Beholderess reviewed The Dying Earth by Jack Vance
Review of 'The Dying Earth' on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
Read it mostly in order to learn where from DnD has gotten it's weird magic system.
And yes, many influences on DnD can be clearly traced to this book.
The writing itself is odd, and would be perhaps better adapted to a comic book - it has a certain purple yet abrupt quality characteristic of comic books.
It was difficult for me to get into this book and in the end it did not resonate with me, mostly because of the oddness if both the language and the setting. There was not enough familiarity to keep me grounded
