Jack Vance (US SF, F and mystery writer)
- Alan Wade
- Peter Held
- John Holbrook Vance
- Jay Kavanse
- John van See
- Sort Name
- Vance, Jack
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- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Date of birth
- 1916-08-28
- Place of birth
- San Francisco
- Date of death
- 2013-06-26
- Place of death
- Oakland
Wikipedia
John Holbrook Vance (August 28, 1916 – May 26, 2013) was an American mystery, fantasy, and science fiction writer. Though most of his work has been published under the name Jack Vance, he also wrote several mystery novels under pen names, including Ellery Queen.
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 15th 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.
His most notable awards included 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!; the Nebula Award in 1966, also for The Last Castle; the Jupiter Award in 1975 and the World Fantasy Award in 1990 for Lyonesse: Madouc, and the Edgar Award in 1961 for the best first mystery novel for The Man in the Cage.
His first publications were stories in science fiction magazines. As he became well known, he published novellas and novels, many of which were translated into French, Dutch, Spanish, Russian, Italian and German. An Integral Edition of all Vance's works was published in 44 volumes and in 2010 a six-volume The Complete Jack Vance was released. 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 on May 26, 2013, aged 96.
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Series:
• Big Planet
• Durdane
• Dying Earth
• Lyonesse
• Magnus Ridolph
• Miro Hetzel
• Nopalgarth
• Planet of Adventure
• Gaean Reach, which also consists of four sub-series:
- Alastor Cluster
- Cadwal Chronicles
- Demon Princes
- Ports of CallLast modified: 2023-03-07 (revision #124436)
Editions
| Name | Format | ISBN | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alastor: 3 Romane in einem Band | Paperback | 3-453-00430-2 | 1991 |
| Nopalgarth (Italian Edition) | Paperback | 9788825412604 | 2020-06-30 |
| Die Mordmaschine | Paperback | 3-453-30589-2 | 1983 |
| Stelle nane: Tredici racconti rari e inediti | Paperback | 9781619474284 | 2021-11-20 |
| Jäger im Weltall | Paperback | ? | 1969 |
| Der Dämonenprinz | Paperback | 3-453-30602-3 | 1979 |
| The Wannek | Paperback | 1619471027 | 2016-05-04 |
| The Chasch | Paperback | 9781619471016 | 2016-05-03 |
| The Pnume | Paperback | 9781619471047 | 2016-05-04 |
| The Dirdir | Paperback | 9781619471030 | 2016 |
| Parapsiche (Italian Edition) | Paperback | 9788825416541 | 2021-06 |
| Stazione Araminta | Paperback | 978-1619473683 | 2019-03-13 |
| I Principi Demoni | Hardcover | 9788804763352 | 2023-09-26 |
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- Jack Vance(US SF, F and mystery writer) is part of Hugo Award(authors) (number: 1967 - Best Novelette - 1. Place)
- Jack Vance(US SF, F and mystery writer) is part of Nebula Award(authors) (number: 1967 - Novella - 1. Place)
- Jack Vance(US SF, F and mystery writer) is part of Locus Award(authors) (number: 1975 - Best Novella - 4. Place)
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- 2024-07-25