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The Mésalliance. Part 2. (Updated 11/28)
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<blockquote data-quote="Lazybones" data-source="post: 1948681" data-attributes="member: 143"><p>I don't remember if I've commented on this before, but if I have it's probably six threads and 1000 posts back. </p><p></p><p>I just got done rereading Jack Vance's <em>Rhialto the Marvellous</em>, and the influences of that story upon this tale are striking. In particular, the community of wizards in Wyre (and environs), the nature of magic (of course, Vancian magic inspired a lot of D&D's system, so that's not that surprising), the presence of a magician's code and a powerful, neutral enforcer (the Claviger), and to some extent the richness of language. I don't mean this in a negative/plagiaristic sort of way at all; in fact I think most writers are inspired by certain writers, and Sep is able to improve upon Vance in a number of ways IMHO. In particular, Sep surpasses Vance in his introduction of strong female characters into his narrative, and in the whole Eadric/spiritualist arc that started as an integral part of the story and developed into the mind-blowing philosophical debate that so many have commented on already. </p><p></p><p>On the other hand, I think we're going to have to organize a kidnapping party to secure Sep and situate him in some hidden location to finish the story for us.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lazybones, post: 1948681, member: 143"] I don't remember if I've commented on this before, but if I have it's probably six threads and 1000 posts back. I just got done rereading Jack Vance's [i]Rhialto the Marvellous[/i], and the influences of that story upon this tale are striking. In particular, the community of wizards in Wyre (and environs), the nature of magic (of course, Vancian magic inspired a lot of D&D's system, so that's not that surprising), the presence of a magician's code and a powerful, neutral enforcer (the Claviger), and to some extent the richness of language. I don't mean this in a negative/plagiaristic sort of way at all; in fact I think most writers are inspired by certain writers, and Sep is able to improve upon Vance in a number of ways IMHO. In particular, Sep surpasses Vance in his introduction of strong female characters into his narrative, and in the whole Eadric/spiritualist arc that started as an integral part of the story and developed into the mind-blowing philosophical debate that so many have commented on already. On the other hand, I think we're going to have to organize a kidnapping party to secure Sep and situate him in some hidden location to finish the story for us. [/QUOTE]
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