Forum:Jack Vance - Revision history

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This is a look at the influences of the late fantastical writer <b>[[wikipedia:Jack Vance|Jack Vance]]</b>on the game of Nethack. It has been [[The_Eyes_of_the_Overworld#Origins|asserted]] that Vance's writing was "highly influential on ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' (but not ''NetHack'' itself so much)." Although the assertion seems valid, there is scope for further exploration of links between Vance and [[Nethack|The Game]].
# The [[Roguelike]] mechanic of [[wikipedia:permadeath|permadeath]] would surely have appealed to Vance
# Likewise, the many modes of [[YASD]] are also in keeping with the writer's mordant style
# The [[encyclopedia]] concept parallel's Vance's frequent use of world-building footnotes
# [[Main Page|Pages]] identifying Vance origins as at this time are [[The Eyes of the Overworld]], [[Sandestin]], and [[Vecna]].

[[User:Wikid|Wikid]] ([[User talk:Wikid|talk]]) 21:02, 4 August 2019 (UTC)

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 # Likewise, the many modes of [[YASD]] are also in keeping with the writer's mordant style
 # The [[encyclopedia]] concept parallels Vance's frequent use of world-building footnotes
-# [[Main Page|Pages]] identifying Vance origins as at this time are [[The Eyes of the Overworld]], [[Sandestin]], and [[Vecna]].
+# [[Main Page|Pages]] identifying Vance origins as at this time are [[The Eyes of the Overworld]], [[Sandestin]], [[Vecna]], and [[Writings of Jack Vance]].
 # I suspect that such links as there are, are more in the domains of style and tone, less obviously in the content.
 # One obvious departure is that Nethack does not use the 'fire and forget' [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/VancianMagic/ Vancian magic].

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 # I suspect that such links as there are, are more in the domains of style and tone, less obviously in the content.
 # One obvious departure is that Nethack does not use the 'fire and forget' [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/VancianMagic/ Vancian magic].
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+# Vance lays claim to the [[grue]]
 [[User:Wikid|Wikid]] ([[User talk:Wikid|talk]]) 21:02, 4 August 2019 (UTC)

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 # I suspect that such links as there are, are more in the domains of style and tone, less obviously in the content.
 # One obvious departure is that Nethack does not use the 'fire and forget' [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/VancianMagic/ Vancian magic].
 [[User:Wikid|Wikid]] ([[User talk:Wikid|talk]]) 21:02, 4 August 2019 (UTC)

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-This is a look at the influences of the late fantastical writer <b>[[wikipedia:Jack Vance|Jack Vance]]</b>on the game of Nethack.  It has been [[The_Eyes_of_the_Overworld#Origins|asserted]] that Vance's writing was "highly influential on ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' (but not ''NetHack'' itself so much)."  Although the assertion seems valid, there is scope for further exploration of links between Vance and [[Nethack|The Game]].
+This is a look at the influences of the late fantastical writer <b>[[wikipedia:Jack Vance|Jack Vance]]</b> on the game of Nethack.  It has been [[The_Eyes_of_the_Overworld#Origins|asserted]] that Vance's writing was "highly influential on ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' (but not ''NetHack'' itself so much)."  Although the assertion seems valid, there is scope for further exploration of links between Vance and [[Nethack|The Game]].
 # The [[Roguelike]] mechanic of [[wikipedia:permadeath|permadeath]] would surely have appealed to Vance
 # Likewise, the many modes of [[YASD]] are also in keeping with the writer's mordant style