1. Jack Vance - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia Most of his work has been published under the name Jack Vance. Vance has published 11 mysteries as John Holbrook Vance and 3 as Ellery Queen. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Vance

Jack Vance From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation search John Holbrook Vance Jack Vance at the helm of his boat on San Francisco Bay in the early 1980s. Born August 28 San Francisco, California Occupation Novelist ... Short story writer Nationality United States Genres Fantasy ... Science Fiction Influenced Gene Wolfe George R.R. Martin Gardner Dozois John Holbrook Vance (born August 28 in San Francisco California ) is generally described as an American fantasy and science fiction author . Most of his work has been published under the name Jack Vance . Vance has published 11 mysteries as John Holbrook Vance and 3 as Ellery Queen . Other pen names include Alan Wade, Peter Held, John van See, Jay Kavanse. Among his awards are: Hugo Awards , in 1963 for The Dragon Masters and in 1967 for The Last Castle ; a Nebula Award in 1966, also for The Last Castle ; the Jupiter Award in 1975; the World Fantasy Award in 1984 for life achievement and in 1990 for Lyonesse: Madouc ; an Edgar (the mystery equivalent of the Nebula) for the best first mystery novel in 1961 for The Man in the Cage ; in 1992, he was Guest of Honor at the

2. Jack Vance Jack Vance Archive; Eric Walker, Jack Vance page at Great Science Fiction and Fantasy An extended essay on Vance s work, with copious quotation http://www.cscs.umich.edu/~crshalizi/notabene/vance.html

Notebooks Jack Vance 21 Jan 2004 08:24 American author of science fiction fantasy and mysteries (the last as either John Holbrook Vance or various pseudonyms). For more than forty years now, Vance has been writing wonderful and remarkable prose, which I can best characterize as "elegantly contrived" - he fills it with unusual words and elaborate constructions and often enough a slightly ironic tone. It almost flaunts its studied, artificial, utterly uncolloquial character, but it always says exactly what he wants it to, and always says it better than any other construction could have. Irony notwithstanding, he can use it to evoke any emotion he pleases. No one else writes anything quite like it, though Quine has something of the same character of elegance and deliberate artificiality (who was it who said "All art is artifice"?), and some of his humorous passages recall Ernest Bramah Mike Berro , who is an aficionado of both, tells me that Vance, in correspondence, recalls reading Bramah at about the time he wrote The Dying Earth.

3. Jack Vance - Wikipedia Translate this page Jack Vance vero nome John Holbrook Vance (San Francisco, 28 agosto 1916) è uno scrittore statunitense, autore di romanzi fantasy e di fantascienza, http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Vance

Jack Vance Da Wikipedia, l'enciclopedia libera. Vai a: Navigazione cerca Jack Vance al timone della nave, inizio anni '80 Jack Vance vero nome John Holbrook Vance San Francisco 28 agosto ) ¨ uno scrittore statunitense , autore di romanzi fantasy e di fantascienza , sebbene sia stato riportato che Vance stesso obietti a questa definizione Ha firmato gran parte delle sue opere con il suo nome informale Jack Vance , ma ha anche usato il suo nome completo, cos¬ come gli pseudonimi Ellery Queen (dal famoso scrittore di gialli), Alan Wade, Peter Held, e John van See. Gode di una buona considerazione da parte di critici e colleghi, alcuni dei quali hanno suggerito che trascende i limiti del genere e dovrebbe essere considerato un importante scrittore secondo gli standard della letteratura mainstream . Per esempio Poul Anderson l'ha definito in un'occasione il pi¹ grande scrittore americano "in" fantascienza (piuttosto che "di" fantascienza). Indice Biografia L'opera Riconoscimenti Bibliografia selezionata ... modifica Biografia Nasce il 28 agosto in California. Dopo la separazione dei genitori si traferisce con la madre e diversi fratelli nel

4. Jack Vance - Wikipédia Translate this page John Holbrook Vance, dit Jack Vance, né le 28 août 1916 à San Francisco, est un auteur américain de science-fiction, particulièrement dans le style fantasy. http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Vance

