Okay, I picked up this book because GRR Martin names Vance as one of the best story tellers ever.
I'm having a horrible time getting into it. The entire book seems like a big info dump. He uses footnotes, for crying out loud! Talk about breaking immersion.
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Vance's footnote practice always bothered me. But I wouldn't start with the Alastor series. Try The Dying Earth instead.
I remember one of the Alastor books had a game in it. Each side had a girl dressed in a skimpy outfit held together by a golden ring over the navel, and the object of the game was for someone on the opposing side to grab that ring. The paperback I got of this had a great cover painting illustrating this costume.
Imagine my surprise and delight when, at the Oscars a few years ago, Jennifer Lopez wore this exact same dress...
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