Posted by Mike Berro on August 28, 1996 at 15:12:43:
In Reply to: RE : "Best SF author today" quote posted by Mick Scannell on August 28, 1996 at 05:43:11:
: This reminded me of a quote by Brian Aldiss's in his "Trillion
: Year Spree" history-of-SF-athon, where he refers to Vance as a :
: ".... gaudily coloured coelaenth washed up on the shores of SF"
: Not very nice, eh?!
Perhaps, but the discovery of the Coelacanth was a major step
forward in the study of evolution. Perhaps Aldiss meant it in
terms of Vance's use of archaic language styles?