Jack Vance

Overview:

  • Legal Name: Vance, John Holbrook
  • Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, USA
  • Date of Birth: August 28, 1916
  • Date of Death: May 26, 2013

Notes:

Born in San Francisco, Vance attended the University of California, studying mining engineering, then physics, and then journalism. He served in the Merchant Marines during War II, twice on ships that were torpedoed. More information on Jack Vance can be found in %%A,Jerry Hewett%%'s The Work of Jack Vance.

Titles:

Anthologies

Chapter Books

Collections

Essays

Interviews

Non-fiction

Novels

Omnibuses

Reviews

Serials

Short Fiction

Awards

  • 0000. Lyonesse: Madouc^Madouc (1990 UK) - World Fantasy Award, Best Novel (Win)
  • 0000. The Dragon Masters - Hugo Award, Best Short Fiction (Win)
  • 0000. The Last Castle - Hugo Award, Best Novelette (Win)
  • 0000. The Last Castle - Nebula Award, Novella (Win)
  • 0000. This is Me, Jack Vance! (or, More Properly, This is "I") - Hugo Award, Best Related Work (Win)
  • 0000. The Face - Locus Poll Award, Best SF Novel (Nomination)
  • 0000. Araminta Station - Locus Poll Award, Best SF Novel (Nomination)
  • 0000. The Seventeen Virgins - Locus Poll Award, Best Novelette (Nomination)
  • 0000. The Bagful of Dreams - Locus Poll Award, Best Short Fiction (Nomination)
  • 0000. Dream Castles: The Early Jack Vance, Volume Two - Locus Poll Award, Best Collection (Nomination)
  • 0000. The Domains of Koryphon - Locus Poll Award, Best SF Novel (Nomination)
  • 0000. Maske: Thaery - Locus Poll Award, Best SF Novel (Nomination)
  • 0000. The Book of Dreams - Locus Poll Award, Best SF Novel (Nomination)
  • 0000. Ecce and Old Earth - Locus Poll Award, Best SF Novel (Nomination)
  • 0000. Wild Thyme, Green Magic - Locus Poll Award, Best Collection (Nomination)
  • 0000. Showboat World - Locus Poll Award, Best SF Novel (Nomination)
  • 0000. Cugel's Saga - Locus Poll Award, Best Fantasy Novel (Nomination)
  • 0000. Grand Crusades: The Early Jack Vance, Volume Five - Locus Poll Award, Best Collection (Nomination)
  • 0000. The Brave, Free Men - Locus Poll Award, Best SF Novel (Nomination)
  • 0000. The Dying Earth - Locus Poll Award, All-Time Best Fantasy Novel (Nomination)
  • 0000. Magic Highways: The Early Jack Vance, Volume Three - Locus Poll Award, Best Collection (Nomination)
  • 0000. The Dying Earth - Locus Online, 20th Century Fantasy Novel (Nomination)
  • 0000. Hard-Luck Diggings: The Early Jack Vance - Locus Poll Award, Best Collection (Nomination)
  • 0000. The Jack Vance Treasury - Locus Poll Award, Best Collection (Nomination)
  • 0000. The Last Castle - Locus Online, 20th Century Novella (Nomination)
  • 0000. Araminta Station - Locus Poll Award, Best SF Novel (Nomination)
  • 0000. The Dragon Masters - Locus Online, 20th Century Novella (Nomination)
  • 0000. The Moon Moth - Locus Online, 20th Century Novella (Nomination)
  • 0000. Lyonesse: Suldrun's Garden^Lyonesse (1984 UK) - Locus Poll Award, Best Fantasy Novel (Nomination)
  • 0000. Assault on a City - Locus Poll Award, Best Novella (Nomination)
  • 0000. Lámpara de noche - Premio Ignotus, Mejor novela extranjera - Best Foreign Novel (Nomination)
  • 0000. Lyonesse: The Green Pearl^The Green Pearl (1986 UK) - Locus Poll Award, Best Fantasy Novel (Nomination)
  • 0000. The Dying Earth - Retro Hugo Award, Best Novel (Nomination)
  • 0000. This is Me, Jack Vance! (or, More Properly, This is "I") - Locus Poll Award, Best Non-Fiction/Art (Nomination)
