Deceased
from Petersburg, WV
Afterword to "The Bagful of Dreams" in The Jack Vance Treasury (2007). First appeared in Epoch (1775), ed. Robert Silverberg and Roger Elwood.
ISBN #
10
John Holbrook "Jack" Vance (August 28, 1916 May 26, 2013) was an American mystery, fantasy, and science fiction writer. Though most of his work has been...
ISBN #
1
In the far-future city of Clarges, you can live forever–if you can make the grade. In Clarges, everyone competes for the ultimate prize of immortality. Gavin Waylock lost the live-forever rank of Amaranth when he was accused of murder; now, after seven years in hiding, he begins again the struggle t...
Author
Jack Vance
Binding
Paperback
Pages
218
Publisher
Spatterlight Press
ISBN #
1619470993
EAN Code
9781619470996
ISBN #
17
Here in one unforgettable volume are three of Jack Vance’s best novellas–rich adventures of humanity in crisis, showcasing Vance’s stylistic flair, creative ingenuity, wit, and storytelling skill: the Hugo-winning “The Dragon Masters,” Hugo and Nebula-winning “The Last Castle”, and that gem of scien...
Author
Jack Vance
Binding
Paperback
Pages
256
Publisher
Spatterlight Press
ISBN #
1619470985
EAN Code
9781619470989
ISBN #
16
On Big Planet lies the Tinsitala Steppe and the great Vissel River, navigated by showboats bringing entertainment and spectacle to far-flung, idiosyncratic communities ashore. Canny ship-masters press relentlessly for advantage among quirky and boisterous audiences; competition is fierce. The stage...
Author
Jack Vance
Binding
Paperback
Pages
182
Publisher
Spatterlight Press
ISBN #
1619471205
EAN Code
9781619471207
ISBN #
15
The fourth in the Fantasy Masterworks series, the Dying Earth saga inspired writers like Michael Moorcock and Gene Wolfe, who freely acknowledges his debt to Vance in his own Book of the New Sun. Here, in one volume, is Hugo, Nebula and World Fantasy Award-winning author Jack Vance's classic Dying ...
Author
Jack Vance
Binding
Paperback
Pages
752
Publisher
Gollancz
ISBN #
1857989945
EAN Code
9781857989946
ISBN #
14
Stranded on the distant planet Tschai, young Adam Reith is the sole survivor of a space mission who discovers the world is inhabited--not only by warring alien cultures, but human slaves as well, taken early in Earth's history. Reith must find a way off planet to warn the Earth of Tschai's deadly ex...
Author
Jack Vance
Binding
Paperback
Pages
544
Publisher
Orb Books
ISBN #
0312854889
EAN Code
9780312854881
ISBN #
8
Kirth Gersen carries in his pocket a slip of paper with a list of five names written on it. Theses are the names of the five Demon Princes who led the historic Mount Pleasant Massacre, which destroyed not only Kirth's family but his entrire world as well. He roams the universe, searching the endless...
Author
Jack Vance
Binding
Paperback
Pages
448
Publisher
Orb Books
ISBN #
0312853025
EAN Code
9780312853020
ISBN #
7
The four Planet of Adventure volumes chronicle Adam Reith's saga on the planet Tschai, under the amber glow of the star Carina 4269. Reith is a Terran first-in scout stranded on a planet which he learns is now occupied, after an ancient struggle which has come to a standstill, by three technically a...
Author
Jack Vance
Binding
Kindle Edition
Pages
559
Publisher
Spatterlight Press LLC
ISBN #
4
Nebula and World Fantasy Grand Master Jack Vance is one of the most admired and cherished writers of science fiction and fantasy in the world, and is one of the truly important and influential storytellers of the 20th century. From his first published story "The World Thinker" in 1945 to his final n...
Author
Jack Vance
Binding
Kindle Edition
Pages
703
Publisher
Subterranean Press
ISBN #
2