/lit/ - Literature

Is it bad that I read the first book at a speed of 15 pages an hour? It is very calming to read, I often dwell on the choice of words

>>8473525

He has one of the omnibus volumes of "The Dying Earth"

>http://www.abebooks.com/9780739401101/Compleat-Dying-Earth-Jack-Vance-0739401106/plp

so "Rhialto" is included.

The Cadwal Chronicles are great--my favorite Vance scifi series--but they're a degree or two removed from "Dying Earth". They're closer to Vance's mystery writing output, I suspect. I haven't read "Bad Ronald" yet, which is supposedly his best mystery work.

"The Demon Princes" are probably his strongest series, don't you think? The others tend to tail off towards the end where this series, if anything, improves towards the end. I just have a soft spot for Cadwal; perhaps I like a mystery better than a revenge motif.