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| The great science-fiction and fantasy author Jack Vanced passed away on Sunday at the age of 96.
http://www.locusmag.com/News/2013/05/jack-vance-1916-2013 |
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Location: UK | Well,I think that is pretty much the last of the old guard who shaped the genre of SF,and gave us wonderful entertainment as well as thought provoking ideas.Rest in peace,Jack |
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| Second Sf and first Fantasy book I ever read at age 10 was The Dying Earth. Thanks Jack. |
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Location: Gunnison, Colorado | Vance's first story--fittingly titled "The World Builder"--was published in 1945, and his final novel in 2004! An amazing career. Strangely, on Tuesday, I was skimming through his autobiography and trying to plan a series of blog posts on his novels, something I've been thinking about for a while, but had put aside for the last few months. It turns out he died on Sunday.
Edited by Scott Laz 2013-05-30 1:32 PM
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Location: Cheshire, England | I've never read any Jack Vance even though I'd heard of him and his influence on others. What I didn't realise was just how many books he'd written. So what would you recommend as being a good place to start? |
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| If you are more into fantasy I'd go with "Tales of the Dying Earth" otherwise I'd try "The Star King", first of the Demon Princes series. |
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Location: Cheshire, England | I'm liking The Star King, not because the other doesn't sound interesting too but I'm getting a bit fantasy'd out at the moment. The Chris Foss cover helps too :-). Thanks for the suggestion justifiedsinner. |
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RIP Jack Vance