Future Tense
Also published under the title Dust of Far Suns.
In DUST OF FAR SUNS we have a treasure box of Vance varieties. Here are
four novelettes, each displaying in delectable detail all the qualities
that mark Vance's great novels. Alien societies, exotic peoples, far
worlds, and the vast communion beween the stars, all are here.
Those who are encountering Jack Vance for the first time will find
here a delightful sampler to stimulate the imaginative appetite. For
those who are already Vance addicts, nothing more needs to be said. Go
to it!
Includes:
- Dust of Far Suns
- Dodkin's Job
- Ullward's Retreat
- The Gift of Gab
Jack Vance
John Holbrook "Jack" Vance (1916–2013) was an American mystery, fantasy and science fiction writer. Though most of his work has been published as by Jack Vance, he also wrote 11 mystery novels using his full name John Holbrook Vance, three under the pseudonym Ellery Queen, and once each using the pseudonyms Alan Wade, Peter Held, John van See, and Jay Kavanse.
Vance won the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement in 1984 and he was a Guest of Honor at the 1992 World Science Fiction Convention in Orlando, Florida. The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America made him its 14th Grand Master in 1997 and the Science Fiction Hall of Fame inducted him in 2001, its sixth class of two deceased and two living writers.