 Charles G. Finney's fantasy "The Circus of Dr. Lao" was influenced by Cabell's work.The Averoigne stories of Clark Ashton Smith are, in background, close to those of Cabell's Poictesme.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.