Posted by Joel Anderson on June 09, 1997 at 15:44:46:
In Reply to: Introductory JHV books posted by Brian McCue on June 09, 1997 at 07:14:07:
: I spent some time talking to a quiet fellow I had never really gotten to know. He is now working as a screenwriter, having credits in several first-line movies and TV shows of the thriller variety. We discussed SF, which he reads a little, but he has never read any Vance.
If the guy's a screenwriter, I have to think of Blue World, Emphyrio and even the Durdane series as being naturals for the moving pictures--and The Miracle Workers, that would be great, especially with the wry humor. Cugel, as others have mentioned, would also seem perfect, and he comes with dozens of small, movie-size stories.