Sjambak eBook Jack 1916 Vance
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Sjambak eBook Jack 1916 Vance
Look, I have the free Kindle version of this, so the price is right. There is literally no reason not to download it for a quiet moment when you have nothing else to do.Sjambak is a nice little sci-fi story by Jack Vance, although it is not particularly "Vancian" with only a little of the characteristic dialogue and things just being slightly off-kilter. It's a quick read, 20 or 30 pages long if it were a book. Sadly, it is missing the Virgil Finlay art referred to in the text. To say it about a space cowboy is to both mislead and tell the truth: its really about a journalist looking for a story, space travel, terraforming and ambition. The Sjambak is...well, better to read it and find out.
This not earthshattering stuff: it's a sci-fi short story of the type mass-produced in the 1940's and 50's. But its fun, cheap, and written by Jack Vance, so you know its better than it has a right to be.
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Sjambak eBook Jack 1916 Vance Reviews
I thought I had read all of Jack Vance's books, so I was
enthusiastic when I found a title I hadn't read. Jack
Vance has written some excellent Sci Fi - one of the very
few authors that I will reread. Unfortunately, Sjambak
was not good. Apparently it was an early work, before he
developed his unique style.
Lively fun, but extremely short. However the price is right. I suggest download & enjoy it while you can get it.
In my opinion, Jack Vance is one of the best writers in the history of science fiction. Cordwainer Smith is the only name that eclipses him, and barely at that. Sjambak is in the second rank of this authors output, but if you already like Vance, just get it.
If you like SF as literature, get Vance and Smith and you will then LOVE the genre.
While fairly well written, it makes a false assumption that makes it unworkable, something the author should have been able to find out about through research. For those who do not know why it does not work, it should be a good enough story. For me, since I know better, it fell a bit flat.
Having read the entirety of Jack Vance, I have to say I was very disappointed in this book. Basically it is a short story and not one of his best. My favorite Jack Vance short story is "The Moon Moth". Vance's creativity is unparalleled in the world of science fiction as far as I am concerned.
This science fiction adventure is fast paced and enjoyable enough, if rather far-fetched and not especially memorable. Murphy, a reporter, is ordered to get a sensational story on a remote world where it is rumored that a horseman rides out to meet spaceships. The conservative rulers of this planet want to show off their civilization without any sensationalism. Murphy, of course, gets around them.
This novelette, published by Jack Vance in If magazine in 1953, could be described as a routine potboiler, the kind that science fiction authors churned out by the ream in the 1950s. Except that there is no "routine" Jack Vance story. This tale, like nearly all of Vance's fiction, portrays a fascinating planet, with a well-visualized sociology, history, culture and ecology. That Vance created so many planetary civilizations-- each unique in its own way-- is a tribute to his incredible gifts of imagination.
If this free story whets your appetite for Jack Vance's SF, try this excellent anthology The Men Return
One caveat despite the blurb, this book does NOT include Virgil Finlay's illustrations.
Look, I have the free version of this, so the price is right. There is literally no reason not to download it for a quiet moment when you have nothing else to do.
Sjambak is a nice little sci-fi story by Jack Vance, although it is not particularly "Vancian" with only a little of the characteristic dialogue and things just being slightly off-kilter. It's a quick read, 20 or 30 pages long if it were a book. Sadly, it is missing the Virgil Finlay art referred to in the text. To say it about a space cowboy is to both mislead and tell the truth its really about a journalist looking for a story, space travel, terraforming and ambition. The Sjambak is...well, better to read it and find out.
This not earthshattering stuff it's a sci-fi short story of the type mass-produced in the 1940's and 50's. But its fun, cheap, and written by Jack Vance, so you know its better than it has a right to be.
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