VANCE INTEGRAL EDITION
I picked up a new book the other day: Dragon Masters by Jack Vance. I've not started reading the novel proper, but have been reading about the author and fandom.

Interestingly enough, there's a website for the Vance Integral Edition at www.vanceintegral.com. The project's goals?

1. Create a complete and correct edition, in 44 volumes, a permanent, physical archive of Vance's oeuvre disseminated world wide, doubled by a digital archive (already being made available to commercial publishers).
2. Promote the universally appealing work of Jack Vance through library donations. Funded by the Paul Allen Foundation, and private individuals, dozens of libraries around the world are receiving V.I.E. book sets.


According to the site, Vance's literary works include "150 novels, novellas and stories. Vance is mostly known as a science fiction writer; a definition he rejects. In his long career he has written books in several genres, including the fantasy classic 'The Dying Earth' (the true title, Mazirian the Magician, is restored in the V.I.E.). He has also authored a dozen novels which are categorized as mysteries."

Not familiar with his work (which by the way influenced the D&D style of "fire & forget" style of magic), it's interesting to see the fan categorization of his work: "His 'fantasies' are closer to L. Frank Baum than to Tolkien. His 'mysteries' are closer to Thackery than to John D. MacDonald. His 'science fiction' is closer to Cervantes, Dante, Swift, de la Fontaine or Rabelais than to Asimov or Herbert."

I'm looking forward to reading his works...

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