tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post7807984707636678832..comments2024-03-25T11:17:18.130-07:00Comments on Davy Crockett's Almanack of Mystery, Adventure and The Wild West: Forgotten Jack Vance Books: Lyonesse - aka Suldrun's Garden (1983)Evan Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07620731784654779358noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-54630150439575983672021-07-20T00:52:31.146-07:002021-07-20T00:52:31.146-07:00Pardon me, I meant not the eighth.Pardon me, I meant not the eighth.Harrumphreynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-77557983143838197952021-07-20T00:51:50.534-07:002021-07-20T00:51:50.534-07:00Did you mean fawns or fauns? Re: Arthur, any histo...Did you mean fawns or fauns? Re: Arthur, any historicity links that chieftain with the fifth and sixth centuries, not the seventh. Re: Lyonesse, you really ought to read it in the V.I.E. edition. The middle book, The Green Pearl, is the best, and can be read on its own as an stand-alone. Of course with Vance's fantasy it's all about the Cugel books.Harrumphreynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-89469850469997752842014-12-24T19:27:11.619-08:002014-12-24T19:27:11.619-08:00This was an excellent trilogy about the restoratio...This was an excellent trilogy about the restoration of a kingdom through the complex interaction of a fascinating and varied cast of characters in a beautifully realized setting. The inability to appreciate this work may be the result of exposure to too many role-playing games, music videos, tweets, and other forms of minimal-attention-span-instant-gratification entertainment. I sympathize with the reviewer and hope there's a cure.<br />stevrnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-2880344919197410182013-08-09T10:29:01.524-07:002013-08-09T10:29:01.524-07:00I know I read Dying Earth, probably Tales of, and ...I know I read Dying Earth, probably Tales of, and I'm pretty sure about Languages too. But it's been a coon's age - around the same time I read The Fox Valley Murders. They're all hazy.Evan Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07620731784654779358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-40451234929182960272013-08-09T10:04:27.419-07:002013-08-09T10:04:27.419-07:00The LYONESSE sequence was perhaps too much a labor...The LYONESSE sequence was perhaps too much a labor of love. (And Vance noted that everyone else was getting fat and rich off fat fantasy novels?) Do try the Dying Earth novels, or THE LANGUAGES OF PAO (which latter is sf rather than fantasy) before shutting all the books on Vance...Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-11749693924905797992013-08-09T07:46:16.375-07:002013-08-09T07:46:16.375-07:00I'm not a genre snob at all, but fantasy is pr...I'm not a genre snob at all, but fantasy is probably the sole category I just can't get into. (Romance might be a close second.) I admire your honesty in saying you don't think you'll finish it. Kelly Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01752857506190488860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-92203011770279393362013-08-09T06:48:04.616-07:002013-08-09T06:48:04.616-07:00I agree with you. The Lyonesse series is not one ...I agree with you. The Lyonesse series is not one of my favorite Jack Vance series. Too long and tedious. Vance's best work was written before 1980.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.com