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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
Vance is wonderful. He writes prose that reminds me of intricately carved bas reliefs, and as you say, he writes in both categories. I prefer _The Dying Earth_ to _Eyes of the Overworld_ (which is a more or less sequel), but both are well worth the read.
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Dennis
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I discovered Vance because of Gene Wolfe's
Book of the New Sun series--specifically
The Shadow of the Torturer. I read somewhere that Wolfe's basic idea of the dying earth of the far future was very similar to Vance's
The Dying Earth.
I have to say I agree. When I was reading
The Dying Earth, I really felt that this book and Wolfe's
New Sun series took place in the same universe. It doesn't, but I see all the similarities and am very happy to have discovered Vance.
Also, I've never read Anne McCaffrey's
Pern books, but after reading this thread, I think I'm going to start tonight. I have several of them in e-book but just figured them to be the usual Tolkien knock-offs. Um, looks like I was way off!
