So glad to have the grandmaster being studied seriously. One day people will rediscover his great work! 🎉
@GregoryBSadler
Жыл бұрын
He certainly is a great one
@Cugelclever
5 жыл бұрын
Very nice to see Jack Vance getting some attention. He is my absolute favorite writer.
@GregoryBSadler
5 жыл бұрын
Just read Languages of Pao - a friend gave it to me - great stuff!
@hhlavacs
4 жыл бұрын
I was (a small) part of the integral edition as a member of textual integrity, it was an epic endeavor done by amazing people. Thanks for discussing Jack Vance, my all time favorite author!
@GregoryBSadler
4 жыл бұрын
You're very welcome - and that was very cool experience, I imagine
@hhlavacs
4 жыл бұрын
@@GregoryBSadler It was, and the biggest gain of course is the whole Vance Integral Edition sitting on my book shelf. I really enjoyed your video, it was spot on.
@petersbayley
2 жыл бұрын
I did the same for a few books. A great project :-)
@skulptor
4 жыл бұрын
I read the Dying Earth when I was 10 in 1971. It was revelation. More accessible than Tolkien,more colorful than Arthur C Clarke. Eyes of the Overworld just confirmed this. A kind of over- matured science fiction setting reminiscent of Herodotus to me. The Dying Earth is mostly written ona need to know basis which keeps one hungry for more snippets to flesh the setting out. I think he compares well with Dickens and R.L.Stephenson. Great to find a discussion of Vance and his works.
@GregoryBSadler
4 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@skulptor
4 жыл бұрын
@@GregoryBSadler working through thte others now. Glad i found your channel!
@waltertheartist2746
5 жыл бұрын
Very rereadable, Jack Vance's Dying Earth cycle has been, for me, very rewarding, inspiring and pleasurable.
@GregoryBSadler
5 жыл бұрын
Yes - it's fun stuff!
@shawn6669
3 жыл бұрын
@@GregoryBSadler read "The Demon Princes" by Vance. In my mind it's equal in quality to the Dying Earth books. I consider those 2 series to be both the pinnacle of Vance's work and very close to the pinnacle of SF/Fantasy in general. FWIW>
@shimrodson5443
Жыл бұрын
Dying Earth series and Lyonesse series are masterpieces
@GregoryBSadler
Жыл бұрын
Quite true
@benkingston8129
5 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite authors ever! Thanks Greg!
@GregoryBSadler
5 жыл бұрын
You're very welcome!
@coconuciferanuts339
2 жыл бұрын
Vance was a talented fantasy,sci-fi author.Very funny,futuristic & historical.Yes,his word-play like "manse" for house or mansion.Cugel was my favourite rascal/hero. Also the jobs,places etc so real. Also,Vance's magic description of these wizards etc were so somehow possible. Jack was a magical writer.
@GregoryBSadler
2 жыл бұрын
Indeed he was
@ghc9425
4 жыл бұрын
At 55:00 Corona flashbacks ahah. Lovely analysis, thank you!
@ghc9425
4 жыл бұрын
Hey Gregory, are you whipping some of these online (e.g. discord) during the pandemic?
@GregoryBSadler
4 жыл бұрын
@@ghc9425 I've been doing that for months
@ghc9425
4 жыл бұрын
@@GregoryBSadler where can I find you! I'll assume these are for Patreon people
@GregoryBSadler
4 жыл бұрын
@@ghc9425 When you go to the channel, there's all sorts of links. And no, the sessions are not just for Patreon supporters
@machtundehrexiv2600
5 жыл бұрын
I've played Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (aka 2nd Edition) for over two decades now. Dying Earth was a major influence to the setting and theme. Only recently have I enjoyed Jack Vance's work and was blown away. I didn't realize how profoundly inspirational this is to RPGs.
@GregoryBSadler
5 жыл бұрын
Yes - if I remember right, he's one of the people Gygax suggested GMs read in the Dungeon Master's Guide
@machtundehrexiv2600
5 жыл бұрын
@@GregoryBSadler, a "World Builders' Guide" was published with mention of Dying Earth. I didn't remember anything from the DMG.
