(urth) Jack Vance, 1916-2013

Tony Ellis tonyellis69 at btopenworld.com
Wed May 29 14:50:34 PDT 2013


Craig Brewer
> I'm sure many people on this list would be interested to know that Jack Vance passed away last Sunday.

Wow. Well, he had a good innings, as Dan'l points out, and he wasn't
writing anymore, but this still feels like a sad loss. So many
wonderful, exotic worlds. And a big influence on Wolfe even before you
factor-in the The Dying Earth stories.

Brian Aldiss called him 'a gaudily painted coelacanth, washed up on
SF's shore', which I always liked.

RIP.



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