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Jack Vance


(John Holbrook Vance)
USA flag (1916 - 2013)

Jack Vance was born in 1916 and educated at the University of California, first as a mining engineer, then majoring in physics and finally in journalism. During the 1940s and 1950s, he contributed widely to sf and fantasy magazines. His first novel, 'The Dying Earth', was published in 1950 to great acclaim. Since then he won both of sf's most coveted trophies, the Hugo and Nebula awards; he also won an Edgar Award for his mystery novel 'The Man in the Cage'.
 

Genres: Science Fiction, Fantasy
 
Series
Dying Earth
   1. The Dying Earth (1950)
     aka Mazirian the Magician
   2. Cugel the Clever (1966)
     aka The Eyes of the Overworld
   2.5. A Quest for Simbilis (1974) (with Michael Shea)
   3. Cugel: The Skybreak Spatterlight (1966)
     aka Cugel's Saga
   Morreion (1968)
   The Seventeen Virgins (1974)
   The Bagful of Dreams (1979)
   4. Rhialto the Marvellous (1984)
   The Laughing Magician (1997)
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Big Planet
   1. Big Planet (1952)
   2. Showboat World (1975)
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Demon Princes
   1. The Star King (1964)
   2. The Killing Machine (1964)
   3. The Palace of Love (1967)
   4. The Face (1979)
   5. The Book of Dreams (1981)
   The Demon Princes (2005)
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Nopalgarth
   1. Son of the Tree (1964)
   2. The Houses of Iszm (1964)
   3. The Brains of Earth (1966)
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Tschai, Planet of Adventure
   1. City of the Chasch (1968)
   2. The Wannek (1969)
     aka Servants of the Wankh
   3. The Dirdir (1969)
   4. The Pnume (1970)
   The Chasch (2011)
   Tschai (2012)
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Durdane
   1. The Anome (1971)
     aka The Faceless Man
   2. The Brave Free Men (1973)
   3. The Asutra (1974)
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Alastor
   1. Trullion (1973)
   2. Marune (1975)
   3. Wyst (1978)
continued in the series by Tais Teng
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Gaean Reach
   1. The Gray Prince (1975)
   2. Maske (1976)
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Miro Hetzel
   1. The Dogtown Tourist Agency (1975)
   2. Freitzke's Turn (1977)
   Galactic Effectuator (1981)
   Miro Hetzel (2012)
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Lyonesse
   1. Suldrun's Garden (1983)
     aka Lyonesse
   2. The Green Pearl (1985)
   3. Madouc (1989)
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Cadwal Chronicles
   1. Araminta Station (1988)
   2. Ecce and Old Earth (1991)
   3. Throy (1992)
   The Cadwal Chronicles (2012)
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Ports of Call
   1. Ports of Call (1998)
   2. Lurulu (2004)
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Early Jack Vance
   1. Hard Luck Diggings (2010)
   2. Dream Castles (2012)
   3. Magic Highways (2013)
   4. Minding the Stars (2014)
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Novels
   Vandals of the Void (1953)
   To Live Forever (1956)
   Gold and Iron (1958)
     aka Slaves of the Klau
   The Languages of Pao (1958)
   The Man in the Cage (1960)
   The Dragon Masters (1963)
   Monsters in Orbit (1965)
   Space Opera (1965)
   The Blue World (1966)
   The Last Castle (1966)
   Emphyrio (1969)
   Bad Ronald (1973)
   Night Lamp (1996)
   Clarges (2011)
   The Domains of Koryphon (2011)
   The Magnificent Showboats (2011)
   The Deadly Isles (2012)
   Bird Isle (2012)
   The Dark Ocean (2012)
   The Flesh Mask (2012)
   The Fox Valley Murders (2012)
   The House on Lily Street (2012)
   The Pleasant Grove Murders (2012)
   Strange People, Queer Notions (2012)
   The View from Chickweed's Window (2012)
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Collections
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Novellas and Short Stories
   The Rapparee (1953)
     aka The Five Gold Bands / The Space Pirate
   The Kragen (2007)
   Sjambak (2009)
   The Miracle Workers (2012)
   Dodkin's Job (2015)
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Non fiction show
 
Omnibus editions show
 
Anthologies containing stories by Jack Vance
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Black Cat Weekly #106 (2023)
(Black Cat Weekly, book 106)
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Sense of Wonder (2023)
A Century of Science Fiction
edited by
Leigh Ronald Grossman
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Spaceworlds (2021)
Stories of Life in the Void
(British Library Science Fiction Classics)
edited by
Mike Ashley

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Awards
Hugo Best Novellette nominee (1959) : The Miracle Workers
Hugo Best Short Story winner (1963) : The Dragon Masters [short story]
Hugo Best Novellette winner (1967) : The Last Castle [short story]
Nebula Awards Best Novella winner (1967) : The Last Castle [short story]
Hugo Best Novella nominee (1975) : Assault on a City
World Fantasy Best Short Story nominee (1978) : The Bagful of Dreams [short story]
World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement nominee (1980)
World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement nominee (1981)
World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement nominee (1982)
Nebula Awards Best Novel nominee (1984) : Suldrun's Garden
World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement winner (1984)
World Fantasy Best Novel nominee (1984) : Suldrun's Garden
World Fantasy Best Novel winner (1990) : Madouc


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