by Jack Vance
I read this because I kept hearing Vance was so good and I thought maybe I missed one of the great Fantasy writers of a bygone era. However, when I began reading, I saw it as very much a thing of its time. It was very dialogue heavy to the exclusion of description. I often wasn't sure who was who ...
Despite being one of Vance's more celebrated stories, a re-read didn't really change my view. I'd say it's a 3.5 rather than a 3, but I round down because it could have been better.Vance starts with an interesting idea (view spoiler) and introduces it in an understated way. But the result lacks the ...
I am slowly making my way through McGee's encyclopedic On Food and Cooking, which is teaching me all sorts of fascinating and surprising things. One theme that stands out is how recent many fruits and vegetables are: for example, rutabagas (swedes), broccoli, cauliflower and strawberries were all cr...
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