Jack Vance

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Overview:

Legal Name: Vance, John Holbrook
Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, USA
Date of Birth: August 28, 1916
Pseudonyms:

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 Jerry Hewett's The Work of Jack Vance.

Novels:

1950. The Dying Earth
1950. The Five Gold Bands
1951. Son of the Tree
1953. The Space Pirate (1953)
1953. Vandals of the Void
1954. The Houses of Iszm
1956. To Live Forever
1957. Big Planet
1958. Slaves of the Klau
1958. The Languages of Pao
1962. The Dragon Masters
1964. The Killing Machine
1964. The Star King
1965. Space Opera
1965. The Blue World
1966. The Brains of Earth
1966. The Eyes of the Overworld
1967. The Palace of Love
1968. Chasch (1986)
1968. City of the Chasch
1969. Emphyrio
1969. Servants of the Wankh
1969. The Dirdir
1969. Wankh (1986)
1970. The Pnume
1971. The Faceless Man
1973. The Anome
1973. The Brave Free Men
1973. Trullion: Alastor 2262
1974. The Asutra
1974. The Domains of Koryphon
1975. Marune: Alastor 933
1975. Showboat World
1975. The Dogtown Tourist Agency
1975. The Gray Prince
1976. Maske: Thaery
1978. Wyst: Alastor 1716
1979. Morreion: A Tale of The Dying Earth
1979. The Face
1981. The Book of Dreams
1983. Cugel's Saga
1983. Lyonesse (1984 UK)
1983. Lyonesse: Suldrun's Garden
1985. Lyonesse: The Green Pearl
1985. The Green Pearl (1986)
1987. Araminta Station
1989. Lyonesse: Madouc
1989. Madouc (1990)
1991. Ecce and Old Earth
1992. Throy
1996. Night Lamp
1998. Ports of Call
2000. Lurulu

Serials:

1952. Big Planet (Complete Novel)
1952. Planet of the Damned (Complete Novel)
1962. The Dragon Masters (Complete Novel)
1963. The Star King (Part 1 of 2)
1964. The Star King (Part 2 of 2)
1966. The Palace of Love (Part 1 of 2)
1966. The Palace of Love (Part 1 of 3)
1966. The Palace of Love (Part 2 of 2)
1966. The Palace of Love (Part 2 of 3)
1966. The Palace of Love (Part X of Y)
1967. The Palace of Love (Part 3 of 3)
1969. Emphyrio (Part 1 of 2)
1969. Emphyrio (Part 2 of 2)
1971. The Faceless Man (Part 1 of 2)
1971. The Faceless Man (Part 2 of 2)
1972. The Brave Free Men (Part 1 of 2)
1972. The Brave Free Men (Part 2 of 2)
1973. The Asutra (Part 1 of 2)
1973. The Asutra (Part 2 of 2)
1973. Trullion: Alastor 2262 (Part 1 of 2)
1973. Trullion: Alastor 2262 (Part 2 of 2)
1974. The Domains of Koryphon (Part 1 of 2)
1974. The Domains of Koryphon (Part 2 of 2)
1975. Marune: Alastor 933 (Part 1 of 2)
1975. Marune: Alastor 933 (Part 2 of 2)

Short Fiction:

1945. The World-Thinker
1946. Phalid's Fate
1946. Planet of the Black Dust
1947. Dream Castle
1947. I'll Build Your Dream Castle
1948. Hard-Luck Diggings
1948. Sanatoris Short-Cut
1948. The Unspeakable McInch
1949. The Howling Bounders
1949. The King of Thieves
1949. The Sub-Standard Sardines
1950. Chateau D'If
1950. Cosmic Hotfoot
1950. Guyal of Sfere
1950. Liane the Wayfarer
1950. Liane the Wayfarer
1950. Mazirian the Magician
1950. New Bodies for Old
1950. T'sais
1950. The Loom of Darkness
1950. The Potters of Firsk
1950. The Spa of the Stars
1950. To B or Not to C or to D
1950. Turjan of Miir
1950. Ulan Dhor Ends a Dream
1951. Brain of the Galaxy
1951. Men of the Ten Books
1951. Overlords of Maxus
1951. Temple of Han
1951. The Masquerade on Dicantropus
1951. The New Prime
1951. The Plagian Siphon
1951. The Ten Books
1951. Winner Lose All
1951. The New Prime
1952. Abercrombie Station
1952. Cholwell's Chickens
1952. Sabotage on Sulfur Planet
1952. Sabotage on Sulphur Planet
1952. Seven Exits from Bocz
1952. Telek
1952. Noise
1952. The Kokod Warriors
1953. DP!
1953. Four Hundred Blackbirds
1953. Sjambak
1953. The Mitr
1953. The World Between
1953. Three-Legged Joe
1953. Ecological Onslaught
1954. The Devil on Salvation Bluff
1954. The Dreamer
1954. When the Five Moons Rise
1954. The Enchanted Princess
1955. Meet Miss Universe
1955. The Gift of Gab
1956. Where Hesperus Falls
1957. The Men Return
1957. A Practical Man's Guide
1958. Coup de Grace
1958. Parapsyche
1958. The Miracle Workers
1958. The Miracle-Workers
1958. Ullward's Retreat
1958. Worlds of Origin
1958. The Miracle Workers
1959. Dodkin's Job
1961. I-C-a-BeM
1961. The Augmented Agent
1961. The Moon Moth
1962. Dust of Far Suns
1962. Gateway to Strangeness
1962. Sail 25
1962. Sail 25
1962. The Dragonmasters
1963. Green Magic
1964. The Kragen
1965. Alfred's Ark
1965. Alfred's Arc
1965. The Overworld
1966. Cil
1966. Nopalgarth
1966. The Cave in the Forest
1966. The Manse of Iucounu
1966. The Manse of Iucounyu
1966. The Mountains of Magnatz
1966. The Pilgrims
1966. The Secret
1966. The Last Castle
1966. The Sorcerer Pharesm
1967. The Man from Zodiac
1967. The Narrow Land
1968. Sulwen's Planet
1973. Rumfuddle
1973. Morreion
1974. Assault on a City
1974. The Seventeen Virgins
1977. Freitzke's Turn
1977. The Bagful of Dreams
1983. Aboard the Galante
1983. Faucelme
1983. Flutic
1983. Lausicaa
1983. On the Docks
1983. Spatterlight
1983. The Caravan
1983. The Columns
1983. The Four Wizards
1983. The Inn of the Blue Lamps
1983. The Ocean of Sighs
1984. Fader's Waft
1984. The Murthe
1989. From Life, Volume 1, by Unspiek, Baron Bodissey

Essays:

1969. Foreword (Eight Fantasms and Magics)
1976. Preface to the Collection
1978. Foreword (Fantasms and Magics)
1982. Foreword (Lost Moons)
1984. Foreword (Rhialto the Marvellous)
1992. Introduction (Blue Tyson)
2000. Biographical Sketch & Other Facts
2007. Preface (The Jack Vance Treasury)

Awards:

1963. The Dragon Masters Hugo, Short Fiction
1966. The Last Castle Nebula, Novella
1967. The Last Castle Hugo, Best Novelette
1984. World Fantasy, Life Achievement
1990. Lyonesse: Madouc [vt Madouc (1990 UK)] World Fantasy, Best Novel
1996. Nebula, Grand Master Award
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Resources:

Wikipedia article on Jack Vance

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