Checking in

View 776 Thursday, May 30, 2013

I’ve had a hectic week, some good – Monday was good – and some not so, which I suppose is to be expected, so I’m catching up again. The news has been a bit discouraging. I was going to write a couple of short essays today, but the day was eaten by locusts. Shopping takes longer than it used to. Everything takes longer. Suddenly it was dinner time, and then time for the LASFS meeting, and I was planning on doing something tonight but we stayed and talked about the loss of Jack Vance.

Jack Vance, RIP. I never knew him well, but he was a close friend of Poul Anderson. Jack had a story telling knack that many envied. He also had a live imagination. This resulted in some wonderful tales – the Demon Princes series was wonderful – and some sequences that appealed to some and turned off others. Jack was never a big best seller but he was a journeyman artist story teller who make a good living at this racket, and told some great stories.

But it’s late and I’m due for bed. I’ll try to catch up tomorrow.