David DeLaney wrote:
> Dan Clore <clore@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> Michael Shea, _A Quest for Simbilis_. DAW Books, 1974.
>
> Ah yes. From distinctly before the 'shared world' concept, if I
> remember right; a distinctly different take on Vance's world,
> effectively moving parts of it to Shea's own world(s), but it still
> works. I also learned of it only after reading the first couple
> Vance/Cugel books - but I appear to have had a far shorter time
> interval pass before I found a copy. Liked.
I read this recently, after having seen it praised here for many years,
and
was disappointed, The fantasy world-building is fine, with many clever
touches, but Shea's Cugel was too ineffectual and easy-going, and
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the final dispensation, which rewards the squire for being an innocent
fool,
is as un-Vance-like as anything could be. Vance doesn't suffer fools
gladly,
but he gladly makes fools suffer.
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