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Originally Posted by Percy
Anything by Jack Vance, recently deceased so there will be no more, to my eternal regret. I think I have almost everything he ever wrote -- and he was prolific. I read him again and again (sort of like not being able to stop listening to Bach). There are couple of relative duds in there, but you'd have to have very bad luck to hit them. If new to you, start with the Star Kings series. It only gets better after that.
Incredible, gloriously talented wordsmith. Very, very humorous, memorable dialogues. Amazing characters, situations, and civilizations. Sympathetic protagonists. Largely far future (but some very wonderful far past, too -- or maybe its all one), we've populated a large part of the universe and this and that strange aspect of our own already rather odd civilizations have grown strange and extreme. Of course, we co-exist and interact with others. Some wizardry in a number of his novels (especially the most humorous ones), but how far off is that from imaginable technological prowess? Always bitingly funny, riviting, often scary, selects ingenuity, determination, grit and romantic virtues (heroism, say) as key features of his invariably male protagonists. Spectacular, flamboyant, incredible villains, male, female, or other -- or all three. Deceptive, beautiful, wilful, mysterious women.
Irresistable tales bound in fascinating environments.
I have others, but let me begin with this unbelievably wonderful, irreplaceable author.
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You said this absolutely beautifully. I love almost ALL of
Jack Vance's work, which is why I want everyone to see your words again.
I'm hopeful that "soon" ALL of
Jack Vance's incredible work will be available in all the major ebook formats.
Thank you for mentioning him and writing about him in such a wonderful way.
Don