Tag Archives: Jack Vance

Rediscovered: McNaughton v. Vance

Posted on November 30, 2018 by Don

What was I thinking? In the post a month plus back where I kind of talked myself into rereading Brian McNaughton’s The Throne of Bones for Halloween, I realized that somehow I managed to put forth this opinion: McNaughton bears … Continue reading →

Posted in Lit | Tagged Brian McNaughton, Clark Ashton Smith, Jack Vance, Lin Carter, PW |

Rediscovered: PKD, 30 Years After

Posted on March 2, 2012 by Don

For the thirtieth anniversary of the passing of Philip K. Dick, today, my occasional Guest Blogger Brian Leno has put up a post about how he’s finally getting around to reading that titan of science fiction — and, yes, better … Continue reading →

Posted in Lit, News | Tagged Avram Davidson, Brian Leno, Fritz Leiber, Jack Vance, Lovecraft, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Peter S. Beagle, Philip K. Dick, Richard A. Lupoff, Robert Silverberg, Selected Letters of PKD, Terry Carr |

Rediscovered: Digging Out the Dannay

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Don

I’ve never been interested in the fiction of author “Ellery Queen” — nom de guerre for the cousins Frederic Dannay and Manfred B. Lee. The only Queen titles I ever recall reading were some of the 1960s novels ghost written … Continue reading →