Posted by Willem on April 02, 1998 at 09:47:07:
In Reply to: Re: Comments on Vance Villains posted by teaser on March 31, 1998 at 19:16:26:
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: >Does anyone care to categorize Vance villains for us?
: > Terry
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: A formidable task, and not one I'll endeavour to complete.
: There is also an interesting theme for disgust of bureaucracies that sometimes grows to epic proportions. I can't think of a tale in which the 'system' was a major villain, but it is something Vance uses to good effect as a nebulous 'bad guy.'
Teaser : try Dodkin's job as an example of the system as bureaucratic which is a waste of energy and as such could be rated a crime , It is from Oct 1959 (Astounding SF).