Posted by Dan S. Tong on February 02, 1998 at 22:41:38:
In Reply to: Jack... we hardly know ye! posted by Paul Martin on February 02, 1998 at 20:02:20:
: Does anyone out there communicate with Jack Vance? Does he answer letters? Does he even have a known address?.. but it would be fantastic to reach the man himself. Anyone have any suggestions?
I'm sure virtually everyone agrees it would be wonderful to correspond with Jack Vance, but, keep in mind that he may not be too interested in being flooded by unsolicited mail. Writers, are very busy people, sometimes with very little time for anything else (see for example Piers Anthony's comments on this subject in Autobiography of an Ogre).
Also, it is quite probable (very likely) we are far more interested in him then he is in us. After all he is a GREAT STORYTELLER with a true gift of IMAGINATION. I certainly am not and I suspect most of us are better at reading and appreciating someone elses writing than doing the writing, otherwise we would all be terrific writers perhaps.
I certainly appreciate your enthusiasm and I remember going thru similar thought in my head until I realized the burden it may impose on the object of veneration.