Jack Vance Un article de Wikip©dia, l'encyclop©die libre. Aller   : Navigation Rechercher Pour les articles homonymes , voir Vance Voir aussi sur Wikiquote les citations « Jack Vance » Jack Vance   bord de son bateau en 1980 John Holbrook Vance , dit Jack Vance , n© le 28 ao»t San Francisco , est un auteur am©ricain de science-fiction , particuli¨rement dans le style fantasy Sommaire Biographie Le style de l’auteur Œuvres S©ries ... modifier Biographie dans le magazine Thrilling Wonder Stories. En , la Science Fiction Writers of America lui accorde la distinction honorifique de Grand Ma®tre Edgar en , le Hugo en et , le Nebula en , le Jupiter en , l’ Achievement en , le GilgamXs en et le World Fantasy en . Il re§oit aussi, en Il a exerc© une influence consid©rable sur la science-fiction exotique et picaresque, ce dont t©moignent des livres comme Le Ch¢teau de Lord Valentin de Robert Silverberg Le ma®tre des ombres de Roger Zelazny Mytale d’ Ayerdhal ou Le Chant du Cosmos de Roland C. Wagner Un num©ro sp©cial de la revue Bifrost lui a ©t© consacr© en 2003.

5. Jack Vance - Wikipedia Translate this page Unter dem Namen Jack Vance wurde ein großer Teil seines Werkes im Rahmen der Science Fiction- und Fantasy-Literatur veröffentlicht. http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Vance

Jack Vance aus Wikipedia, der freien Enzyklop¤die Wechseln zu: Navigation Suche Jack Vance, Anfang der 80er Jahre. John Holbrook Vance 28. August in San Francisco Kalifornien ) ist ein US-amerikanischer Schriftsteller. Unter dem Namen Jack Vance wurde ein groŸer Teil seines Werkes im Rahmen der Science Fiction - und Fantasy -Literatur ver¶ffentlicht. Er verwendete die Pseudonyme Peter Held, Alan Wade und John van See. Ferner schrieb er drei Kriminalromane unter dem Namen Ellery Queen Inhaltsverzeichnis Biografie W¼rdigung Preise und Auszeichnungen Bibliografie deutscher œbersetzungen ... Bearbeiten Biografie Seine Kindheit verbrachte er auf einer Farm im San Joaquin Valley . Er studierte an der University of California erst Bergbau und Physik, schlieŸlich Journalismus. W¤hrend des Zweiten Weltkrieges stand er in Diensten der amerikanischen Handelsmarine und ¼bte nach dem Krieg eine ganze Anzahl von Hilfsarbeiter- und Aushilfsjobs aus, bis er sich entschied, Schriftsteller zu werden. Mit seinen Freunden und Kollegen Frank Herbert und Poul Anderson bewohnte er einst ein Hausboot. Er lebt heute mit seiner Familie in

6. Jack Vance@Everything2.com Jack Vance is one of the grand masters of science fiction, a multiple Hugo, Nebula and World Fantasy Award winner, and a writer with the highest sort of http://everything2.com/index.pl?node=Jack Vance

7. Jack Vance - SCIFIPEDIA Jack Vance (b.John Holbrook Vance on August 28, 1916 in San Francisco, California) wrote his first story during WWII while serving in the merchant marine. http://scifipedia.scifi.com/index.php/Jack_Vance

document.write(''); Current number of entries: 8,834 Article Discussion Edit History ... View RSS feed of New Pages Jack Vance <span class="SFPTagline"> From SCIFIPEDIA </span> Jack Vance (b. John Holbrook Vance on August 28 in San Francisco California ) wrote his first story during WWII while serving in the merchant marine. He continued to publish stories in the pulps during the late , and published his first novel, The Dying Earth , in The Dying Earth is a landmark novel . It can be categorized as science fiction The Eyes of the Overworld and Cugel's Saga , both of which feature Cugel, a minor wizard of weak morals. Note that Michael Shea also wrote an authorized sequel to The Eyes of the Overworld that features Cugel, A Quest for Simbilis Vance often creates such far-future worlds that evoke a fantasy look and feel. He won his first Hugo Award for one such, The Dragon Masters , a tale of war and chivalry that involves genetically engineered dragons A prolific author, Vance also specialized in planetary romances that feature wide-open worlds filled with aliens and alien humans that have fractured into strange cultures and habits.

