Who could not return from a visit to Jack Vance's world, without feeling that he had been somewhere unique, that he had experienced things unavailable in our mundane world?
Interpretation
The quote expresses the transformative power of literature and imaginative worlds.
Robert Silverberg reflects on the profound impact of Jack Vance's literary creations, suggesting that they offer a unique and extraordinary experience that transcends ordinary reality. A visit to Vance's imaginative world evokes a sense of wonder and inspiration, highlighting the value of creativity and storytelling in providing experiences that are not attainable in our everyday lives.
In practice
A writer could use this quote to inspire a discussion about the importance of imaginative literature.
It was like that all the time, in those years: an endless trip, a gaudy voyage. But powers decay. Time leaches the colors from the best of visions. The world becomes grayer. Entropy beats us down. Everything fades. Everything goes. Everything dies.
Three Rules for Literary Success: 1. Read a lot. _x000D_ 2. Write a lot. 3. Read a lot more, write a lot more.
I miss horribly those couple of hours before the performance when you get into the theater and you see people.
I often will write a scene from three different points of view to find out which has the most tension and which way I'm able to conceal the information I'm trying to conceal. And that is, at the end of the day, what writing suspense is all about.
They didn't dictate to me as to what kind of music that they wanted me to play or what tunes, what musicians that I was going to use. They let me do my thing. That's one reason I stayed there for twenty-eight years.
Believe me... I've made a career out of being the right thing in the wrong space and the wrong thing in the right space. That's one thing... I really do know about.
One of the glories and terrors of working in public is that you do see if your output means anything to anyone.
If gaming were seen as an art, the important question would be not whether games are good for us but whether they are good, full stop.
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