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        <title>TRIVIAL VANCEAN PURSUIT</title>
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        <![CDATA[ For the Trivial Vancean Scholars:  research through Jack's texts for small details, coincidences, inconsistencies, continuity issues...  ]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Brown Bersaglers ]]></title>
			<link>http://jackvance.yuku.com/topic/4060/Brown-Bersaglers</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Brown Bersaglers were the crack foot soldiers that Kokkor Hekkus employed on Thamber.Reading a novel set on the Italian Front in WW1, I came across references to the Bersaglieri, elite regiments of Italian troops who apparently jog instead of march and ar...<br /><a href="http://jackvance.yuku.com/topic/4060/Brown-Bersaglers">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Warning : Casting Spells May Seriously Age Your Appearance ]]></title>
			<link>http://jackvance.yuku.com/topic/4054/Warning-Casting-Spells-May-Seriously-Age-Your-Appearance</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Readers familiar with Larry Niven's Warlock stories will know that mana, the energy behind wizardry, is finite and of a local nature.&nbsp;It can be depleted by the repeated and excessive use of potent spells, such as the Warlock's Wheel. When venerable w...<br /><a href="http://jackvance.yuku.com/topic/4054/Warning-Casting-Spells-May-Seriously-Age-Your-Appearance">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2012 19:48:35 PST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Flaussig character in Marune, used in another story? ]]></title>
			<link>http://jackvance.yuku.com/topic/3927/Flaussig-character-in-Marune-used-in-another-story</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Every time I read Marune: Alastor 933, I have the feeling that Flaussig character was used in another story. Flaussig is the pilot of the plane that Efraïm and Matho Lorcas use to go to Scharrode. I've searched in Totality but the Flaussig name is found ...<br /><a href="http://jackvance.yuku.com/topic/3927/Flaussig-character-in-Marune-used-in-another-story">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 00:01:40 PST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Wankh Preliminary ]]></title>
			<link>http://jackvance.yuku.com/topic/3919/Wankh-Preliminary</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Today I chanced across a battered copy of Servants of the Wankh. Now I already have this in the Planet of Adventure omnibus (Grafton), but I discovered that this Mayflower edition has a 'Preliminary' that the PoA book doesn't seem to have, unless it occur...<br /><a href="http://jackvance.yuku.com/topic/3919/Wankh-Preliminary">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sat, 06 Aug 2011 19:45:56 PST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ My "Desert-Island Jack Vance Quote" ]]></title>
			<link>http://jackvance.yuku.com/topic/3850/My-DesertIsland-Jack-Vance-Quote</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ This is my favorite favorite Jack Vance quote- I prolly put it up before, &amp; if so, SORRY!&nbsp; I CAN'T HELP IT!!!&nbsp; (From "Madouc")"...Today I went out to the stables, andI found that poor Sir Pom-Pom had been killed in Dahaut and is now dead.&nb...<br /><a href="http://jackvance.yuku.com/topic/3850/My-DesertIsland-Jack-Vance-Quote">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 19:59:08 PST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Vancean references by other writers : Jack's name ]]></title>
			<link>http://jackvance.yuku.com/topic/3849/Vancean-references-by-other-writers-Jacks-name</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ A good friend of mine, a SF scholar, erudite, editor and collector extraordinary, Rémy Lechevalier, has recently told me he had found a reference to Jack's name in a short story by Frank Herbert, published in Galaxy Science Fiction in 1964. Namely, The T...<br /><a href="http://jackvance.yuku.com/topic/3849/Vancean-references-by-other-writers-Jacks-name">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 00:00:12 PST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Past Adaptations: A Counterfactual Film History ]]></title>
			<link>http://jackvance.yuku.com/topic/3764/Past-Adaptations-A-Counterfactual-Film-History</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ I constructed these to amuse myself. Maybe other members of this board will also find them at least mildly diverting. The synopses and taglines quoted below are real and have been used to describe and advertise actual films; some words have however been s...<br /><a href="http://jackvance.yuku.com/topic/3764/Past-Adaptations-A-Counterfactual-Film-History">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<author>feeds@yuku.com (Sudo Nonimus)</author>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 17 Oct 2010 19:31:09 PST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ More Vance recycling ]]></title>
			<link>http://jackvance.yuku.com/topic/3588/More-Vance-recycling</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ As I mentioned in the Discussion forum, I just finished re-reading the Lyonesse trilogy. I don't know if anyone is maintaining a list of Vancian recycled words, but here are some I noticed:In Suldrun's Garden, Garstang is one of Aillas' companions after t...<br /><a href="http://jackvance.yuku.com/topic/3588/More-Vance-recycling">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:19:34 PST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ A little help? ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ I&#39;ve been meaning to put this up and see how you guys translate or interpret this song- (if you&#39;ve discussed this before, which is likely, perhaps
you could point me to the archive):

Ecce voluspo

Sorasio normal

Radne malengro.

