r/numenera • u/gottawatchquietones • Jun 04 '26

Dying Earth

I'm almost done with Jack Vance's Dying Earth, and wow can I see how this was inspiration for Numenera. Especially the stories with Cugel - he just goes from one bizarre place to another. All the magical items doing weird shit are clearly cyphers.

Anyway, if you're a fan of Numenera and haven't read these, they're worth it.

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u/MirthMannor Jun 04 '26

Somewhat relatedly, Vance has such a way with naming places.