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.
Among his awards for particular works were: Hugo Awards, in 1963 for The Dragon Masters, in 1967 for The Last Castle, and in 2010 for his memoir This is Me, Jack Vance!; a Nebula Award in 1966, also for The Last Castle; the Jupiter Award in 1975; the World Fantasy Award in 1990 for Lyonesse: Madouc. He also won an Edgar (the mystery equivalent of the Nebula) for the best first mystery novel in 1961 for The Man in the Cage.
A 2009 profile in The New York Times Magazine described Vance as "one of American literature’s most distinctive and undervalued voices." He died at his home in Oakland, California, May 26, 2013, aged 96.
Selected
Edited: Seregil of Rhiminee October 06, 2013
Book Covers
Speculative Fiction Novels (90)
| Grand Crusades (The Early Jack Vance #5) 2015 | science fiction, short stories |
| Minding the Stars (The Early Jack Vance #4) 2014 | science fiction, short stories |
| Magic Highways (The Early Jack Vance #3) 2013 | science fiction, short stories |
| Dream Castles (The Early Jack Vance #2) 2012 | science fiction, fantasy, short stories |
| The Complete Lyonesse (Lyonesse) 2010 | fantasy > historical fantasy, collection |
| Hard-Luck Diggings (The Early Jack Vance #1) 2010 | science fiction, short stories |
| Wild Thyme, Green Magic 2009 | science fiction, fantasy, short stories |
| The Jack Vance Reader 2008 | science fiction, collection |
| The Kragen 2008 | science fiction |
| The Jack Vance Treasury 2007 | science fiction, fantasy, short stories |
| The Laughing Magician: The Adventures of Cugel (Dying Earth) 2005 | fantasy, collection |
| The Moon Moth and Other Stories (Vance Integral Edition #17) 2005 | science fiction, short stories |
| Son of the Tree and Other Stories (Vance Integral Edition #5) 2005 | science fiction, short stories |
| Gadget Stories (Vance Integral Edition #3) 2005 | science fiction, short stories |
| The Demon Princes (Demon Princes) 2005 | science fiction |
| Lurulu (Ports of Call #2) 2004 | science fiction |
| The Houses of Iszm and Other Stories (Vance Integral Edition #8) 2004 | science fiction, short stories |
| The World-Thinker and Other Stories (Vance Integral Edition #2) 2004 | science fiction, short stories |
| Golden Girl and Other Stories (Vance Integral Edition #6) 2002 | science fiction, short stories |
| Coup de Grace and Other Stories (Vance Integral Edition) 2001 | science fiction, short stories |
| Tales of the Dying Earth (Dying Earth) 1999 | science fiction, fantasy, collection |
| Ports of Call (Ports of Call #1) 1998 | science fiction |
| The Demon Princes: Volume 1 (Demon Princes) 1997 | science fiction |
| The Demon Princes: Volume 2 (Demon Princes) 1997 | science fiction |
| Night Lamp (Gaean Reach) 1996 | science fiction |
| Alastor (Alastor) 1995 | science fiction |
| When the Five Moons Rise 1992 | science fiction, short stories |
| Throy (The Cadwal Chronicles #3) 1992 | science fiction |
| Ecce and Old Earth (The Cadwal Chronicles #2) 1991 | science fiction |
| Chateau D'If: And other Stories 1990 | science fiction, short stories |
| Madouc (Lyonesse #3) 1989 | fantasy > historical fantasy |
| Durdane (Durdane) 1989 | science fiction, collection |
| Araminta Station (The Cadwal Chronicles #1) 1987 | science fiction |
| The Dark Side of the Moon 1986 | science fiction, short stories |
| The Augmented Agent and Other Stories 1986 | science fiction, short stories |
| The Green Pearl (Lyonesse #2) 1985 | fantasy > historical fantasy |
| The Complete Magnus Ridolph (Magnus Ridolph) 1985 | science fiction, short stories |
| Light from a Lone Star 1985 | science fiction, short stories |
| Rhialto the Marvellous (Dying Earth #4) 1984 | science fiction, fantasy, short stories |
| Cugel's Saga (Dying Earth #3) 1983 | fantasy |
| Suldrun's Garden (Lyonesse #1) 1983 | fantasy > historical fantasy |
| The Narrow Land 1982 | science fiction, short stories |
| Lost Moons 1982 | science fiction, short stories |
| The Book of Dreams (Demon Princes #5) 1981 | science fiction |
| Galactic Effectuator 1980 | science fiction, short stories |
| Nopalgarth 1980 | science fiction, collection |
| The Bagful of Dreams (Dying Earth) 1979 | fantasy |
| The Face (Demon Princes #4) 1979 | science fiction |
| Green Magic 1979 | science fiction, fantasy, short stories |
| Morreion (Dying Earth) 1979 | science fiction, fantasy |
| The Seventeen Virgins (Dying Earth) 1979 | fantasy |
| Wyst: Alastor 1716 (Alastor #3) 1978 | science fiction |
| Maske: Thaery (Gaean Reach) 1976 | science fiction |
| The Best of Jack Vance 1976 | science fiction, short stories |
| Marune: Alastor 993 (Alastor #2) 1975 | science fiction |
| Showboat World 1975 | science fiction |
| The Gray Prince (Gaean Reach) 1975 | science fiction |
| The Moon Moth, and Other Stories 1975 | science fiction, short stories |
| The Asutra (Durdane #3) 1974 | science fiction |
| The Worlds of Jack Vance 1973 | science fiction, short stories |
| The Brave Free Men (Durdane #2) 1973 | science fiction |
| The Faceless Man (Durdane #1) 1973 | science fiction |
| Trullion: Alastor 2262 (Alastor #1) 1973 | science fiction |
| The Pnume (Tschai / Planet of Adventure #4) 1970 | science fiction |
| Servants of the Wankh (Tschai / Planet of Adventure #2) 1969 | science fiction |
| Eight Fantasms and Magics 1969 | science fiction, fantasy, short stories |
| The Dirdir (Tschai / Planet of Adventure #3) 1969 | science fiction |
| Emphyrio (Gaean Reach) 1969 | science fiction |
| City of the Chasch (Tschai / Planet of Adventure #1) 1968 | science fiction |
| The Palace of Love (Demon Princes #3) 1967 | science fiction |
| The Last Castle 1967 | science fiction |
| The Eyes of the Overworld (Dying Earth #2) 1966 | fantasy, short stories |
| The Blue World 1966 | science fiction |
| The Many Worlds of Magnus Ridolph (Magnus Ridolph) 1966 | science fiction, short stories |
| The Brains of Earth 1966 | science fiction |
| Space Opera 1965 | science fiction |
| Monsters in Orbit 1965 | science fiction, short stories |
| Star King (Demon Princes #1) 1964 | science fiction |
| The Houses of Iszm 1964 | science fiction |
| Son of the Tree 1964 | science fiction |
| The Killing Machine (Demon Princes #2) 1964 | science fiction |
| Future Tense 1964 | science fiction, short stories |
| The Dragon Masters 1963 | science fiction |
| The Languages of Pao 1958 | science fiction |
| Slaves of the Klau 1958 | science fiction |
| Big Planet 1957 | science fiction |
| To Live Forever 1956 | science fiction |
| Vandals of the Void 1953 | science fiction, young adult |
| The Five Gold Bands 1953 | science fiction |
| The Dying Earth (Dying Earth #1) 1950 | fantasy, short stories |
Others non-spefi books (2)
| This is Me, Jack Vance! 2009 | non-fiction |
| Wild Thyme and Violets: Other Unpublished Works and Addenda (Vance Integral Edition #44) 2005 | short stories |
