The Kragen
Subterranean Press is pleased to announce a small limited edition of
the rare novella by Jack Vance that was eventually expanded into his
novel Blue World. The Kragen has been out of print for nearly twenty years,
with the exception of its appearance in the Vance Integral Edition, a
set of volumes published over the past few years that carried a cover
price of $1500, for the least expensive edition alone. Here's your chance to acquire a Vance limited at a bargain price,
and cast your eyes upon a novella rarely seen since its original
appearance in 1969.
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.