tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post7160342254582988410..comments2024-03-18T17:49:52.065+08:00Comments on The Reading Life: "Green Magic" - a short story by Jack Vance, a master of the Science Fiction/Fantasy World (June, 1963)Mel uhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08714473754458914681noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-27426613228599374952017-06-16T07:15:28.511+08:002017-06-16T07:15:28.511+08:00Buried In Print. I find my new projects don't...Buried In Print. I find my new projects don't superceed my old ones but enrich them one of my oldest projects is short stories by authors with Filipino ancestry and I found two delightful award winning Filipino fantasy writers to follow Mel uhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714473754458914681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-82915479395362320442017-06-16T07:13:04.741+08:002017-06-16T07:13:04.741+08:00Mudpuddle. I did some checking, I can get a kindl...Mudpuddle. I did some checking, I can get a kindle edition of all four dying earth titles for $10.95. I might go with that. "Green Magic" can be read online at the link in my post.Mel uhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714473754458914681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-15179184104858945892017-06-16T00:47:58.967+08:002017-06-16T00:47:58.967+08:00"I wanted to find out what I had missed in th..."I wanted to find out what I had missed in the last fifty years." Heheh Isn't this often the question which drives us onto new reading projects?! I love that you're always venturing into new reading territory, one reading passion into the next. <br /><br />I've always had the impression that Jack Vance was like Heinlein and Asimov in the sense that there were few/no/limited roles for women in his stories, so I haven't made an effort to explore, but perhaps I should take a peek.Buried In Printhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00808249065026802365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-29001366455135103102017-06-15T12:09:40.463+08:002017-06-15T12:09:40.463+08:00i'm very glad to hear you've discovered Va...i'm very glad to hear you've discovered Vance; his wry humor and idiosyncratic style have kept me rapt through many years... i was pretty sure i had and had read all of his work, but this one, Green Magic, i haven't read... grrrr... i must see if i can download it somehow...<br /> If you read anything else by him, i would recommend above all others, Eyes of the Overworld....Mudpuddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17194891656971454279noreply@blogger.com