*************

B...<br /><a href="http://jackvance.yuku.com/topic/3536/A-little-help">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 08:18:25 PST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ The Moon in The Dying Earth ]]></title>
			<link>http://jackvance.yuku.com/topic/3531/The-Moon-in-The-Dying-Earth</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ I thought it had long gone - I&#39;m sure I read in one of the DE books that it had exploded or span off or something... but it exists in an otherwise
well-researched tribute in Songs. Who&#39;s right? ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 06:27:02 PST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Dogtown ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ I see Dogtown has a bookshop, as well as a tourist agency! ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:39:09 PST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Photoquiz ]]></title>
			<link>http://jackvance.yuku.com/topic/3433/Photoquiz</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ This photo in today&#39;s Le Figaro reminded me of the last episode of one of Jack&#39;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...<br /><a href="http://jackvance.yuku.com/topic/3433/Photoquiz">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 07:26:19 PST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Another RPG name-checks Jack ]]></title>
			<link>http://jackvance.yuku.com/topic/3411/Another-RPG-namechecks-Jack</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ It seems Gary Gygax wasn&#39;t the only game designer to give a tip of the hat to Jack&#39;s work.


There&#39;s a fantasy gaming system called Dragon Warriors that was published in six mass-market paperbacks around
1985. Volume three, The Elven Crystals,...<br /><a href="http://jackvance.yuku.com/topic/3411/Another-RPG-namechecks-Jack">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 05:28:21 PST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Nuncupatory, indeed ]]></title>
			<link>http://jackvance.yuku.com/topic/3409/Nuncupatory-indeed</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ A month or so ago my brain entered a pocket of non-causility, causing my person to suddenly develop a desperate need to acquire and devour the collected works
of Georges Simenon. They have proved a formidable source to expand my French vocabulary. As a si...<br /><a href="http://jackvance.yuku.com/topic/3409/Nuncupatory-indeed">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 11:29:29 PST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ I had always thought... ]]></title>
			<link>http://jackvance.yuku.com/topic/3309/I-had-always-thought</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ that the &quot;plot&quot; of the Dumarest series was taken from a Jack Vance short story- I forget the title, but it had the same method of star travel- being
frozen and then revived by induction heaters, and a protagonist seeking Earth- I&#39;m sure some...<br /><a href="http://jackvance.yuku.com/topic/3309/I-had-always-thought">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 21:26:52 PST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Vanceana quiz found on the net ]]></title>
			<link>http://jackvance.yuku.com/topic/3295/Vanceana-quiz-found-on-the-net</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ I found this quiz which I don&#39;t think have been discussed on this board before. Since it&#39;s been out there for over four years I am probably wrong. It
consists of ten Vancean multiple choice-type questions and I managed a mere 8 out of 10. If I had...<br /><a href="http://jackvance.yuku.com/topic/3295/Vanceana-quiz-found-on-the-net">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<author>feeds@yuku.com (Sudo Nonimus)</author>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 18:08:57 PST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Deja voo all over again ]]></title>
			<link>http://jackvance.yuku.com/topic/3198/Deja-voo-all-over-again</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ While gazing at a shelf of audio books at the library today, I noticed that Dean Koontz has a novel titled &quot;The Face.&quot;  Can anyone recall Vance
titles on any other authors&#39; books?  &quot;The Face&quot; is an obvious title choice and may have...<br /><a href="http://jackvance.yuku.com/topic/3198/Deja-voo-all-over-again">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<author>feeds@yuku.com (David B Williams)</author>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:06:49 PST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Anyone for punch ? ]]></title>
			<link>http://jackvance.yuku.com/topic/3137/Anyone-for-punch-</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Browsing through my hard disk&#39;s content, I came upon this article I had written for Cosmopolis so long ago (#41, August 2003). I had quite forgotten about
it. Now I may have posted a link to it here already, but :


a/ Like me, I guess most of you Wan...<br /><a href="http://jackvance.yuku.com/topic/3137/Anyone-for-punch-">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:02:22 PST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Madouc: unused plotline? ]]></title>
			<link>http://jackvance.yuku.com/topic/1040/Madouc-unused-plotline</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ In the middle of Madouc, Shimrod receives instruction from Murgen and consequently visits Melancthe's villa but can locate only her maid Lillas.  Concerned for Melancthe, Shimrod effects a minor conjuration thus;Quote:Shimrod reached to the ground for a p...<br /><a href="http://jackvance.yuku.com/topic/1040/Madouc-unused-plotline">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2007 21:52:16 PST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ I'd STILL like to know... ]]></title>
			<link>http://jackvance.yuku.com/topic/1041/Id-STILL-like-to-know</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ ...the length of the day on Tschai, in Earth hours- I asked this a while ago, but no answer...talk to ya....Doc GeorgeJack Vance for the Nobel Prize in Literature! ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2007 23:19:37 PST</pubDate>
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