Posted by Nick on July 22, 1999 at 02:25:15:
In Reply to: will the real Jack Vance please sit down posted by teaser on July 21, 1999 at 19:28:55:
Teaser,
I would agree first of all, that Vance paints some characters in a positive light, others less so. All writers do this. I would not disagree with you’re choices either, but they are presumably based upon a similarity of outlook, and an outlook you believe is shared by Jack Vance. Could you tell me why (apart from their age) you would link Pirie Tamm and Travante to Jack Vance, what is the common philosophical link between the three?
BTW on the subject of Boddissey I have been digging since that last post, and if you are interested I will post the info I have uncovered. (I have recorded every reference to, and quote from Boddissey in Vance's work. It is not yet complete but I only have a few more books to check.)
Nick