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There was a writer in the '20s called Christopher Morley, who I remember a little bit of, who had some influence on me, but I couldn't tell you what it was.
Jack Vance
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Jack Vance
Age: 96 †
Born: 1916
Born: August 28
Died: 2013
Died: May 26
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Science Fiction Writer
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San Francisco County
California
John Holbrook Vance
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Law cannot reach where enforcement will not follow. —Popular aphorism.
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I just wrote what I felt like writing since they seemed to sell.
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Notice this rent in my garment I am at a loss to explain its presence! I am even more puzzled by the existence of the universe.
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