Posted by Terry Doyle on August 13, 1998 at 17:41:05:
In Reply to: Where to start ? posted by Patrick Dusoulier on August 10, 1998 at 11:48:15:
Without question the collection of stories: _The Best of Jack Vance_,aptly titled. It contains my two favorites, _The Last Castle_, droll man against implacable anti-human race and _The Moon Moth_, without doubt the best SF short story ever written containing mystery, humor, exquisitely exotic culture described so beautifully, and the at odds hero, Edwer Thisell.
The other stories in the collection, _Sail 25_ appeal to younger readers and all with a scientific bent, the ironic dystopian _Ullward's Retreat_, the fine Vance heroine and mystery in _Abercrombie Station_, and the beautifully done puzzle of alternate worlds, _Rumfuddle_.
I can't see how a collection could be any better and Vance is never better than his short stories. Jeez! I wish he'd write more.
Terry Doyle