From: Paul C Duggan <pduggan@world.std.com>
Subject: (whorl) Covers
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 12:40:17 

> > I just recently bought the omnibus Jack Vance _Dying Earth_ trade pb (my
> > Lancer _Dying Earth_ is falling apart, etc.).  The cover depicts a genre
> > spaceship hovering over a genre future-abstract planet's surface.  This
> book
> > is published by Orb, which, as I recall, is Tor (Wolfe's publisher) under
> an
> > assumed name.  _Dying Earth_ is, as I hope we all know,
> > magic&fantasy&manners set in the far, far future.  Certainly a Unique, but
> > the people looking for spaceships are going to be very confused.
> > 
> > Explain that one, please, Dan'l.
> 
> Easy. Incompetence.

I dunno. It kinda reminded me of the scene where Rhialto and co go off for
the source of IOUN stones. Don't they have some kind of flying platform?

Paul



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