OT: Vance Autobiography

Dave Tallman · 18 Dec 2008, 12:35 · from 2008-December.txt.gz

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From: davetallman at msn.com (Dave Tallman)
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 05:35:11 -0700
Subject: (urth) OT: Vance Autobiography
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John Watkins wrote:
> I read The Dying Earth entirely because of Wolfe and this list, and I
> found it not to be too my taste.
>   
I read and enjoyed it a long time ago (before reading much Wolfe), and 
also his "Demon Prince" series, which I liked for style and 
culture-building.

 From this list, I started reading some Stephenson. I loved "The Diamond 
Age" and "Anathem" -- both have strong techno-nerd plots that lead into 
esoteric mysteries by the end. He also has a weird sense of humor that 
sometimes works for me and sometimes not. I tried to start "Snow Crash" 
but found it too absurd. A protagonist named Protagonist? No way.

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