Posted by J Gary on May 20, 1999 at 17:40:32:
In Reply to: My all-time favorite sentence in a JV book: posted by Jim Gust on May 11, 1999 at 07:16:42:
"The sun slowly set, in accordance with the old ritual."
...or something like that. It's from one of the "Dying Earth" books. It perfectly evokes the spirit of bored cynicism so that makes Vance's work so engaging.