Languages of Pao, The, by Vance, Jack

I have made no secret of the fact that I generally do not like fantasy. With the exception of a few books I generally only like it if it is mixed with SF, and very little of the pure stuff appeals to me at all. I am also not fond of much of the the New Weird stories either. But one of the crossover authors that I somewhat enjoy is Jack Vance. This week's review is of his novel called The Languages of Pao. It's a bit of a roller coaster ride in terms of plot, but the characters an[…]

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