Jack Vance or There are Doors?

cilluff1 at optonline.net · 19 Dec 2002, 17:23 · from urth-v0212.mbox · original

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From: "cilluff1 at optonline.net" <cilluff1 at optonline.net>
Subject: (urth) Jack Vance or There are Doors?
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 12:23:26 -0500
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Hello, all=3D2E  I was looking for any opinions here, I am just about to fi=
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ish
RTTW, and was looking next either to read Jack Vance's Tales of the Dying
Earth or Wolfe's There are Doors=3D2E  I'm intrigued as to the Vance work t=
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see how it influenced the Urth novels, but have never read any Vance
before=3D2E  I also have never read any Wolfe other than the Urth/LS/SS cyc=
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e,
so don't know what to expect from There are Doors=3D2E  Any recommendations=
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or
views on these books from the list?

-- Joe

p=3D2Es=3D2E As to Vironese signoff names I'm leaning towards Shell, which =
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would make me a male Chem if I'm not mistaken=3D2E  My last name, Cilluffo,=
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is
Sicilian and has no direct translation but I've been told is similar to an=
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may be a derivation of the Greek word for shell (although I know no Greek,=
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it is all Greek to me as they say!)=3D2E  I hope this isn't taken?

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