  • 0000. Lyonesse: Madouc^Madouc (1990 UK) - Locus Poll Award, Best Fantasy Novel (Nomination)
  • 0000. Trullion: Alastor 2262 - Locus Poll Award, Best SF Novel (Nomination)
  • 0000. Rhialto the Marvellous - Locus Poll Award, Best Collection (Nomination)
  • 0000. Night Lamp - Locus Poll Award, Best SF Novel (Nomination)
  • 0000. The Best of Jack Vance - Locus Poll Award, Best Single Author Collection (Nomination)
  • 0000. Green Magic - Locus Poll Award, Best Single Author Collection (Nomination)
  • 0000. Rumfuddle - Locus Poll Award, Best Novella (Nomination)
  • 0000. Lyonesse: Suldrun's Garden^Lyonesse (1984 UK) - Nebula Award, Novel (Nomination)
  • 0000. Lyonesse: Suldrun's Garden^Lyonesse (1984 UK) - World Fantasy Award, Best Novel (Nomination)
  • 0000. Emphyrio - Prometheus Award, Prometheus Hall of Fame Award (Nomination)
  • 0000. Emphyrio - Prometheus Award, Prometheus Hall of Fame Award (Nomination)
  • 0000. Ports of Call - Locus Poll Award, Best SF Novel (Nomination)
  • 0000. Green Magic - Balrog Award, Collection/Anthology (Nomination)
  • 0000. The Seventeen Virgins - British Fantasy Award, Best Short Story (Nomination)
  • 0000. The Bagful of Dreams - World Fantasy Award, Best Short Fiction (Nomination)
  • 0000. Alfred's Ark - Seiun Award, Best Translated Short Story (Nomination)
  • 0000. Nouvelles - tome 1: 1945-1954 - Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire, Prix spécial (Nomination)
  • 0000. Nouvelles - tome 2: 1955-1982 - Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire, Prix spécial (Nomination)
  • 0000. Assault on a City - Hugo Award, Best Novella (Nomination below cutoff)
  • 0000. The Miracle-Workers - Hugo Award, Best Novelette (Nomination below cutoff)
  • 0000. The Blue World - Nebula Award, Novel (Nomination below cutoff)
  • 0000. The Last Castle - Nebula Award, Novel (Nomination below cutoff)
  • 0000. The Manse of Iucounu - Nebula Award, Novelette (Nomination below cutoff)
  • 0000. Emphyrio - Prometheus Award, Prometheus Hall of Fame Award (Nomination below cutoff)
  • 0000. Emphyrio - Prometheus Award, Prometheus Hall of Fame Award (Nomination below cutoff)
  • 0000. Emphyrio - Prometheus Award, Prometheus Hall of Fame Award (Nomination below cutoff)
  • 0000. Emphyrio - Prometheus Award, Prometheus Hall of Fame Award (Nomination below cutoff)
  • 0000. Emphyrio - Prometheus Award, Prometheus Hall of Fame Award (Nomination below cutoff)
  • 0000. Emphyrio - Prometheus Award, Prometheus Hall of Fame Award (Nomination below cutoff)
  • 0000. Emphyrio - Prometheus Award, Prometheus Hall of Fame Award (Nomination below cutoff)
  • 0000. Wyst: Alastor 1716 - Prometheus Award, Prometheus Hall of Fame Award (Nomination below cutoff)
  • 0000. Ecce and Old Earth - Hugo Award, Best Novel (Nomination below cutoff)
  • 0000. The Blue World - Prometheus Award, Prometheus Hall of Fame Award (Nomination below cutoff)
  • 0000. The Blue World - Prometheus Award, Prometheus Hall of Fame Award (Nomination below cutoff)
  • 0000. The Blue World - Prometheus Award, Prometheus Hall of Fame Award (Nomination below cutoff)
  • 0000. The Blue World - Prometheus Award, Prometheus Hall of Fame Award (Nomination below cutoff)
  • 0000. I-C-a-BeM - Hugo Award, Best Short Fiction (Nomination below cutoff)
  • 0000. The World-Thinker - Retro Hugo Award, Best Short Story (Nomination below cutoff)

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