The Narrow Land
A collection of stories.
Here under one cover for the first time are eight scarce and long unavailable stories by the man Poul Anderson calls, "One of the very best writers we have, in or out of science fiction." Eight stories rich with the exotic and ironic aplomb of the singularly inventive and vivid style which characterizes the author honored by Hugo, Nebula and Edgar Awards alike.
Contents:
- The Narrow Land (1967)
- The Masquerade on Dicantropus (1951)
- Where Hesperus Falls (1956)
- The World-Thinker (1945)
- Green Magic (1963)
- The Ten Books (1951)
- Chateau d'If (1950)
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.