig Brewer · 15 Dec 2008, 17:19 · from 2008-December.txt.gz

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From: cnbrewer at yahoo.com (Craig Brewer)
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 09:19:32 -0800 (PST)
Subject: (urth) OT: Vance Autobiography
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Ah, thanks! This is great. Can't believe I forgot about Virconium...

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From: Tim Walters <walters at doubtfulpalace.com>
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Matthew Keeley wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 10:14 AM, Craig Brewer <cnbrewer at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Speaking of Vance, who else has written "dying earth" stories?

Aside from the aforementioned Smith and Hodgson:

H.G. Wells, _The Time Machine_
John Campbell, "Twilight"
Brian Aldiss, _Hothouse_ (aka _The Long Afternoon of Earth_)
Richard Lupoff, _One Million Centuries_
Arthur C. Clarke, "Against the Fall of Night"
M. John Harrison, _The Pastel City_ (and other Viriconium books)
Michael Moorcock, _An Alien Heat_ (and the rest of the series)
Olaf Stapledon, _Last and First Men_

There a lot of differences among these books and stories, but all involve far-future decline.

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