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on: May 29, 2013, 10:21:32 PM
We've lost another one of the greats: R.I.P. Jack Vance, 1916-2013

To be honest, I kind of assumed he was already gone.  But man, did I enjoy his stuff.  His off the wall imagination really lit up my brain when I was a kid, and I'll always consider him one of the greats.


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Reply #1 on: May 30, 2013, 08:10:05 AM
Noone -- absolutely noone -- wrote like Jack Vance. He's written some of the most memorable and classic stuff out there.

Vale, Jack Vance. You will be sorely missed.


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Reply #2 on: May 30, 2013, 03:38:45 PM
Super, super sad to hear this. He lived a full life, though, and he left some big marks.

(I wish I had the Dying Earth with me at work right now.)


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Reply #3 on: May 30, 2013, 05:49:23 PM
If anyone missed Tony Smith's interview with Vance and Fred Pohl when it aired a few years ago,  here's a link. He posted it as a stand-alone.

Well worth a listen, if just for the awesomeness of hearing two 90+ year-old sci-fi legends banter. :)




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