Posted by jezmo on June 24, 1999 at 15:21:20:
In Reply to: Re: re:On the other hand, I'm not sure that Vance is a real right-winger.... posted by Gabriele Guenther on June 24, 1999 at 12:43:07:
Interesting how Vance appeals across the range of political opinions, perhaps because his underlying humanisism cuts across all political boundaries. I really like Dan's analysis, although i have agreat deal of sympathy for the protagonists in Gray (Grey) Prince...political or even moral affinities don't necessarily detract from good writing - I would cite 'Hannibal' as a splendid example of literature with a central character who is strangely admirable yet morally reprehensible. To me the great Vancian character is not Adam Reith or Kirth Gersen but Howard Alan Treesong; how disappointed I was when his wonderfully grandiose plans were dashed by the rather one-dimensional Gersen. Who is to say that a Gaean Reach controlled by his vision is worse than the rather banal vision of Gersen, for example, who has no ambition or goals left once the last Demon Prince is dead