TRIVIAL VANCEAN PURSUIT

TRIVIAL VANCEAN PURSUIT http://jackvance.yuku.com/forums/5 en-us Copyright 2006, Yuku feeds@yuku.com (FeedMaster) webmaster@yuku.com (WebMaster) Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:45:33 GMT Yuku Feeds 1.0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 Yuku http://static.yuku.com//feed/bypass/images/button-yuku.png http://jackvance.yuku.com/forums/5 Yuku - free hosted forums and profiles 88 31 {pics-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (nz 1 vz 1 lz 1 oz 1 cz 1 ) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0 )) Search Search Domain q http://yuku.com/search/direct/ <![CDATA[ Photoquiz ]]> http://jackvance.yuku.com/topic/3433/t/Photoquiz.html Le Figaro reminded me of the last episode of one of Jack's earlier short stories, in which a small elite tries to keep a certain monopoly as long as possible. That proves finally impossible, leading to a conclusion similar to the scene depicted (if one overlooks the ropes and attributes the acrobats' elevated positions to a newly acquired skill). The title of the story was used in the Netherlands as the general title of a collection of Jack's... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Sarnidac the Dwarf) http://jackvance.yuku.com/topic/3433 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 23:26:19 GMT <![CDATA[ Another RPG name-checks Jack ]]> http://jackvance.yuku.com/topic/3411/t/Another-RPG-name-checks-Jack.html
There's a fantasy gaming system called Dragon Warriors that was published in six mass-market paperbacks around 1985. Volume three, The Elven Crystals, includes an adventure module called The Castle Of Terror, in which players may enlist the help of a mercenary called http://jackvance.yuku.com/topic/3411 Sat, 18 Jul 2009 21:28:21 GMT <![CDATA[ Nuncupatory, indeed ]]> http://jackvance.yuku.com/topic/3409/t/Nuncupatory-indeed.html Georges Simenon. They have proved a formidable source to expand my French vocabulary. As a side effect, I have been smitten with the highly Vancean urge to coin some new words, slight modifications of the Simenon originals or, in case the words didn't need any change, to define new meanings for them. Here are a couple... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Sarnidac the Dwarf) http://jackvance.yuku.com/topic/3409 Sat, 18 Jul 2009 03:29:29 GMT <![CDATA[ I had always thought... ]]> http://jackvance.yuku.com/topic/3309/t/I-had-always-thought-.html
I've also always thought that Delany borrowed the concept for "The Einstein Intersection" from a Jack Vance short story which posited that Earth has historically been passing... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (DocGeorge) http://jackvance.yuku.com/topic/3309 Mon, 22 Dec 2008 13:26:52 GMT <![CDATA[ Vanceana quiz found on the net ]]> http://jackvance.yuku.com/topic/3295/t/Vanceana-quiz-found-on-the-net.html Galactic Effectuator and all. The shame, the shame!). I did pass another... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Sudo Nonimus) http://jackvance.yuku.com/topic/3295 Sun, 07 Dec 2008 10:08:57 GMT <![CDATA[ Deja voo all over again ]]> http://jackvance.yuku.com/topic/3198/t/Deja-voo-all-over-again.html feeds@yuku.com (David B Williams) http://jackvance.yuku.com/topic/3198 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:06:49 GMT <![CDATA[ Anyone for punch ? ]]> http://jackvance.yuku.com/topic/3137/t/Anyone-for-punch-.html
a/ Like me, I guess most of you Wankhers forget a lot...
b/ There are some newcomers on this Board (fortunately)
c/ Finding anything in those twisted threads of ours is an impossible task

So, I give to you again, ladies and gentlemen , this piece... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (axolotl) http://jackvance.yuku.com/topic/3137 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:02:22 GMT <![CDATA[ Madouc: unused plotline? ]]> http://jackvance.yuku.com/topic/1040/t/Madouc-unused-plotline-.html

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Shimrod reached to the ground for a pebble. He rubbed it between his fingers and handed it to Lillas. "As soon as your mistress returns, take this pebble out of doors, throw it into the air and say: 'Go... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (9xxBoy) http://jackvance.yuku.com/topic/1040 Wed, 13 Jun 2007 13:52:16 GMT <![CDATA[ I'd STILL like to know... ]]> http://jackvance.yuku.com/topic/1041/t/I-d-STILL-like-to-know-.html
Doc George
Jack Vance for the Nobel Prize in Literature!
]]> feeds@yuku.com (DocGeorge) http://jackvance.yuku.com/topic/1041 Mon, 07 May 2007 15:19:37 GMT <![CDATA[ The Men Return ]]> http://jackvance.yuku.com/topic/1042/t/The-Men-Return.html The Worlds of Jack Vance, at the end of the first paragraph, there is this:

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Arriving at the final low outcrop of rock, he halted across the plain.

