Radio War Nerd EP165—Jack Vance & Gene Wolfe

Recorded: January 15, 2019 The War Nerd takes a break from the grim realities of real-life wars, to talk about two of his favorite SFF authors: the under-appreciated Jack Vance, and the more justly rewarded Gene Wolfe. This episode continues the ongoing RWN series on war & literature: EP #160—WWI Poetry; EP #145—VS Naipaul; EP #129—Best & Worst War Novels; EP #119—Chechen Guerrilla Songs; EP #107—War Nerd Iliad; EP #94—Romance of the Three Kingdoms; RWN #89—Central African War Lit; RWN #64—Sci-fi & Fascism; RWN #51—"The Spike"; RWN #34—Ancient War Epics; RWN #21—War Songs & Poems; RWN #9—Dune. Suggested Readings Jack Vance: Dying Earth series; Demon Princes series; Planet of Adventure series. Gene Wolfe: Book of the New Sun series; The Fifth Head of Cerberus; Soldier of the Mist. John Dolan: "Jack Vance Made Worlds, Over and Over Again"