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The main things I loved about Vance were the perversity of his wit and the unadulterated corruption of his protagonists.
A writer friend once told me Vance appeared at a science fiction convention in the '80s playing a banjo, which my friend was convinced he did to scare fans away. At a certain point, someone walked up to Vance and tried to sing along. Vance simply paused, glared at him, waited until he went away, and continued picking and flailing.
I was partial to Eyes of the Overworld myself.
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