The Dying Earth is my favorite Jack Vance novel.
Yeah, it’s a classic. I wouldn’t go so far as saying it’s better than Demon Princes or Planet of Adventure, but it’s certainly just as good. I would say it belongs but probably a lot might say it belongs on another list, so I just gave the harder sci-fi stuff, well harder for Vance.
Here’s something I found a while ago, a list from a 1968 Galaxy mag of sci-fi authors for and against the Vietnam war. You might have to zoom to read it properly. I would take the pro authors over the antis on this one as far as which side I would want to read, if I had to choose. Asimov opposed involvement, Vance was pro involvement.
http://www.natsmusic.net/articles_galaxy_magazine_viet_nam_war.htm
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