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== History ==
== History ==
<blockquote>
"I am only as great as the people who notice how great I am #ShadowBanned"
Wasn't Shadowbanned a Roger Zelazny character?
No, scratch that — I was thinking of Jack of Banners.
</blockquote>
== Name ==


According to [REDACTED], the name of the book (but not the titular character) was an homage to [[Jack Vance (nonfiction)|Jack Vance]]. In his introduction to the novel he mentioned that he tried to capture some of the exotic landscapes that are frequent in Vance's work.
According to [REDACTED], the name of the book (but not the titular character) was an homage to [[Jack Vance (nonfiction)|Jack Vance]]. In his introduction to the novel he mentioned that he tried to capture some of the exotic landscapes that are frequent in Vance's work.

Revision as of 16:39, 27 August 2021

Earliest known front cover of Jack of Banners.

Jack of Banners (also Shadowjacked) is a thinly veiled autobiographical novel by American author and alleged time-traveler Roger Zelazny describing his fantastic adventures in a Jack Vancian world.

History

"I am only as great as the people who notice how great I am #ShadowBanned"

Wasn't Shadowbanned a Roger Zelazny character?

No, scratch that — I was thinking of Jack of Banners.

Name

According to [REDACTED], the name of the book (but not the titular character) was an homage to Jack Vance. In his introduction to the novel he mentioned that he tried to capture some of the exotic landscapes that are frequent in Vance's work.

In the News

Fiction cross-reference

Nonfiction cross-reference

External links

  • Post @ Twitter (28 April 2021)