OT: Vance Autobiography

John Watkins · 17 Dec 2008, 17:42 · from 2008-December.txt.gz

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From: john.watkins04 at gmail.com (John Watkins)
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 12:42:55 -0500
Subject: (urth) OT: Vance Autobiography
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I, ah, agree with this.

I read The Dying Earth entirely because of Wolfe and this list, and I
found it not to be too my taste.

On 12/17/08, Matthew Groves <matthewalangroves at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 11:19 AM, Son of Witz <sonofwitz at butcherbaker.org>
> wrote:
>
> > So I've never read any Vance. I see that The Dying Earth is influential to
> Wolfe.   Worth reading?  I saw a Dying Earth compendium, is that worth
> bothering with?
> >
> > ~witz
>
> Actually, Witz, given your reaction to Wolfe and PKD, I wonder what Vance
> will have to offer you.  Vance's artistry seems to operate almost entirely
> at the level of style.  Have you read _A Voyage to Arcturus_ or C.S. Lewis's
> Space Trilogy?  I don't exactly recommend them, but I do think you might
> find them interesting.
>
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