![]() Arguably, Cugel the Clever learns that backstabbing is bad and trust is good by the end of his second book. An Aesop - One of the stories with T'sais is definitely one, some of the other Dying Earth stories could be said to be one also.Tropes extant within the works penned by this fine author let the reader not assay overmuch Lyonesse: a huge and popular fantasy trilogy.The Last Castle: Nebula-winning novella.Dying Earth: an influential science-fantasy series set in the distant future.The Dragon Masters: Hugo-winning novella.The Demon Princes: a five volume series set in the Gaean Reach.The area is so large that the works actually have little in common, except some details of shared culture. Many of his science fiction works share a common, very broad setting called the Gaean Reach, a huge area with many, many settled stars. However, he also wrote a massive amount of incredibly diverse science fiction and fantasy, making his work fairly hard to categorize. Arguably, he is most well-known for the Dying Earth series, set in the last days of Earth when technology has become a kind of magic this system of magic was a huge influence on Dungeons and Dragons. Jack Vance (1916-2013) was a Science Fiction and Fantasy author, who wrote, continuously, since the 1950s. ![]()
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