Posted by John Robinson on March 06, 1999 at 20:53:57:
In Reply to: Re: Clark Ashton Smith posted by Dan Gunter on February 23, 1999 at 00:02:33:
: One other quite Vancian book (in my estimation) is Zelazny's "Jack of Shadows." It's not entirely successful, but some of the scenes are worthy of Vance. Also, Zelazny there managed something that Vance pulls off wonderfully: giving just enough of a scene or milieu to give it life. Vance gives wonderful hints about his created worlds; he leaves much in shadows (an appropriate notion, given the Zelazny book), and those shadows lend depth to his work.
I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that "Jack of Shadows" was Zelazny's tribute to Vance and the "Jack" in the title refers to the man himself.
John