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Though now largely forgotten by the general public, his work was very influential on later authors of fantastic fiction: Robert Heinlein's Job, A comedy of Justice has an appearance of the god Koschei (from Jurgen), and Fritz Leiber's Swords of Lankhmar was also influenced by Jurgen. [Jack Vance]?'s Dying Earth books show considerable stylistic resemblances to Cabell; Cugel the Clever in those books bears a strong resemblance, not least in his opinion of himself, to Jurgen. |
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Though now largely forgotten by the general public, his work was very influential on later authors of fantastic fiction: Robert Heinlein's Job, A comedy of Justice has an appearance of the god Koschei (from Jurgen), and Fritz Leiber's Swords of Lankhmar was also influenced by Jurgen. Jack Vance's Dying Earth books show considerable stylistic resemblances to Cabell; Cugel the Clever in those books bears a strong resemblance, not least in his opinion of himself, to Jurgen. |
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* The Rivet in Grandfather's neck |
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* Smirt, Smith, Smire (trilogy) |
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