8. Internet Book List :: Author Information: Jack Vance Jack Vance is one of the greats of science fiction. He has been writing for more than 60 years, and in 1997 was honored as a Grand Master by the Science http://www.iblist.com/author653.htm

@import "http://www.iblist.com/css/site.css"; Books by Title by Author by Genre by Rating Authors by Name by Rating Series by Name by Genre by Rating IBList About Forums Donate Contact ... Statistics User Register Author Information: Jack Vance Comment! Rating: Weighted - 8.38 / Average - of 10 (175 votes) Comments: show them Biography's Source: Biography: (from the back flap of Lurulu) Jack Vance is one of the greats of science fiction. He has been writing for more than 60 years, and in 1997 was honored as a Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America. He is the author of dozens of science fiction and fantasy novels, including the World Fantasy Award winning Lyonnesse series, and the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning The Last Castle. He lives in Oakland, California. Paired Works: Nightwings / The Last Castle (1989) Omnibus Volumes: Demon Princes Volume Two, the (1997) Demon Princes Volume One, the (1997) Tales of the Dying Earth (1998) Alastor (2002) Collections: Future Tense (1964) Dragon Masters, the (2005) Anthologies: Omnibus of Science Fiction, the (1952) Spell of Seven, the (1965) Young Magicians, the (1969) Evil Earths (1975) ... World Turned Upside Down, the (2004) Novels: Big Planet (1952) Vandals of the Void (1953) To Live Forever (1956) Languages of Pao, the (1957)

9. Jack Vance Jack Vance Order, Bestellung. We plan to progressively publish all currently outof-print Jack Vance titles. These are English language books, http://www.frie.net/

EDITION ANDREAS I R L E EDITION ANDREAS IRLE presents THE WORK OF JACK VANCE The Edition Andreas Irle is publishing Vance Interal Edition volumes in high quality paperback facsimile versions (including corrected errata). Unlike the VIE, volumes will be offered individually. We plan to progressively publish all currently out-of-print Jack Vance titles. These are English language books, available worldwide. The first titles to be published are the Lyonesse set of books: Lyonesse: Suldrun's Garden Lyonesse: The Green Pearl Lyonesse: Madouc These include maps faithfully prepared by the VIE from Jack Vance's original drawings. First print run: May 2006 Please subscribe at Edition AI Payment due on notification before shipping. PayPal payments welcome. Further Information Book Specifications News Order the Books last update: March 31, 2006

10. Jack Vance - Wikiquote John Holbrook Vance (b. August 28, 1916) is an awardwinning science fiction and fantasy author, who wrote the four-book Dying Earth series. http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jack_Vance

Jack Vance From Wikiquote Jump to: navigation search John Holbrook Vance (b. August 28, 1916) is an award-winning science fiction and fantasy author, who wrote the four-book Dying Earth series. Contents Quotes and text from the Demon Princes novels The Killing Machine Quotes and text from the Dying Earth novels Quotes and text from the Lyonesse Trilogy ... edit Quotes and text from the Demon Princes novels edit The Killing Machine 'Humanity is old, civilization is new: the mesh of cogs is by no means smooth and this is as it should be. Never should a man enter a building of glass or metal, or a spaceship, or a submarine, without a small shock of astonishment; never should he avoid an act of passion without a small sense of effort. We of the Institute receive an intensive historical inculcation; we know the men of the past, and we have projected dozens of possible future variations, which, without exception, are repulsive. Man, as he exists now, with all his faults and vices, a thousand gloriously irrational compromises between two thousand sterile absolutes is optimal. Or so it seems to us who are men.' "Xaviar Skolcamp, Over-Centennial Fellow of the Institute" in

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12. EReader.com: Author: Jack Vance Jack Vance was born in 1916 and studied mining engineering, physics and journalism at the University of California. During World War II he served in the http://www.ereader.com/author/detail/9614

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13. Welcome To The Jack Vance Archive Bibliographies of vance s works and translations to various languages, scanned book covers, information about the author and the fanzine The vance Phile. http://www.jackvance.com/

14. Jack Vance Info Page Latest news regarding the life and works of jack vance. http://www.massmedia.com/~mikeb/jvm/

T he J ack V ance I nformation P age The presentation of information here does not necessarily constitute an endorsement of any product or service. Additional cool stuff can be found at GreatSFandF , the French Jack Vance website , this Dutch website , and Chun's Corner Visit the Jack Vance Message Board 15 May 2006 You can pre-order The Jack Vance Treasury from Subterranean Press . It is available in trade, limited and lettered editions. 12 May 2006 Matthew Hughes reports that he's found a posting on the Asimov's Magazine discussion board by Jonathan Strahan, an Australian editor and Vancephile. He's asking Vance fans to say what should, and shouldn't, be in a 175,000-word definitive collection of JV's short works that he and Terry Dowling are putting together. You can read about it on Strahan's blog 07 May 2006 Started the redesign of this website. 10 Mar 2006 Andreas Irle has received sufficient orders to publish the Lyonesse trilogy. This will be a limited printing, so order soon. 30 Jan 2006 Andreas Irle has started a project to publish all of the out-of-print Vance works as print-on-demand (POD) books, starting with the

