The Eyes of the Overworld (The Dying Earth, #2)

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Scoundrel Cugel is sent far away, by a magician he has wronged, to retrieve magical lenses that reveal the Overworld Goaded by a homesick monster magically attached to his liver, he journeys across wastelands home to Almery With a cult group on a pilgrimage, he crosses the Silver Desert, and meetsdanger and betrayal as he betrays others. Read The Eyes of the Overworld (The Dying Earth, #2) – kino-fada.fr Underneath the fading sun, Cugel a hero emerges Well, sort of a hero, butof a trickster Less Hector,Ulysses less Samson,Jacob less Tom, and a lotHuck Cugel, however, is less likable than any of the these Selfish, exploitative, and filled with unlimited self regard, he continually overestimates his own considerable intelligence and fails where a lesser man might have succeeded.Paradoxically, it is Cugel s flaws and failures that keep us on his side during his picar Underneath the fading sun, Cugel a hero emerges ...Tales of a trickster god.Like stories about Anansi, Coyote and Loki Jack Vance describes the misadventures of Cugel the Clever in picaresque fashion Set in Vance s far, far future world of the The Dying Earth, in his inimitable style blending elements of science fiction and fantasy, this 1966 publication is at times hilarious but always entertaining.While reading I smiled frequently and laughed out loud at least a couple of times and Vance made me think about the irascible nature of loveable ro Tales of a trickster god.Like stories about Anansi, Coyote and Loki Jack Vance describes the misadventures of Cugel the Clever in picaresque fashion Set in Vance s far, far future world of the The Dying Earth, in his inimitable style blending elements of science fiction and fantasy, this 1966 publication is at times hilarious but always entertaining.While reading I smiled frequently and laughed out loud at least a couple of times and Vance made me think about the irascible nature of loveable rogues No doubt from time immemorial, their have been stories about those who think outside the box, those who march...I have already gushed enthusiastic about the opening volume in the Dying Earth epic It seems I should have kept some of the hyperbole in reserve for later books, as the appeal of the setting and of the characters show no sign of slacking with this second book It s also interesting to note that the saga of Cugel the Clever is not simply an iteration of a success formula In many ways it is an improvement over the experiments in style from the first book.For one thing, the book is better structu I have already gushed enthusiastic about the opening volume in the Dying Earth epic It seems I should have kept some of the hyperbole in reserve for later books, as the appeal of the setting and of the characters show no sign of slacking with this second book It s also interesting to note that the saga of Cugel the Clever is not simply an iteration of a success formula In many ways it is an improvement over the experiments in style from the first book.For one thing, the book is better structured, with a framing story of the hero being sent on a quest and a sequence of related picaresque adventures as Cugel traverses exotic lands and meets monsters, maidens, ghosts, flying men, pygmies, giants, grotesque mutants and magic adepts Concentrating on a single main character also helps, as there s no need to introduce and establish a new face in every episodeWhat lands lie between us and Almery They are wide and dangerous and peopled by gids, erbs, and deodands, as well as leucomorphs,...Whereas Vance s previous volume in the The Dying Earth series was composed of several short stories, each featuring a different character, The Eyes of the Overworld focuses on one character, Cugel the Clever Though the book is episodic in nature each story was published separately over the course of a couple of years before being compiled in this volume , the character is consistent And while the characters in The Dying Earth were capably presented in their individual stories, Cugel the Cleve Whereas Vance s previous volume in the The Dying Earth series was composed of several short stories, each featuring a different character, The Eyes of the Overworld focuses on one character, Cugel the Clever Though the book is episodic in nature each story was published separately over the course of a couple of years before being compiled in this volume , the character is consistent And while the characters in The Dying Earth were capably presented in their individual stories, Cugel the Clever is featured in every story in this volume.And rightfully so The character that Vance has created here deserves, nay, needs alengthy format to shine Vance is able to extrude the subtleties if they can be called that of his main character with this form because Cugel is, if not clever, complex Well, he is clever from time to time or,appropriately, cunning, but there are several times when he fancies himself muchclever than he actuall...ORIGINALLY POSTED AT Fantasy Literature.I ve already said, numerous times, how much I love Jack Vance, so I ll skip all that this time You can read other reviews on this page if you missed that.The Eyes of the Overworld is the second part of Tales of the Dying Earth and the main character is one of my favorite Vance characters the self titled Cugel the Clever Cugel is not the kind of guy you wan... The Eyes of the Overworld is the second novel in Jack Vance s Tales of the Dying Earth I think I liked this installment even better than the first which I loved The story is about the adventures and misadventures of a Cugel the clever, who is a pretty thorough rogue I suppose he is clever at times, but he can also be stupid Fortunately for Cugel, he does have some luck good and bad though the bad is of the non killing sort I know this is Fantasy, but if you like the historical fict The Eyes of the Overworld is the second novel in Jack Vance s Tales of the Dying Earth I think I liked this installment even better than the first which I loved The story is about the adventures and misadventures of a Cugel the clever, who is a pretty thorough rogue I suppose he is clever at times, but he can also be stupid Fortunately for Cugel, he does have some luck good and bad though the bad is of the non killing sort I know this is Fantasy, but if you like the historical fiction character Flashman, you may also like Cugel Just imagine Flashman in Alice s Wonderland The first story in the Dying Earth sequence also titled The Dying Earth , introduced the reader to a strange world that is a dangerous mix of science and magic In many ways I was reminded of The Wizard of Oz That novel is really a collection of s...In this treasure island of a book Jack Vance had hidden two treasure troves his wild imagination and his flowery language And it is pure delight to find them both Cugel was a man of many capabilities, with a disposition at once flexible and pertinacious He was long of leg, deft of hand, light of finger, soft of tongue His hair was the blackest of black fur, growing low down his forehead, coving sharply back above his eyebrows His darting eye, long inquisitive nose and droll mouth gave his In this treasure island of a ...5.0 stars Jack Vance deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as Isaac Asimov, Arthur C Clarke and Robery Heinlein He is a master story teller and, unlike the aforementioned authors, Vance s books do not seem dated and can be read today with the same sense of wonder as when they were first written The Dying E...The Eyes of the Overworld is a great book, but I m going to take a contrarian stance and say that I actually preferred The Dying Earth Yes, I can admit that I wasn t totally smitten by the amoral, not so clever misadventures of Cugel the Clever after he crosses Iucounu the Laughing Magician Yes, this book contained all the same sly, tongue in cheek humor, the strong imagery of a decaying and run down world, and the wonderfully stilted high language used by all the humans and other creatures of The Eyes of the Overworld is a great book, but I m going to take a contrarian stance and say that I actually preferred The Dying Earth Yes, I can admit that I wasn t totally smitten by the amoral, not so clever misadventures of Cugel the Clever after he crosses Iucounu the Laughing Magician Yes, this book contained all the same sly, tongue in cheek humor, the strong imagery of a decaying and run down world, and the wonderfully stilted high language used by all the humans and other creatures of this autumnal far future world Basically, Cugel is not a charming scoundrel with panache like James Bond or Arsene Lupin III Instead, he basically is just morally bankru...I am officially in love with Jack Vance s writing and now I want to add Cugel the Clever among my list of favorite characters Book 2 of the Dying Earth series follows Cugel as he lies, cheats and steals his way across the Dying ...

The Eyes of the Overworld (The Dying Earth, #2)
  • English
  • 27 November 2017
  • Paperback
  • 190 pages
  • 0671832921
  • Jack Vance
  • The Eyes of the Overworld (The Dying Earth, #2)