Spyre on Nostr: Jack Vance has a beautiful way of creating wry conversations with humor. His settings ...
Jack Vance has a beautiful way of creating wry conversations with humor. His settings are a mix of technology and magic, but neither are familiar to the standard palette found in most SF/Fantasy. I also appreciate his descriptions of costume and shared meals, which appear like short points of Dickensian inspiration. I find his work to be without the angst of modern writers, and more in the optimistic spirit of adventure from the 1950's. He and Bradburry hold a special place in my library. I have read some of their books more than once simply because they brought me a guiltless joy that reminded me of my childhood, when I would spend all day in bed reading and eating after dinner mints.
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