Not to scale, but pretty scaly

Weird place to go jogging, and maybe not exactly the outfits I would have chosen, but you got to stay committed to the fitness regimen.

He's at Ren Faire, she's dressed and elongated for Halloween, and The Pnume isn't having any of it.

Tschai: Isn't that the planet of the Wankh, with the one-legged riding beasts that BOIIING across the land? If I'm remembering the old place correctly.

>2 GSSex-noob: You are correct. The four books are peak Vance - very funny, and they actually have a satisfying ending, rather than just, "I have hit my word count for this sale, so everyone lived happily ever after."

I read the first book long ago, when I was too young to appreciate Vance’s humour. I have a this vague intention to give it another chance someday.

I am overdue for a return to Vance. I read only the first of his Dying Earth books, and I remember it as delightfully like James Branch Cabell on acid.

>5 paradoxosalpha:

The first Dying Earth book is the best, but all are worth reading.

There’s a Spy vs Spy joke in there somewhere, but I haven’t been able to pull it out.

>7 NomadUK: We'll take it as a given.

The pastor doesn't approve of all this interspecies fooling around.