Posted by Mike Berro on September 25, 1996 at 14:53:57:
I found this on the Dystopia Books website. As a lover of Vance, should I read this?
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Zothique. . . is the last inhabited continent of the earth. The continents of our present cycle
have sunken, perhaps several times. Some have remained submerged; others have re-risen,
partially, and re-arranged themselves. . . . The science and machinery of our present
civilization have long been forgotten, together with out present religions. But many gods are
worshipped; and sorcery and demonism prevail again as in ancient days. --Clark Ashton
Smith
The Zothique cycle, as Clark Ashton Smith once styled it, comprises his largest body of unified tales, and the
realm to which he returned most often through the many fitful phases of his fiction career. Zothique is a unique
opportunity to re-discover an author who influenced generations of readers and authors -- from H.P. Lovecraft
and Ray Bradbury to Jack Vance and Harlan Ellison. This is Clark Ashton Smith at his very best.