
Cugel's Saga
Tales of the Dying Earth, Book 3
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Narrado por:
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Arthur Morey
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Jack Vance
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"Probably the least attractive hero it would be possible to find, struggling through a universe like a Hieronymus Bosch painting, a hero only in that nearly everybody else he encounters in that universe is on the make too, and yet the Cugel stories are howlingly funny.” (Kage Baker, author of Empress of Mars)
"Cugel the Clever [is] a rogue so venal and unscrupulous that that he makes Harry Flashman look like Dudley Doright. How could you not love a guy like that?" (George R. R. Martin, author of A Song of Ice and Fire)
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not bad
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Vance offers glimpses into a world who knows their days are numbered. Cugel is suckered into scams as well as learning a trade taking care of giant worms that use das drives for ships. There is also a community that believes their actions with a device is keeping the sun from going out.
Narration is excellent with solid character distinction and smooth pacing throughout.
More travails for Cugel
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Filled with humor and mirth, tongue and cheek an unexpected this adventure story, although meandering reaches quite the satisfactory climax.
Highly recommended with lots of fun and enjoyment.
Cugle is a character
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Timeless and clever!
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The narration was wonderful again, however, and the words were a delight as always.
Not as good as book 2
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Despite the overt silliness of affairs, Vance is a smart, literate writer, and the clever exchanges between characters can be a hoot. Everyone on the Dying Earth, it seems, from cart boys to sorcerers, is an amateur philosopher, theologian, legal scholar, or student of etiquette, though many are as amusingly corrupt as Cugel himself. A number of the situations he gets implicated in have a parable-like meaning, if one reads between the lines. And the background world seems full of half-forgotten myth and history, which, while never explored in much depth, gives the story's details a tapestry-like richness. (Speaking of which, if you're interested in a more serious-minded cycle of books set on a similar end-of-Earth world, I highly recommend Gene Wolfe's Book of the New Sun series, which was directly inspired by Vance's Dying Earth, and takes it to a whole new level.)
As with Eyes of the Overworld, the episodic nature of the story and lack of recurring characters limits its depth, but if you're in the mood for something imaginatively *different*, either or both novels are worth a read. I thought this one had a bit more continuity than its predecessor and made Cugel a little more sympathetic, so I liked it more. I also enjoyed the audiobook narrator's inspired choice of making Cugel sound like Richard Nixon.
Witty, refreshingly different
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One of the best
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Jack Vance is awesome!
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One of Fiction's Best Anti-Heroes
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The story chronicles the adventures of the titular character, Cugel after being dropped several thousand miles from home by an evil magician. Cugel must fight his way back to his home and deal with the magician.
This largely devolves into a series of vignettes where Cugel, who seems at once incredibly bright and insightful, is at the same time, far too trusting and inept. He comes into money on many occasions and loses it just as quickly, but by his wits and a very healthy dose of luck, preservers onto the next phase of his journey.
If one simply views this as a venue for Vance to explore his incredible imagination as to what the Dying Earth looks like, it’s OK. There are strange people, strange customs, a little magic and a lot of carousing. As such, it’s a passable swords and sorcery travelogue.
What’s missing is the incredible poignancy of Vance’s other works, the sense that you’re at the end of time and sun could give out any minute. Although it’s alluded to on a number of occasions, you just don’t’ get the feeling that it’s imminent and weight of history just does not come through enough.
Cugel is intended to be a somewhat lovable roustabout in a bad situation. What’s missing is that “lovable” bit. Let’s face it. He’s a jerk. I really found myself wishing he’d just get eaten by a Deodand (He almost gets eaten by a Pelgane). He’s just not personable enough to root for and the people he encounters alternately seem like morons or fools. This would have made a passable short story in the Dying Earth universe, but dragging it out to a full book was, well.. exhausting.
The end, when it comes is mercifully swift (after a long drawn build-up), and in the end we are left thinking.. OK… so what?
The style of the prose is excellent. Vance really went out of his way to adopt a formal tone for every character. The narration is similarly excellent. It’s just the story that lets you down.
Definitely check out the other books set on the Dying Earth. Some are incredibly sublime and you’ll walk away from them wishing you could feel the ruby-red sun of the last days. But maybe take a miss on the full Cugel saga.
Not the best of the Dying Earth
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