15. Lord Of Language, Emperor Of Dreams: A Profile Of Jack Vance - Infinity Plus Non With the comprehensive vance Integral Edition in preparation, Nick Gevers offers a retrospective consideration of the author s remarkable career. http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/nonfiction/jvprofile.htm

Jack Vance: Lord of Language, Emperor of Dreams by Nick Gevers With the Vance Integral Edition (VIE - for full details see the foot of this page), a complete library of the superb works of Jack Vance, now in the process of being compiled, a retrospective consideration of Vance's remarkable career may be useful. This is one reader's view, a necessarily brief and summary glimpse of one of modern literature's great panoramas of the fantastic. AN OVERVIEW Fifty years have passed since the publication of Jack Vance's first book, The Dying Earth . Then and in the decades since, Vance, a peripatetic, outgoing, jazz-loving Californian, has regaled and enriched SF and Fantasy with, among many other wonders, the following: The Dying Earth, an Earth of two billion years hence, where a moribund red sun wanly illuminates the baroque savagery of feuding wizards, guileful monsters, and glib tricksters; Big Planet, where countless communities of often murderous eccentrics live in scattered profusion, rich in perverse villainy; Pao, whose innumerable fatalistic peasants are being remade through re-engineering of the very language they speak;

16. Jack Vance A bibliography of jack vance s books, with the latest releases, covers, descriptions and availability. http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/v/jack-vance/

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17. Vanceintegral.com jack vance, though largely unknown, is one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. He is the author of over 60 books. § The vance Integral Edition http://www.vanceintegral.com/

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18. Great Science-Fiction & Fantasy Works: Jack Vance The speculativefiction work of jack vance evaluated as literature. http://greatsfandf.com/AUTHORS/JackVance.php

email donate directory Great Science-Fiction a critical list with discussions Science-Fiction and Fantasy Books by Jack Vance This is a brief discussion of Jack Vance and, of course, of some books by Jack Vance A Few Words About Jack Vance (My apologies for the length of this page: Jack Vance is impossible to describe briefly; more to the point, he wants many illustrative quotations, and even then we glance off the exact stroke of the essencean observation that is an "in" jest.) When one looks at Vance's oeuvre, the numbers alone become daunting. Vance has been writing books for over half a century and, just in our fields, already has outhe is the only of my five-star authors still producingwell over two score novels and about a dozen and a half (depending on how one counts) collections of short stories. With such an output, not every single work is going to be a masterpiece, but an amazing many are, and most of the rest are very good; I reckon there are not over two or at most three clunkers (virtually all very early work) in the lot. (Besides all the books in our fields, Vance has also written over a dozen mystery/crime novels, one of which won an Edgarthe mystery-fiction equivalent of the Hugoand several of which were printed under the "Ellery Queen" byline.)

19. Science Fiction Weekly Interview ew can deny the impact jack vance has had on the fields of science fiction and fantasy. According to The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, vance is a http://www.scifi.com/sfw/issue266/interview.html

Ads_kid=0;Ads_bid=0;Ads_xl=728;Ads_yl=90;Ads_xp='';Ads_yp='';Ads_xp1='';Ads_yp1='';Ads_opt=0;Ads_wrd='[KeyWord]';Ads_prf='[Profile]';Ads_par='';Ads_cnturl='';Ads_sec=0;Ads_channels=''; RECENT INTERVIEWS The cast and crew of Frank Spotnitz Peter Straub The cast and crew of ... Clockstoppers Jack Vance is restless to continue building one Big Planet after another By Kathie Huddleston ew can deny the impact Jack Vance has had on the fields of science fiction and fantasy. According to The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction , Vance is "a landscape artist, a gardener of worlds" with "a genius of place." That genius has led him to write incredible tales about amazing worlds for over 50 years. Born as John Holbrook Vance in 1916, Vance held down a variety of jobs before he published his first story, "The World Thinker," in 1945 in TWS . As the author of over 60 novels, Vance is credited with helping to define the genres of science fantasy and the planetary romance. Significant series include The Dying Earth Big Planet Gaean Reach and Lyonesse . He is presently working on a sequel to his recent novel

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