OT: Vance Autobiography

Son of Witz · 17 Dec 2008, 17:50 · from 2008-December.txt.gz

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From: sonofwitz at butcherbaker.org (Son of Witz)
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:50:31 +0000
Subject: (urth) OT: Vance Autobiography
Message-ID: <W36105671661341229536231@webmail29>

Thanks for the comments on Vance.
I'm okay with style stuff, and more standard genre works.
(I LOVES me some Conan)
It's just probably not the sort of stuff that inspires me to get online and try to hash out what the hell is going on with some other readers.
I suppose there is a lot more I should read first.
thanks,
~witz


>-----Original Message-----
>From: John Watkins [mailto:john.watkins04 at gmail.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 09:42 AM
>To: 'The Urth Mailing List'
>Subject: Re: (urth) OT: Vance Autobiography
>
>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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