The author notes that "my book The Thirteenth Majestral (or Dinosaur Park) was consciously written as 100% emulation of a Jack Vance novel, who, at the time, was a close friend of mine."[REF] .
Raymond's Reviews said: This book is a screamingly funny sendup of Jack Vance's writing style by the author of 'Napoleon Disentimed' and the Chap Foey Rider stories in Analog magazine.