Tag Archives: jack vance

Shoot to Krill

Posted on February 19, 2026 by Nathan

Zork III: The Dungeon Master – I played a fair amount of the first two Zork games, although I never finished either of them. I don’t think I’d really looked at the third one, though, so I figured I should. … Continue reading →

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I’m Tired of These Jokes About My Giant Hand

Posted on August 9, 2025 by Nathan

The Legend of Kyrandia: Book Two – Hand of Fate – This is very similar to the first game in the series, but I think it’s an improvement. Controls are basically the same, but you get a larger inventory, perhaps … Continue reading →

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Man, You Should Have Seen Them Kicking Edgar Allan Poe

Posted on June 3, 2024 by Nathan

What Moves the Dead, by T. Kingfisher – This is an adaptation and expansion of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher,” which I read in preparation for this. It contains other references as well, with the … Continue reading →

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I See Noom and Noom Sees Me

Posted on January 14, 2024 by Nathan

Lost in the Moment and Found, by Seanan McGuire – The books in this series change between being about the magical lands in which various children find themselves and about how they deal with their experiences afterwards. As with some … Continue reading →

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Shine On, Golden Warrior

Posted on August 22, 2023 by Nathan

The Eyes of the Overworld, by Jack Vance – The first book in the Dying Earth series was a collection of short stories that take place on the same world but aren’t really related. While this one also started out … Continue reading →

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Put a Zork in It

Posted on February 3, 2023 by Nathan

I remember seeing magazine ads for Zork and other text-based adventure games when I was a kid, and thought they seemed pretty fascinating. I never actually got to play any of them at the time, though. I don’t think they … Continue reading →

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Mazes, Memory, and Magic

Posted on December 10, 2022 by Nathan

Piranesi, by Susanna Clarke – This is the first thing I’ve read by this author, and it was pretty fascinating. The protagonist and narrator is called Piranesi after the eighteenth century Italian artist and archaeologist (not that he knows that), … Continue reading →

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