Review: Cugel's Saga
Editorial Review - Kirkus ReviewsPicaresque adventure-comedy and scathing wit in the inimitable Vance manner: a fantasy sequel to The Eyes of the Overworld (1966)--which itself shared the setting of The Dying Earth (1950). Cugel the Clever has again been dumped half a world away from home by the vindictive Iucounu the Laughing Magician. To gain revenge, Cugel must travel through a far-future world lit by a guttering old red sun: this bleak, antique landscape is populated by weird creatures and an array of larger-than-life human eccentrics, rogues, fanatics, and tricksters--among whom the charming, rascally Cugel is perfectly at home. Frequently hilarious, often self-induced difficulties ensue: Cugel is obliged to dive in a pond of slime for the talisman Scatterlight; he acquires a magical boot-ointment that confers weightlessness on objects kicked with the boots; he floats across a wasteland in a stolen ship occupied by a monster; and finally, aided by a trainer of singing fish whose four wizardly fathers have one set of human body-parts among them, Cugel confronts the madly rapacious Iucounu in his manse. Though somewhat more expansive and languid than the earlier classic, as if part of Vance's attention remains in Lyonesse (p. 213): a sparkling performance that no fantasy fan will want to miss.
Review: Cugel's Saga (The Dying Earth #3)
User Review - SM Carrière - GoodreadsCugel the clever is a Puck-ish rogue who, at the opening of this book, is in a difficult situation - stranded on the the muddy shores of a far away land - at the hands of his nemesis, The Laughing ... Read full review
Review: Cugel's Saga (The Dying Earth #3)
User Review - Steven - GoodreadsAnd old favorite. Very entertaining read, highly recommended! Read full review
Review: Cugel's Saga (The Dying Earth #3)
User Review - Frank Chimkin - GoodreadsRead as part of 'Tales of the Dying Earth' trade p/b omnibus Read full review
Review: Cugel's Saga (The Dying Earth #3)
User Review - T - GoodreadsThis one has everything I loved about the first two Dying Earth books (great use of language and creative/weird worldbuilding) and also a bit less of what I didn't like. I found Cugel easier to ... Read full review
Review: Cugel's Saga (The Dying Earth #3)
User Review - Ben Brackett - GoodreadsA story about a total dick and amazing use of vocabulary? Count me in. Read full review
Review: Cugel's Saga (The Dying Earth #3)
User Review - D-day - Goodreads'Cugel's Saga' is the third book in the 'Dying Earth' series by Jack Vance. Like the previous book ,'The Eyes of the Overworld', the story tells of the journey of the thief and grifter, Cugel, to ... Read full review
Review: Cugel's Saga (The Dying Earth #3)
User Review - Stephen - Goodreads5.0 stars. The Dying Earth novels by Jack Vance, of which this is the third, are in a class by themselves. They are classics in the true sense of the word and are as good today as they were when they ... Read full review
Review: Cugel's Saga (The Dying Earth #3)
User Review - William - GoodreadsThe further adventures of one of my favorite characters in fantasy literature. This is one of those books that I wish could have gone on forever. The source of one of my all-time favorite quotes ... Read full review
