Most reviews of Jack Vance's autobiography "This Is Me, Jack Vance" point out that he avoids talking about his own writing for the most part. Apparently, he dislikes such "shop talk", as he calls it.
Well, he wasn't as reticent near the beginning of his writing career, as this snippet taken from The Illustrated Vance shows (click to enlarge):
The story being discussed is "Phallid's Fate".
3 comments:
I didn't know the bio was already out, nor of the website of illustrations for Vance. Thank you for both pieces of good news.
Have you any reaction to the recent NYT profile of Vance?
Nice discovery the vance posts in your blog Tim ;)
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