...of course, I'm not a big Vance fan, and I'm rejoicing too. Matthew Hughe's has set his far future tales in a milieu very similar to Vance's dying earth stories. In the "penultimate age" of the earth, science is slowly losing power to the rise of magic. A young urban decadent who spends his days drinking, eating, and scheming his way in and out of the smallclothes of young ladies, Filidor Vesh is the nephew of the vaguely...
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I've already read this book twice. The writing is crisp, the story unique. The author's style is very easy to read and he uses humor effectively. The story might seem like science fiction at first, but it also incorporates some adventure elements and a bit of fantasy. Imagine a world where you can have dwarves, futuristic devices, and a life or death struggle all at the same time. The bumbling fool that is the focus of...
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Matt Hughes, Canadian author, has written a loving homage to Jack Vance's dying earth tales (naturally dedicated to Vance). Here are the two full length novels set in Earth's penultimate days when science is turning to magic while the landscape and creatures of Vance's dying earth are coming to life. Although Hughes breaks no new ground in writing this dualogy prequel to _The Dying Earth_, _Rhialto The Marvellous_, _The...
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