Considering the story, is this deliberate? Was it left like this in the JVIE?

My dog barks... some.
]]> feeds@yuku.com (Infinite Chun) http://jackvance.yuku.com/topic/1042 Mon, 30 Apr 2007 21:25:41 GMT <![CDATA[ Cairbra an Meadhan ]]> http://jackvance.yuku.com/topic/1043/t/Cairbra-an-Meadhan.html
I've just re-read Madouc a couple of times, to my great delight. I was interested in the references in Lyonesse to Cairbra an Meadhan (the round table of nobility). For no particular reason I wondered how carefully Jack had calculated the table's size and number of place settings.

From Madouc we get some background;

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For many years the Elder Isles were ruled from Castle Haidion at Lyonesse... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (9xxBoy) http://jackvance.yuku.com/topic/1043 Sun, 29 Apr 2007 23:32:31 GMT <![CDATA[ What about the Chilite calculation? ]]> http://jackvance.yuku.com/topic/1047/t/What-about-the-Chilite-calculation-.html
If we are gathering these mathematical/physical calculations together, where is the calculation thread, from several years ago, about Gastel Etzwane's escape from the Chilite temple?

Eric ]]> feeds@yuku.com (halsey) http://jackvance.yuku.com/topic/1047 Mon, 22 Jan 2007 10:56:22 GMT <![CDATA[ The Pendulum and the Pit ]]> http://jackvance.yuku.com/topic/1045/t/The-Pendulum-and-the-Pit.html
Reith is sent down the depths of the Tschai underground in a sack, at the end of a rope. When the descent stops, a bit above the floor level, Reith eventually manages to cut his way out, after having swung helplessly for a while. Then he tries to estimate the length of... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (axolotl) http://jackvance.yuku.com/topic/1045 Sun, 21 Jan 2007 17:33:44 GMT <![CDATA[ A physics goof ]]> http://jackvance.yuku.com/topic/1044/t/A-physics-goof.html feeds@yuku.com (David B Williams) http://jackvance.yuku.com/topic/1044 Sun, 21 Jan 2007 11:54:04 GMT <![CDATA[ A clue to the duration of an Aeon ]]> http://jackvance.yuku.com/topic/1046/t/A-clue-to-the-duration-of-an-Aeon.html feeds@yuku.com (David B Williams) http://jackvance.yuku.com/topic/1046 Sun, 21 Jan 2007 11:46:10 GMT <![CDATA[ the delivery? ]]> http://jackvance.yuku.com/topic/1048/t/the-delivery-.html

those guys always remind me of those two polite fellows that came for Josef K. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Trial ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Hatless Phung) http://jackvance.yuku.com/topic/1048 Wed, 27 Dec 2006 01:32:18 GMT <![CDATA[ Noise ]]> http://jackvance.yuku.com/topic/1049/t/Noise.html
What is this "noise"? There's no reference to it beforehand... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Infinite Chun) http://jackvance.yuku.com/topic/1049 Sun, 17 Dec 2006 04:59:18 GMT <![CDATA[ Whatever happened to Shan Farway? ]]> http://jackvance.yuku.com/topic/1050/t/Whatever-happened-to-Shan-Farway-.html Suldrun's Garden:
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Tamurello, fearing Murgen, refers Casmir to the wizard Shan Farway. In their... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Kilo Volt) http://jackvance.yuku.com/topic/1050 Mon, 16 Oct 2006 11:26:27 GMT <![CDATA[ I was poking around in TOTALITY and I found... ]]> http://jackvance.yuku.com/topic/1051/t/I-was-poking-around-in-TOTALITY-and-I-found-.html
Once my account was activated my first search was "nuncupatory", one of the best and most useful Vancian words. I discovered an interesting thing: it first appears in Cat Island, which dates from I believe the Forties,... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Unregistered(d)) http://jackvance.yuku.com/topic/1051 Fri, 14 Jul 2006 06:32:20 GMT <![CDATA[ Star King: a couple of questions ]]> http://jackvance.yuku.com/topic/1052/t/Star-King-a-couple-of-questions.html
However, a couple of things are confusing me.

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Stars slid by like fireflies blown on a dark wind, the light reaching Gersen by backsplash or backcurl, wherein the Doppler effect played no role.
(first para, page 47 of the paperback Grafton edition).

What does Jack... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Infinite Chun) http://jackvance.yuku.com/topic/1052 Tue, 06 Jun 2006 21:42:54 GMT