Sorcerer Pharesm-Jack Vance novelette, later a chapter of a novel
Sorcerer Pharesm - Jack Vance novelette, later a chapter of a novel AKA: Cugel the Clever , chapter IV Eyes of the Overworld, chapter IV Tales of the Dying Earth, Book II, chapter IV The noveleette Sorcerer Pharesm was first published in April of 1966 in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction . It was later included as chapter IV in the Vance novel Eyes of the Overworld (Vance’s preferred title for the novel is Cugel the Clever.) Sorcerer Pharesm is best read as part of the novel rather than on its own. It is 23/28 pages long. In the Sorcerer Pharesm Cugel continues his journey in the story The Sorcerer Pharesm and makes Homer's Odyssey look like a stroll around the block. This story is so bizarre, imaginative and creative that I began to wonder if Vance hadn't taken on Timothy Leary as co-author. Except it is all well thought out, organized and infused with absurd humor. Cugel meets fifty some workmen involved in intense carving of ...