RIP Jack Vance
Posted: Fri May 31, 2013 6:44 pmhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/ma ... ce-fiction
Oddly enough I was reading The Dying Earth a couple weeks ago. It was very pulpy and rather dated, but Vance was not afraid to pose interesting and disturbing questions; nor to write flawed, morally gray characters. I think one can still see his influence in current wave SF, especially the works of authors like Jeff Vandermeer.
Oddly enough I was reading The Dying Earth a couple weeks ago. It was very pulpy and rather dated, but Vance was not afraid to pose interesting and disturbing questions; nor to write flawed, morally gray characters. I think one can still see his influence in current wave SF, especially the works of authors like Jeff Vandermeer.