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In Memory of Jack Vance
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skrumgaer wrote
at 11:48 PM, Wednesday June 5, 2013 EDT
Jack Vance died about a week ago. Are there any influences of Jack Vance or authors of similar genre in kDice?
Reading the Wikipedia article on Vance, I came across a reference of another author, James Branch Cabell, who was a source of inspiration for Vance. Cabell wrote a novel about a rather rascally fellow named "Jurgen". I've heard of that name somewhere. |
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jurgen wrote
at 2:10 AM, Thursday June 6, 2013 EDT Jurgen, A Comedy of Justice is a 1919 fantasy book by James Branch Cabell.
The eponymous hero, who considers himself a "monstrous clever fellow", embarks on a journey through ever more fantastic realms in a search for a parodized version of the chivalrous courtly love. Everywhere he goes, he meets the acquaintance of rather eccentric knights and damsels, in an acerbic satire of contemporary America. Jurgen gets the attention of the Lady of the Lake, Queen Guinevere, and even the Devil's wife. The novel became more widely known after the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice attempted to bring a prosecution for obscenity, and the printing plates were seized on January 4, 1920. Thanks, I'm putting this on my books to read list for this summer |
