Posted by Mick Scannell on April 10, 1997 at 02:38:51:
In Reply to: 'Jan Holberk Vaenz' posted by Tim Stretton on April 07, 1997 at 05:03:13:
: Reading 'Star King' for the thousandth time today, I noticed that the headpiece to Chapter 6 purported to be by 'Jan Holberk Vaenz LXII'. Clearly this is a play on Vance's real name, John Holbrook Vance.
: Do other readers find this in-joke as amusing as I do? There must be many other such throwaways in Vance's work: can other fans think of any?
An obvious really, but I'll say it anyway : in Nightlamp there's repeated references to Robert Palmer's Star, in tribute to the rock musician who admits being Addicted to Vance.
Pip pip
Mick