Jack Vance or There are Doors?

Joe Cilluffo · 20 Dec 2002, 11:55 · from urth-v0212.mbox · original

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From: Joe Cilluffo <cilluff1 at optonline.net>
Subject: Re: (urth) Jack Vance or There are Doors?
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 06:55:55 -0500
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> I just finished reading There Are Doors.  I found it to be pretty mundane
> until experiencing the usual Wolfean epiphany late, which of course makes
me
> want to reread the whole thing again to figure out what really was going
on.
>
> I haven't read Vance; it's on my list as well.
>

Well, I'm glad to see if I turn to There are Doors next I'll have some
company on my voyage.  The mundane comment was sort of a fear I had moving
beyond the Urth universe -- Wolfe did such a spectacular job creating that
universe you have to wonder how many times he can come close to such a feat
when he starts from scratch on a non-Urth world.  Still, I think I may make
There are Doors my next challenge.  Thanks, Teflon.

-- Shell

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