@GregoryBSadler
5 жыл бұрын
@@machtundehrexiv2600 There was that section midway through - and I'm talking 1st edition, since it's been decades since I've played D&D - where Gygax made recommensations
@tame7347
4 жыл бұрын
@@GregoryBSadler Appendix N, great list of a mix of influential authors
intelligent discussion regarding a glorious worldsmith. subscribed.
@GregoryBSadler
4 жыл бұрын
He does like to sling them doesn't he!
@wateriso
Жыл бұрын
great video. i just read fifth head of cerberus. will read some jack vance. thank you.
@GregoryBSadler
Жыл бұрын
Cool!
@spiritualanarchist8162
2 жыл бұрын
I love how everyone is the dying earth is trying to screw eachother over. No noble heroes , noble knights or what have you. I love the dark humor. It's a shame he didn't write more in this series.
@GregoryBSadler
2 жыл бұрын
You'll find others who have, for example Tanith Lee
@spiritualanarchist8162
2 жыл бұрын
@@GregoryBSadler I remember reading her as well,. Yet when i try to remember more specific details , I notice i have forgotten them . ( And I find most of Vance other books a bit repetitive to be honest) . The dying earth series somehow stuck with me after all these years.
@earlpipe9713
2 жыл бұрын
My favorite thing about it is how there'd be characters coming up with vicious, elaborate trap plans for others, always based on the most petty, small potatoes of reasons like "he wore a fancier hat then me on my birthday!"
@shimrodson5443
Жыл бұрын
Vance was ahead of his time for sure
@cryptout
3 жыл бұрын
Big Vance fan here, I enjoyed your conversation about him and the Dying Earth. One of the people said there are a few authors that write in the Dying Earth universe, do you know their names?
@58lespaul
3 жыл бұрын
Matthew Hughes is one.
@cryptout
3 жыл бұрын
@@58lespaul Thank you so much!
@GreenTeaViewer
3 жыл бұрын
Michael Shea wrote a Cugel the Clever book, and his non-Dying Earth work is heavily influenced by Vance but with its own flavour.
@cryptout
3 жыл бұрын
@@GreenTeaViewer Excellent, I will check him out too. Thanks!
@shawn6669
3 жыл бұрын
In the "Songs of the Dying Earth" collection (of stories set in the Dying Earth world, but by other authors), the best stories, in my opinion, were done by Kage Baker, Dan Simmons and George RR Martin. Simmons story "The Guiding Nose of Ulfant Banderoz" is my favorite of the three although they are all amazingly good
@onepiecefan74
2 жыл бұрын
These stories sound like the Zothique stories by Clark Ashton Smith. Those deserve a segment on Worlds of Speculative Fiction.
@GregoryBSadler
2 жыл бұрын
Yep. Make your suggestions when we ask for them every year in December
@inevitabledaydream
3 жыл бұрын
Awesome Greg thanks!
@GregoryBSadler
3 жыл бұрын
You're welcome!
@shawn6669
3 жыл бұрын
The character you were looking for was "Nifft the Lean" by Shea.
@earlpipe9713
2 жыл бұрын
I love that Vance's wizard characters are named in ways that seem to have influenced the colorful pimps of the 1970s
@troisiemeoeil3651
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video! Could you at some point cover the worlds of Arkady and Boris Strugatsky? To get some soviet sci-fi covered.
@GregoryBSadler
5 жыл бұрын
I'll add them to the pool. Keep an eye open for the upcoming vote for some of the slots in 2019
@fevertreeful
2 жыл бұрын
Why no discussion of fantasy, mischief and magic?
@GregoryBSadler
2 жыл бұрын
Left that open so you can put that in your own video. Way better than just complaining
@pdyepes
3 жыл бұрын
his societies are his best charachters.
@3p1Kf41L
2 жыл бұрын
I gotta find my copy again
@The_Dean_91
4 жыл бұрын
watching this during the 2020 pandemic lolz
@GregoryBSadler
4 жыл бұрын
Good time to catch up. We haven't had a meeting since February!
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