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This was a “bought it for the cover” choice and honestly I‘m happy with that decision. The story‘s a little dated but that sort of just adds to the fun of it. I kind of wish it was a longer book and that we got to spend more time with the characters exploring the huge planet and its extremely varied cultures. I figured out one plot twist extremely early but there were others that kept me on my toes. Will be eager for another read by Vance.

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Movie: Waterworld

An American disappears while running guns in #Morocco. Receiving an urgent letter from him, his brother Darrell comes to find him. Darrell finds nothing but shady characters & shadier circumstances as he travels the country piecing together what happened. Set mostly in Tangiers, we get to see vast swaths of the country, too. The mystery is excellent & a twist so surprising no one could possibly guess it. Highly recommended. #readingafrica2022

Quick #readingafrica2022 challenge update. I‘m reading three M‘s right now: #Morocco (the tagged book), #Mauritania, and #Mozambique. @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB

Jack Vance is a master of description. Here, he could have said the car drove swiftly around the corner. Instead:

“The car swooped over the crest of the hill, veered around a corner. Ellen lifted her foot from the accelerator, fed power halfway through the turn. Darrell gripped the door. White villas fled astern like wisps of cloud behind an airplane.”

That last sentence just blows me away.

#Morocco #readingafrica2022

The husband has loaned me one of his priceless Jack Vance books (he has all his books, mostly in limited editions and many signed) for #Morocco #readingafrica2022. So this one is my next IRL read. Jack Vance was a sci-fi writer, my husband‘s first love, but Vance also wrote many mysteries. This is one of them and it won the Edgar Award in 1960. I‘m excited to read it and it‘s short! @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB

In this 1958 novel, when Pao is unable to repel a military invasion, an adviser from the technocrat Breakness planet advises setting up restricted areas for military, mercantile, and technician castes, each with their own language. Of course, the members of these castes will need specialist training from Breakness advisers. 👎

#lunchandabook #mycover

Just watched Space Sweepers on Netflix and I think all space opera fans would love it. Red Dwarf meets Children of Men. I loved that it felt like Space in a truly international way from how the small countries of the world might experience it, as opposed to the wealthiest. It is bonkers, a bit all over the place, with great heart and is overall just tremendous fun.

Sick burns 🤣