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Originally Posted by !@#$%!
oh oh oh oh... this is awesome. in that case i am looking for a reference and maybe you can help me?
years ago i read a jack vance book in translation. short stories, & i remember 2 quite vividly:
-transdimesional thought parasites that would take over a person's brain & create antagonism between the host species. they were invisible but the narrator was able to see them (i wonder if that's what possesses republicans?)
-some planet where there was no currency, but people traded on prestige through ritualistic social interaction-- they wear masks. the narrator is a foreigner who (i don't want to ruin this for the ones who haven't read it) has to learn how to survive here.
i wanted to read more but nothing else was available in that time & place-- could you help me find that book, or might you know the title of these short stories by any chance? ?? ??
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Sorry haven't read that one. Of my whole list, Vance is the one who I need to read considerably more of. It sounds a bit like the Durdane series, which I've begun but only read the first book, but then he used some similar devices in many books.
We do have a
What Was That Book? Thread over on our
Message Board, so why don't you post about it there. I'm betting you'd get results, as Vance is a major favorite among the other Admins and Moderators.