Jack Vance
an unreal farce
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Jack Vance has a way about him; whether he's writing fantasy or science fiction, his prose always has an air of unreality about it, as though he's about to slip over the line from straight story-telling to farce; and sometimes, as with his tales of Cugel the Clever, he does.
I have to be in the right mood to read Vance, but when I am he can be very entertaining. Here are a few of his books; The Eyes of the Overworld is probably my favorite.
- • The Dying Earth
- • The Eyes of the Overworld
- Reviews: 1 June 1998
- • Cugel's Saga
- • The Star King
- Reviews: 1 June 1999
- • The Killing Machine
- Reviews: 1 June 1999
- • The Palace of Love
- Reviews: 1 June 1999
- • The Face
- Reviews: 1 June 1999
- • The Book of Dreams
- Reviews: 1 June 1999
- • Alastor
- Reviews: 1 September 2002
- • Lyonesse
- • The Green Pearl
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